Man, props to the vets for seeing that. That tick is tiny and almost the same color as the owl’s eye lid.
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To me, they looked bigger on the wiki, so I dunno if this one is just small or if it's waaaay in there. That's the only unusual thing I spotted, so I blew that pic up and circled it, but I'm pretty sure that's it, as it's the only eye pic they shared.
Yick!
Might just be young. I’ve had to remove small ticks from my dog’s eyelids like that. Luckily not paralyzing ticks. I didn’t even know those existed so now these combined with the red meat allergy ticks i’ll be wearing full hazmat suits in the woods from now on.
I feel like I've been a tick magnet all my life. I'd come out of the woods with other people and be the only one with them. I get so paranoid about those little buggers. It's kept me out of the woods and tall grass more than I'd like. 🥺





TIL some ticks can cause paralysis...
And they aren't just in Australia. This one is... but the wiki for tick paralysis says they're in Asia and the Americas also.