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LICENSING YOUR PETS IS IMPORTANT
There are significant benefits when licensing your pets. Here are just a few:
• Licensed pets are more easily identified and returned home.
• Licenses are faster to trace than rabies tags and other forms of identification.
• Licenses are proof of legal ownership.
• Animal Control may be able to bring your pet home at no cost instead of taking them to the Animal
Shelter.
The MHS is pleased to announce that pet licenses for Virginia residents can be purchased at the shelter
located at 2305 Southern Drive.
HOW TO PREVENT DOG AND CAT BITES
Dog and cat bites are preventable the majority of the time. Adults and children can learn to reduce their
chances of being bitten by following some common safety tips. The following tips include some general
suggestions to help prevent pet bite injuries:
• Never leave a young child alone with a pet. They often don’t know how to be gentle with the pet,
which can cause the pet to get irritated and bite.
• Do not try to separate fighting animals. You may get bit in the process.
• Avoid sick animals and/or animals that you don’t know whether or not they are vaccinated.
• Leave animals along which they are eating. Animals are often very protective of their food.
• Keep pets on a leash when in public.
• Select your family pet carefully and be sure to keep your pet’s vaccinations up-to-date.
REMOVING TICKS FROM YOUR CAT OR DOG
To remove an attached tick, use fine-tipped tweezers or a tick removal tool. Tick removal instruments
allow you to remove the tick without squeezing the tick body. This is significant as you do not want to
crush the tick and enable bacteria to leave the tick and enter into your pet’s bloodstream.
Tick removal process:
1. Grab the tick by the head or mouth parts right where they enter the skin. Do not grasp the tick by
the body.
2. Pull the tick firmly and directly outward. Do not twist the tick as you are pulling.
3. Using a hot match, petroleum jelly, or alcohol will not cause the tick to withdraw from your pet’s
skin. These substances may cause the tick to deposit more disease carrying saliva in the wound.
4. After removing the tick, place it in a jar of alcohol to kill it. Ticks are not killed by flushing them
down the toilet.
5. Clean the bite wound with a disinfectant. You may also apply a small amount of antibiotic ointment.
6. Wash your hands thoroughly.
Once an embedded tick is manually removed, it is not uncommon for the welt and skin reaction to occur.
A little hydrocortisone spray will help alleviate the irritation, but may take a week or so for healing to
occur. In some cases, the tick bite may permanently scar leaving a hairless area. The skin irritation is
due to a reaction to tick saliva. Do not be worried about the tick head staying your pet’s body as this
rarely happens.
FARM HOMES NEEDED FOR FERAL CATS
It is a policy of the Mesabi Humane Society to spay/neuter and release feral cats.
We are always looking to re-locate these cats with farmland owners so that these cats can be fed…yet
live in an environment that most makes them happy. Feral cats are availed at no cost to people who live
in a country setting.
If interested in acquiring available feral cats, please contact the Mesabi Humane Society at 218-741-
7425.
There are significant benefits when licensing your pets. Here are just a few:
• Licensed pets are more easily identified and returned home.
• Licenses are faster to trace than rabies tags and other forms of identification.
• Licenses are proof of legal ownership.
• Animal Control may be able to bring your pet home at no cost instead of taking them to the Animal
Shelter.
The MHS is pleased to announce that pet licenses for Virginia residents can be purchased at the shelter
located at 2305 Southern Drive.
HOW TO PREVENT DOG AND CAT BITES
Dog and cat bites are preventable the majority of the time. Adults and children can learn to reduce their
chances of being bitten by following some common safety tips. The following tips include some general
suggestions to help prevent pet bite injuries:
• Never leave a young child alone with a pet. They often don’t know how to be gentle with the pet,
which can cause the pet to get irritated and bite.
• Do not try to separate fighting animals. You may get bit in the process.
• Avoid sick animals and/or animals that you don’t know whether or not they are vaccinated.
• Leave animals along which they are eating. Animals are often very protective of their food.
• Keep pets on a leash when in public.
• Select your family pet carefully and be sure to keep your pet’s vaccinations up-to-date.
REMOVING TICKS FROM YOUR CAT OR DOG
To remove an attached tick, use fine-tipped tweezers or a tick removal tool. Tick removal instruments
allow you to remove the tick without squeezing the tick body. This is significant as you do not want to
crush the tick and enable bacteria to leave the tick and enter into your pet’s bloodstream.
Tick removal process:
1. Grab the tick by the head or mouth parts right where they enter the skin. Do not grasp the tick by
the body.
2. Pull the tick firmly and directly outward. Do not twist the tick as you are pulling.
3. Using a hot match, petroleum jelly, or alcohol will not cause the tick to withdraw from your pet’s
skin. These substances may cause the tick to deposit more disease carrying saliva in the wound.
4. After removing the tick, place it in a jar of alcohol to kill it. Ticks are not killed by flushing them
down the toilet.
5. Clean the bite wound with a disinfectant. You may also apply a small amount of antibiotic ointment.
6. Wash your hands thoroughly.
Once an embedded tick is manually removed, it is not uncommon for the welt and skin reaction to occur.
A little hydrocortisone spray will help alleviate the irritation, but may take a week or so for healing to
occur. In some cases, the tick bite may permanently scar leaving a hairless area. The skin irritation is
due to a reaction to tick saliva. Do not be worried about the tick head staying your pet’s body as this
rarely happens.
FARM HOMES NEEDED FOR FERAL CATS
It is a policy of the Mesabi Humane Society to spay/neuter and release feral cats.
We are always looking to re-locate these cats with farmland owners so that these cats can be fed…yet
live in an environment that most makes them happy. Feral cats are availed at no cost to people who live
in a country setting.
If interested in acquiring available feral cats, please contact the Mesabi Humane Society at 218-741-
7425.
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