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Can ants live on a dog? I have a german shepherd who has a very sore area near his tail and I found an ant on him. It is
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on Sep 28th 2009
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Well, I don't think ants would live on your dog. They aren't parasites.
However, what you probably found was a fire ant. They use their gripper to latch on to the animal and then use their stinger to sting the person or animal in a circle. Its very painful and they leave bad welts.
Chibi and I walked straight through a fire ant hill and I had to pick those suckers off her. That was about 2 weeks ago and I still have marks where they stung me.
Google fire ant and find out if they might be local to your area.
Chibi Cha-Roo answered on Sep 28th.
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the ant might have been just a coincidence.
I would say take the dog to the vet to have the sore evaluated, it could be many things from a hot spot to mites, they can tell what it is maybe by justing looking or a skin scrap and get your dog on to the road of recovery.
So the vet is your answer
Dieta
answered on 9/29/09.
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LOL, no. Ants may crawl on dogs sometimes, but they never live on or in them. Probably an ant that crawled on him and got lost when he walked away.
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