Ticks and vipers have woken up with the arrival of spring

Ticks and vipers have woken up with the arrival of spring. They become active and start moving at temperatures around +5 degrees.

It's a good idea to start tick control right away.

It is worth starting to control wood mites or ticks right away. Ticks are especially found in grasses and low undergrowth, where they easily cling to pets' fur and attach to the skin. Ticks can also easily be carried into homes from pets' fur.

Ticks should be removed from pets using tick tweezers, which can be purchased at pharmacies, for example. Pet owners should check their pets daily and remove ticks as quickly as possible. Pets should be protected with medications that repel or kill ticks. Medications can be purchased at pharmacies without a prescription or with a prescription from a veterinarian. You can ask your veterinarian for advice on choosing a product.

A spike in the bites of kites in early spring

When moving around in nature, it is also worth being careful of vipers. In early spring, there is a clear statistical spike in viper bites, when newly awakened and clumsy vipers do not have time to escape from eager dogs or cats in time - in this case, the snake defends itself by biting.

In spring, vipers seek out warm places such as rocks and roads. Vipers usually sleep in piles of leaves or twigs. Vipers often bite dogs on the muzzle and cats on the front legs. Typically, the bite site quickly becomes severely swollen and painful. If a viper has bitten a pet, it should be kept at rest and a veterinarian should be contacted immediately, who will provide more detailed treatment instructions. Viper tablets should not be given unless the airways are swelling and closing.

Veterinarian contact information

You can reach the veterinarians working in the veterinary care of the Southern Häme Environmental Health Service at the Riihimäki and Jokioinen offices by phone on weekdays between 8:00 and 9:30. In urgent cases, leave a message on the answering machine on weekdays between 8:00 and 16:00 if the call cannot be answered. The telephone number of the municipal veterinarian in Riihimäki is 019 758 5780 and the telephone number of the municipal veterinarian in Jokioinen is 040 330 5786.

During on-call hours on weekdays from 4:00 PM to 8:00 AM and on weekends, you can reach the local veterinarian on the paid number 0600 17170 (on weekdays from 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM and on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM, the cost of the call is 1,98 euros per minute + mobile phone charge, and from 10:00 PM to 8:00 AM, the cost is 4,01 euros per minute + mobile phone charge.)

The task of the South Häme Environmental Health Service is to ensure a healthy living environment and safe food for its residents. The area of ​​operation of the South Häme Environmental Health Service includes Forssa, Hausjärvi, Humppila, Janakkala, Jokioinen, Loppi, Riihimäki, Tammela and Ypäjä.

The city of Riihimäki is the responsible municipality for environmental health care in South Häme.

South Häme Environmental Health website (riihimaki.fi)

Environmental Health Veterinary Services (riihimaki.fi)