Why don't cats get ticks as often as dogs?

I think they clean themselves better.

Because they are nowhere as sweet.

Because they are vastly superior.

They are more thorough groomers.

Ticks evolved to adapt to the superior blood of man’s best friend. Dogs.

A simple but very true answer.

Cats belong in the barn and no self respecting tick would be caught in a barn.

Actually, Rick looked…it isn’t even a tick. Milo got a owie and it’s dried blood.

So, I can say I have never seen a tick on a cat.

I live in the Sierra foothills and use advantage, my cats have gotten ticks fairly often, especially in spring and fall when the little creeps are in feeding frenzy mode. lol

I use Frontline on Milo and have still occasionally found a larva tick (the really small ones) crawling on his fur but apparently unable to to get to the skin.

Twice I have found a larger one both embedded and engorged. I had to use a tweezers to remove it and Milo was not happy. It was nasty, I freaked out but the vet called back immediately and calmed me down.

Ticks are gross. And their bite takes two weeks to heal, and it itches and itches.

I believe that cats can reach places where dogs can’t and since they constantly groom, the tick doesn’t always get the opportunity to embed itself into them. Dogs romp, play and flop. Not a lot of self-grooming on my dog anyway.