Have you had a cat get Lyme or a related disease (erlichiosis, for example) from an embedded and engorged female deer tick?

Have you had a cat get Lyme or a related disease (erlichiosis, for example) from an embedded and engorged female deer tick?
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From the way your worded this, I thought the cat did have these symptoms. Then I read on, and see you are merely worried that it could happen. So, keep catching those ticks and assume the best.
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