Animals That Eat Ticks. And, do bats eat ticks? Most spiders eat anything that they can catch, even their own mates are often consumed.
Birds such as quails, chickens, guinea fowl, and wild turkeys have been known to eat ticks. Turkeys are wonderful tick eaters. Ticks are parasites that eat the blood of other animals, including pets and people.
Squirrels effortlessly attract ticks because ticks feed on squirrels and can live in their fur.
The same goes for opossums. Being tall makes them the ideal bird to search through the taller grasses and weeds that would keep other shorter birds out of the area and away from the ticks. While these birds are often promoted as an effective method for tick control, research has shown that their consumption of ticks is minimal. If there’s one creature that’s always plentiful during summer it’s bugs and, fortunately, there are lots of insect species that prey on ticks.