tic removal

To remove tics from pets. take hold of the tics swollen body and twist it 'anticlockwise' keep twisting it, and it will release, and the head will come out too. Don't know why, but 'Clockwise' doesn't work, tried that.

 

Hi, Compostee. Not that my cats have ticks or every have but we have a friend here with four large dogs (one the size of a pony, a mountain dog) and they always have ticks. We had a discussion a couple of years ago and I did a search about removal of ticks and this is what I found ...

The Following Guidelines Should Be
Followed During Tick Removal.

Avoid handling ticks with uncovered fingers; use tweezers or commercial tools designed for removal. If index finger and thumb must be used, protect them with rubber gloves, plastic or even a paper towel.

Place the tips of tweezers or edges of other removal devices around the area where the mouthparts enter the skin.

With steady slow motion, pull the tick away from the skin or slide the removal device along the skin (read the directions for each commercial tool). Do not jerk, crush, squeeze or puncture the tick.

After removal, place the tick directly into a sealable container. Disinfect the area around the bite site using standard procedures.

Keep the tick alive for a month in case symptoms of a tick-borne disease develop. Place it in a labeled (date, patient), sealed bag or vial with a lightly moistened paper towel then store at refrigerator temperature.

 

My brother recently suffered from a bizarre reaction to a tic bite - where a red 'rash' spread quite rapidly from the bite site (the back of his knee - right in the crease). He had loads of tests (it wasn't lymes disease), and just as it was reaching his nether regions, the antibiotics kicked in - and it vanished!

Unrelated - but interesting, as a young teenager, he went on an adventure holiday to a remote Scottish Island - where there was a chart on the wall noting the triumphs of previous participants - and the person with most tics on their body! Apparently it was common to see youths rolling around naked in the heather, trying to beat the record of 150!

Are the vaseline/surgical spirits/cigarette methods of tic removal frowned upon?

 

How interesting must have that been, JarBax, on that remoted island ????????

Yes, I believe another thing I read when the above incident was going on was that vaseline/surgical spirits/cigarettes is VERY frowned upon!

 

Hi lol, I never read the bit about not touching, I didn't see that on any site, I have never had a problem, but then i dispose of one way o another, burn usually. I have known folk who have been bitten by the things, but never had such a nasty reaction as jarbax's bro. The dogs have never shown any infection either, but then living with sheepfields all arouns, no doubt we get a few of the blighters. But it was just an idea that works for me.

 

Bramble has had a couple of ticks, so I bought a tick remover, it looks a bit like tweezers, but you squeeze them to open them. Anyway, you are supposed to heat them up, so when you attach it to the ticks' body, it lets go of the dog in shock, then you dispose of it.....

... anyway - long story short - I heated it up too much.... ever heard a tick explode???!!!

 

:eek: Doesn't bear thinking about Honey Be! :eek:

 

my tic remover cost 99p for both a large one and a small one and they do a great job - "frontline" does a better one though.