Tick removal tip
 

Received this in an email. Havn't had the opportunity to try it yet but being tick's are abundant it might do good to try this.

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>> It is the season for those nasty little ticks, what a neat way to get them off!
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>> A School Nurse has written the info below ------- good enough to share ------

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>> -------And it really works!! -------
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>> I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best way to remove atick.

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>> This is great, because it works in those places where it's sometimesdifficult to

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>> getto with tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark hair,etc.
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>> Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with thesoap-soaked

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>> cotton balland let it stay on the repulsive insect for a few seconds (15-20), after
>> which the tick will come out on it's own and be stuck to the cotton ballwhen you

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>> lift it away. This technique has worked every time I've used it--(and that was

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>> frequently), and it's much less traumatic for the patientand easier for me.
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>> Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this would be damaging
>> in any way. I even had my doctor's wife call me for advice because she had
>> one stuck to her back and she couldn't reach it with tweezers.

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>> She used this method and immediately called me back to say, 'Itworked!'
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RE: Tick removal tip
 

I recieved the same Email, BUT not until after turkey season was over. SO I never got the chance to try it either.

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I have heard this before, and believe it to be true. However, getting my 200lb rotty to sit still for 15-20seconds while I am putting soap on him is like trying to ride a bull. He sees soap he thinks its bath time, and he isnt much for bath time. But I have heard this work for children etc. On my dog, i dig deep grab, pinch hard and pull like hell!

RE: Tick removal tip
 

I'll give that a try next time. Thanks for the tip.

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Cool. Thanks!

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I'll try it this weekend, I guarantee I'll have at least one.:)

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You can also smear vaseline on them and that will make them back out. Of course, you don't wind up with them conveniently stuck to a cotton ball that way.:D

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I tried this liquid soap thing yesterday. One of my goats has a tick on his ear. Sad to say it didnt work, and I held it on there for a long time. Maybe it was me... I usually heat up a pair of needle nose pliers and grab the ticks butt. He lets go pretty quick usually and pops right out. I'll try the soap thing again next time, just to see.

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I've tried coating them with everything... vaseline, fingernail polish, even varnish.

None of it worked.

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I got that email a month or so also. So the wife told me to leave a couple on myself after checking cameras to see if it worked. Sorry to say it didn't. Maybe it will for some?