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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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!

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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?

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That ought to be easier than that ole blow torch I've beenusing... Thanks :D

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the DR was obviously not an outdoors person. That is the incorrect way to remove ticks. You see the tick gets agitated and then vomits into your body........ thus increasing your chances of contracting any disease it was carrying.
Suck it up buttercup.......... grab them real quick with your fingers or tweezers and pull them out. Less chance of it regurgitating into your bloodstream. My wife hates therm and uses needle nose pliers so she doesn't have to touch them. Ill look for the link if y'all want.
This yr was the worst yr I have seen for ticks. In a 4hr period I would pick 100's of ticks off me. And for the next few days I would find them on me....... probabley from the inside of my car.
I take some steps to prevent them from getting in the house too. Get undressed outside and put your clothes in a garbage bag. DO NOT wash....... throw them in the tub filled with water. Once submerged these little buggers will try and get out. Take them out and kill them. then wash your clothes. The reason you don't wash your clothes is they will crawl out while your clothes are still in the wash and climb the wash barrel......... your wife/parents/roomates will be none too pleased
my .02 cents

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Ive heard of doing it with peanut butter. That way you get a nice treat afterwards and you get your blood back;):D[:'(]. I just rip them off with a tweezers, then torch them with a match.

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My doc told me to use hairspray. It clogs up their breathing and they let go in a few minutes. I'm a scoutmastrer and had a dozen boy scouts come back from a hike with over 20 collectivley attached to them. The hairspray trick worked on all but one very stubborn tick

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Here's one link. http://www.anapsid.org/Lyme/removingticks.html
google removing ticks and READ.

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Tried it. Didn't work. I do have a nice clean tick now though.:D

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I just use FrontLine Plus on my neck once a month[8D]











Jking!! It does work well on my Rottie though

Dan

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NEVER USE PRESSURE while removing a tick, it will always cause the thick to spill it's contents ( salivy and other victim's blood ) into your body.
I use the O'tom tick twister.
it's an animal friendly way of removing the tick, hell, it even is friendly to the tick......
untill I burn it with a lighter.
this little gizmo goes with me on every hikeand it works, even with small ticks.
If the tick is in a "difficult to get at" kinda spot, I ask my girlfriend.

http://www.otom.com/

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Well the consensus is it doesn't work. I use Peramone before entering tick habitat and never have pulled one off me while using that stuff. Seems prevention is the best method.

m9a9q919c, that thing looks like a nail remover :D.

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Bingo! In fact most of the reputable sites such as the Lyme Disease foundation and others only recc. phsically removing the beast. They are now saying that even if there are parts of the tick left in after removal that it should not pose any problems. I did a lot of research on this a few months ago when we had a major tick episode and found a ridiculous amount of home methods that don't work. Stick with just pulling the buggers out.

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I tried the soap/cottonball thing on my dog and it didn't work either.

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Double bingo! Take it from someone who had Ehrlichiosis (similar to Lyme) last summer...and has done a ton of research. Just grab it close to the skin without squeezing and pull it out.

As a side note, I found out very quickly how uneducated and uniformed some doctors can be on the subject of tick borne diseases. I saw several and got a wide range of diagnosis and advice, some of which I later learned was completely off.

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I have pulled off some nasty ticks , on myself, my snakes, my cats and my neighbour's dogs with the Otom tick twister.....all of them are still in good health.
The reason this little thing works so great is because you don't need to apply any pressure on the thick on any part. you just slide it under and twist, the tick just comes off, even the small ones you can't get between your fingers....

www.otom.com

Frank