Ticks and Lymes disease

[tony_t3d]

Covering them on Vaseline is another one I have been told. This will suffocate them. Never actually tried it

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[Mark Bolam]

Covering them on Vaseline is another one I have been told. This will suffocate them. Never actually tried it

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Utter bullshit, like a lot of myths about safe tick removal.

Those bites look like flea bites.

[tony_t3d]

I thought as much. Hence the reason I have never tried it.

I always stick to the tool in my first aid kit.

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[Mark J]

Have a squizz at this: https://www.mosi-guard.com/articles/insect-bites-in-the-uk-identify-what-has-bitten-you-with-this-ultimate-guide

[silky fox]

Think i've posted this picture before....this removes the tick intact and simply.....

[silky fox]

Slot it in...twist lightly and hey presto.unscews the blighter!

[Mick Dempsey]

Use those on my dog. You have to twist them to better remove the tick before pulling them out.

 

The thing that worries me is that I've never found a tick on myself, which makes me wonder if I've been missing them.

 

It's not as if I can up my self examination routine!

[Gary Prentice]

18 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Use those on my dog. You have to twist them to better remove the tick before pulling them out.

 

The thing that worries me is that I've never found a tick on myself, which makes me wonder if I've been missing them.

 

It's not as if I can up my self examination routine!

Thought you always had your head up your a@&@

 

 

 

Sorry, you opened the door for that response

[Mick Dempsey]

Gary, you're like those guys who lose at pool, then set up their remaining balls in right front of the pockets so they can slam them in really hard. 

[Darrin Turnbull]

Still not figured out what the bites were but fortunately they are going down and the itchiness is subsiding, although not yet gone away. I won't scare the world with a picture of my chest, but this is what my left arm is looking like...

Could be from OPM ( Oak Processionary Moth Caterpillars ).