Ticks!

[Mark Bolam]

Buying a good tick-lifter is an excellent idea.

Apply antiseptic to the site after you have removed them.

 

Make sure you kill them. The last one I took off the dog had buggered off by the time I put cream on her ear!

[KGBFINGAR]

Pretty bad here at the moment , the dogs are getting them almost every day .

I just use tweezers and pull them out , then a bit of sudocream , so far so good !

[TGB]

You were lucky using tweezers, as although you can get a good grip on them, you may be squeezing stuff from them into the dermis. Get a couple of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/s/ref=is_s_/279-6583033-7963251?ie=UTF8&k=Tick+removal+tooL&i=aps

 

I'm fortunate, in that non of the woods I work in are known to have deer. And I'm not prone to them either. But they're wee little tools that weigh next to nothing and for a few quid, why not carry them.

Edited June 19, 2013 by TGB

[Bren.]

It's also a good idea to avoid using deer trails, and to avoid walking one behind the other where possible.

Ticks that sense movement in the surrounding foliage immediately begin "Questing", raising the fronts of their bodies off the leaf or stem, and waving their front legs in the air, hoping to latch on to a passing animal. This would increase their chances of getting onto a host. Such as when a group of deer move along a trail, the first animal disturbs the foliage, but may not pick up many ticks, the following animals are then walking through a corridor of alert Ticks poised to grab the next thing that passes them.

[cromone]

I get them every summer. This is the best tool I have found for removing them, the smaller slot in the corner of the card will remove the smallest tick.

 

TickCard | Home

[woody woodpecker]

hi if you use something hot like a match that you have just put out they will retract there ligs and head and falloff

[Bren.]

Yes they will,but only after regurgitating some of the contents of their gut, and so massively increasing your chances of contracting Lymes.

DON'T DO IT!

[Stubby]

I get them every summer. This is the best tool I have found for removing them, the smaller slot in the corner of the card will remove the smallest tick.

 

TickCard™ | Home

 

Just bought one of those tick lifter cards . Also read about the 300% increase in lymes disease in recent years . Says as well DO NOT squeeze , twist , heat up or oil ticks . As stated above a few time don't do anything to make them regurgitate their saliva .

[tipmethewink]

Perhaps obvious but you should wash your hands too especially if you've squashed them.

[Stubby]

Perhaps obvious but you should wash your hands too especially if you've squashed them.

 

Yep . Wash your hands but don't squash them !