Ticks

[Marc Lewis]

Get a good pair of fine nosed tweezers - grab the ticks neck close to the skin and pull straight away from the skin. The tick feeding is no problem, it's when they finish and upchuck before detaching or from not removing cleanly that you get infected. I live in the woods and this is several times a day on me, the missus, dog cat etc

 

Agree, but i am sure you should twist them off or you are in danger of leaving some of their mouth parts in your skin.

[Two Acres]

Agree, but i am sure you should twist them off or you are in danger of leaving some of their mouth parts in your skin.

 

Thats what I've been wondering about Marc. I've had a look at the tick remover tools and htey all seem to have a twisting action. I'm off to the vets this afternoon anyway so I'll ask what they have when I'm there

[Pinkfoot]

No, I said Rohypnol was good for everything.

Don't you remember that?

 

 

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You're a pain in the arse :eek:

[Chopper Edoff]

I used to twist them but I find a straight sharp pull more effective, sometimes twisting will leave the head behind from my experiments. If the head gets left behind just put on some antiseptic, it's not really a problem. The main thing is to grip the neck very tightly so there's no chance of the ticks stomach contents getting into you. I have a mate who got lymes whilst horse riding in the USA in the early 80's, unable to walk since as the doctors were very slow to work out what was up. The medical system is much more turned on nowadays, especially in tick areas.

Touch is the best way of finding ticks on your body, the missus calls them wibblers as they wibble wobble on the skins surface to the touch.

Don't assume they will only be on exposed areas as they do travel, I saw what I thought was a flea on my arm but when looking closer, saw it was a tick moving up my arm - have found one on my nutsack before!

In the gardens around the house, two hours before dusk we release the dinosaurs (hens really but they are supposed to be the closest living relatives to dinosaurs) and they do a most excellent job at clearing ticks, ticks tend to hang on the ends of grasses etc waiting for something to go by and the girls get them first.

If you want a tip on making yourself less attractive to ticks, eat garlic capsules, same with mozzies. Most peoples diets have loads of sugar in them which makes the sweat very attractive to ticks, mozzies, sandflies etc, the garlic helps mask the sweetness.

[StephF]

something like this should be good.

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Yes Darren, we have those in all our first aid kits! Mainly used on the dogs though!

[Mark Bolam]

Twisting is utter bollocks, don't do it.

 

 

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[mendiplogs]

Twisting is utter bollocks, don't do it.

 

 

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Hi mark you make sure the hole body out as the tick keep on going and all Muck from tick can go back into you thanks Jon

[Two Acres]

I used to twist them but I find a straight sharp pull more effective, sometimes twisting will leave the head behind from my experiments. If the head gets left behind just put on some antiseptic, it's not really a problem. The main thing is to grip the neck very tightly so there's no chance of the ticks stomach contents getting into you. I have a mate who got lymes whilst horse riding in the USA in the early 80's, unable to walk since as the doctors were very slow to work out what was up. The medical system is much more turned on nowadays, especially in tick areas.

Touch is the best way of finding ticks on your body, the missus calls them wibblers as they wibble wobble on the skins surface to the touch.

Don't assume they will only be on exposed areas as they do travel, I saw what I thought was a flea on my arm but when looking closer, saw it was a tick moving up my arm - have found one on my nutsack before!

In the gardens around the house, two hours before dusk we release the dinosaurs (hens really but they are supposed to be the closest living relatives to dinosaurs) and they do a most excellent job at clearing ticks, ticks tend to hang on the ends of grasses etc waiting for something to go by and the girls get them first.

If you want a tip on making yourself less attractive to ticks, eat garlic capsules, same with mozzies. Most peoples diets have loads of sugar in them which makes the sweat very attractive to ticks, mozzies, sandflies etc, the garlic helps mask the sweetness.

 

I've got a horrible picture in my mind Chopper. Your 'dinosaurs' pecking ticks off your garlicky nutsack

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Twisting is utter bollocks, don't do it.

 

 

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Not for tweezers but does for the recommended tool:

 

Tick Removal: Tick-removal tool | BADA UK

 

You will never believe what I'm about to post on this thread; it is uncanny... hang on...

[aitch]

I know quite a few people who've got lunes disease from ticks. I used to think it was rare for it to happen as we used to get them all the time as kids but it's a lot more cooking than you think. I always check for the bulls eye now as it's critical to get there early. The longer you leAve it the worse the outcome will be.