Ticks

[H-A]

 

That is what I use on dogs and children, both don't mind:biggrin:

 

Twisting works well for me, worst bit is when you tread on a full one that has fallen off the dog. like stepping on a blood grape.

 

H-A

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

I now consider this thread almost an "act of supreme divine intervention".

 

I'd never given ticks much thought until I read this thread starting yesterday. From there I read the BADA-UK page and recall a young woman I once met with Lymes disease who was truly in a terrible state - life changing illness. Gave me the shivers.

 

Went to visit a friend this afternoon and to cut her hedges in the garden. My Wife had one of her cats on her lap and found a lump on its head... Friend thought it was an absess from a fight... I took a loot at it and it suddenly dawned on me that this grey sack was a tick; the giveaway was the pattern on the body - the grooves as such.

 

Jumped on phone to get google images of tick - confirmed.

 

They went promptly to the pet shop just in time before it closed and got a set of the specific tick-removal-tools (pictured).

 

Held the poor moggy real tight and followed the destructions - out it popped; wasn't sure I'd left the mouthparts in the moggy or not until we put the vile bug into a jam jar and had a better look (pictured).

 

Took a video of it crawling around the jar and then decided it should learn to swim in some nice nail polish remover aka 100% acetone; result.

 

You can see the wound site in the last pic - looks ok for now.

 

Had I not read this thread; had it not been posted......................

[luftwaffe]

well done TDC.. its nice when you can do someone a favour.

[mendiplogs]

 

That is what I use on dogs and children, both don't mind:biggrin:

 

Twisting works well for me, worst bit is when you tread on a full one that has fallen off the dog. like stepping on a blood grape.

 

H-A

 

Hi HA that what we have OTOM TICK TWISTER all so some pen with like fishing line coming out the end of it not so good that as the OTOM thanks Jon

[Two Acres]

I think some of us are much better informed now TDC - I most certainly am. Didn't get to the vets today, but I'm going in the morning. I'll get one of those kits like yours. Thanks for posting the pic of it. Then I'm ready for the next time I pick one of the little beggars up

[mendiplogs]

I now consider this thread almost an "act of supreme divine intervention".

 

I'd never given ticks much thought until I read this thread starting yesterday. From there I read the BADA-UK page and recall a young woman I once met with Lymes disease who was truly in a terrible state - life changing illness. Gave me the shivers.

 

Went to visit a friend this afternoon and to cut her hedges in the garden. My Wife had one of her cats on her lap and found a lump on its head... Friend thought it was an absess from a fight... I took a loot at it and it suddenly dawned on me that this grey sack was a tick; the giveaway was the pattern on the body - the grooves as such.

 

Jumped on phone to get google images of tick - confirmed.

 

They went promptly to the pet shop just in time before it closed and got a set of the specific tick-removal-tools (pictured).

 

Held the poor moggy real tight and followed the destructions - out it popped; wasn't sure I'd left the mouthparts in the moggy or not until we put the vile bug into a jam jar and had a better look (pictured).

 

Took a video of it crawling around the jar and then decided it should learn to swim in some nice nail polish remover aka 100% acetone; result.

 

You can see the wound site in the last pic - looks ok for now.

 

Had I not read this thread; had it not been posted......................

 

Hi mate Langford veterinary school part of Bristol University are doing studies on takes you have to take your takes to your vet and they do biopsies on the ticks thanks Jon

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

This is the one; made by O'Tom; also the best according to BADA.

 

Tick Removal: Tick-removal tool | BADA UK

 

The "tick twister" we got is exactly the same (made by O'Tom).

 

O'Tom Tick Remover | eBay

[mendiplogs]

This is the one; made by O'Tom; also the best according to BADA.

 

Tick Removal: Tick-removal tool | BADA UK

 

The "tick twister" we got is exactly the same (made by O'Tom).

 

O'Tom Tick Remover | eBay

 

Hi john my VETS charged me £4.25 the other day at robbers thanks John

[Saw-sick Steve]

Good advice from Chopper Edoff on this thread, I always use tweezers and a straight pull to remove the buggers - sometimes they're too small for the 'specialist' tools. It's a rare day indeed nowadays if I don't remove a tick from either me or one the dogs/cats.It's worth just giving them the once over when you come in - you can often spot them crawling over their fur and kill them before they attach themselves.

Lyme disease is on the increase, due partly to the rise in the deer population coupled with a raised awareness of it's existence. There are four stages to a tick’s life-cycle: egg, larva, nymph, and adult. Larvae, nymphs and adults all only feed once in each stage. The whole life cycle lasts around 2 years, and it is the nymph which is most likely to bite you - though I have removed larva before, and they are really tiny. If a larval tick picks up an infection from a small animal such as a vole, when it next feeds as a nymph it can pass the infection to the next animal or human it bites. I'm fortunate in the fact that as soon as I'm bitten I get an itchy reaction, but not everyone does - if left undisturbed, a tick will feed for 5-7 days, and they swell up to the size of your thumbnail.

Keep checking, especially if you're in the woods - it really is a most debilitating disease.

[hamilton32]

A friend of mine does river keeping and he's recently found out he's got lymes disease and he's had it a while so it's seriously bad news!! So yeah, watch out for the little f**kers!