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Bajagypsy
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Lots of ticks in our part of the country. And as such its an normal occurance to remove them from the dogs or ourselves in the summer.
Anyway, the chances of getting lime desease from a tick is extremely small...so long as its removed properly.
Once they burrow there head into you and start going to work sucking blood, they inject a sticky substance which basicall cemets there head into you
making removal very hard.
The mistake most people make is that they just rip them off, leaving there head behind.....this is where the lime desease comes in as the head
decaying in your skin isnt real good....make sure the head comes out and you'll be fine.
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Bajame
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I heard if you put petroulem jelly on thier butt they can't breathe and will pull them selfs out. This was on a TV show.
We all want a peaceful world, filled with love and laughter, but we fill ourselves with anger and hate trying to fiqure out how to achive it.
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Cypress
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Have pulled a tick or two off myself. Use tweezers, grasp the tick at the base of it's head and pull it out. A little plug of hide might come off with it, but you can put alcohol on the site. The main thing to avoid is sqeezing the ticks body and forcing it's stomach
contents into your blood stream.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
Have pulled a tick or two off myself. Use tweezers, grasp the tick at the base of it's head and pull it out. |
That's the method I use. Slow, steady pressure or you can seperate the body from the head which stays imbedded and can cause infection. My vet's
choice for home extraction is alcohol, applied generously with a Q-Tip. That will kill it and it will fall out by itself.
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Osprey
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That's close to my remedy. I pour alcohol and sand on em. They get drunk, kill each other with the little rocks.
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DENNIS
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Brings to mind the high school remedy for crotch critters that used a Gillete razor, fire and an ice-pick. The method is well known so I won't go
into it here.
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toneart
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Brings to mind the high school remedy for crotch critters that used a Gillete razor, fire and an ice-pick. The method is well known so I won't go
into it here. |
Dennis,
Tell us how it worked for you.
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DENNIS
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I was in a hurry so I used a fork.
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toneart
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
I was in a hurry so I used a fork. |
Nitpickers should never be in a hurry. They need to get it right. A fool and his tool could be soon parted.
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