A while back there was some info somewhere about a real good way to getting ticks to let go so they can be easily removed.
Anybody got any ideas??
Yeah, guess who got in the ticks last weekend...
I burn mine off
I always held a lit cigarette to them till they backed out. Not the smartest thing but it worked.
pull it off....with a finger nail. I get in them every day..
In the field take the dipstick out of your vehicle and let a drop of oil cover the tick. It will back out in moments.
I've used alcohol works good...
This is from the center for disease control web site.
(http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/images/grasping_tick_tweezers.gif) (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/images/pulling_tick_up.gif)
Remove a tick from your skin as soon as you notice it. Use fine-tipped tweezers to firmly
grasp the tick very close to your skin. With a steady motion, pull the tick's body away from your skin. Then clean your skin with soap and warm water. Throw the dead tick away with your household trash.
Avoid crushing the tick's body. Do not be alarmed if the tick's mouthparts remain in the skin. Once the mouthparts are removed from the rest of the tick, it can no longer transmit the Lyme disease bacteria. If you accidentally crush the tick, clean your skin with soap and warm water or alcohol.
Don't use petroleum jelly, a hot match, nail polish, or other products to remove a tick.
Don't use petroleum jelly, a hot match, nail polish, or other products to remove a tick.
Some of those methods can cause the tick to regurgitate into your body or squeeze everything out of the tick into you.
Here is a good info link about ticks that's well worth reading.
http://www.peacehealth.org/kbase/topic/special/tp23585spec/sec1.htm
Dennis
I put vasilene (sp?) on them and they back out. I have used rubbing alcohol as well. By putting vasilene over them they cant breath and will back right out. I dont throw them in the trash either I flush them down the drain or toliet. Many different ways to do it. But one thing is for sure....They give me the hibby-gibbys. :scared: :scared: Makes ya feel like you got bugs crawling on you the rest of the day. At least me anyways.
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Spray them with hair spray or deodorent wait about one minute and they will remove easily. The alcohol base in the spray cause them to loosen their grip.
I believe this is the thread you're looking for.
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=032664
Clear nail polish works. NEVER try to just dig them out, the presure will couse them to push everything back into you.
Anything that cuts there air supply will get them to back out & they don't regurgitate anything back into you.
Use the point of your pocket knife just under the ticks head and lift or flick the tick out.Better yet go to a sport shop or vet and get a tick spoon which works great.Never use chemicals or heat!The use of tweezers is now not recomended anymore,unless you can definately get the head of the tick.Frank
Pretty good web page on tick removal tools here :
http://www.placervillevet.com/ticktools.htm
I've used tweezers myself you have to pull a long time , they must have the strongest jaws of any critter given their size. Satisfying to cut them in half I must say :D
Flee spray for my dog. kills them quick and then pull as mentioned above.
Read the links and advise...thanks.
There is a lot of conflicting information, thought, isn't there?
I'm wondering if some of you guys posted without reading the whole thread. I place my trust in what the CDC says.
do you guys have these ticks all year or just in the summer?
all year here, mosquitos are worse
what about in virginia
Depends upon where in Virgina.
In alot of the Southern US, you can run into ticks all year long - may actually see mosquitos on warm days, even in Virginia.
When I worked for North Carolina DOT, they gave out the Tick removal tools, some call them 'tick spoons' they work great - I keep one with me all year long if I'm out in the woods. Best tool for ticks that I've ever seen.
Oh yeah, we have something that can be worse than ticks, as long as you don't get Rocky Mountain Spooted Fever, or Tick Fever or Lyme Disease from the ticks - that's a wonderful little critter called Chiggers - they stay with you for days!!
jetersville virginia and what are chiggers?
I have read on here from fellow Gangers about useing Permanone on your clothing to keep the ticks and chiggers off.
Maybe some who use it will chime in.
Lance, I use it religously, these Deep Fork bottoms are notorious for its ticks, chiggers and skeeters, the Permanone works great, I keep 2 cans on hand at all times.
Virginia has so many ticks that the ticks have ticks.
Permanone, however, does a good job of killing them (sometimes at once but other times after 30 minutes) or making them so woozy that they forget they are supposed to burrow into you. What you want is for the tick not to bite you.
The effectiveness of this product, I have found, depends on how old the can is. Cans several years old still work but not as well. That conclusion is based on a couple of hundred cans.
DEET will work too, but it stinks to high heaven, unlike Permanone which has virtually no scent (also marketed as Permethrin and Duranon.)
In the old days people used coal oil or even sulphur on their socks, pant legs, etc.
Leaving a bit of the broken off head in your skin might not expose you to Lyme disease, Rocky Mtn. Spotted Fever, and various other rotten illnesses, but it will definitely increase the chances of the bite getting infected. Trust me on this! Please, hehehehe! Leaving a source of alien bacteria under your skin in proximity to capillaries is never a good idea.
I now use special tweezers that come with a magnifying glass to make sure you have gotten every last bit of the head out.
An interesting tactic for getting the tick to back out is to take a Q Tip, dunk it in sticky soap, and rub the tick counter-clockwise. It doesn't work, but it is an interesting idea.
Chiggers (red bugs) are not a source of serious illness however they may drive you to suicide or mass murder, both of which are serious.
A solution of one part bleach to two parts water will stop the itching. MSG diluted in water will too. Nicotine from spit-on tobacco will too. A baking soda concoction helps, as do commercial products like After-Bite.
Most of that stuff will help with skeeter bites too.
Then there's Poison Ivy...
Jeff, chiggars are small bugs that bite through the skin and cause itchy red welts. They seem to hide in pine needles and, like mosquitoes, can show a preference in their choice of victims. I have sat back to back with a friend of mine, turkey hunting, and he will come home eat up with chigger bites and I will have one or none. They are more prevelent in middle and eastern Virginia.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100.html
I live about 5 minutes from Lyme, CT... guess where ground zero for lyme disease is? We have the highest concentration of reported cases in the country every year.
One of my buddies spent is grad student years studying the little bloodsuckers - they can carry lots of other nasty stuff. Cutting off their air supply (petroleum jelly) WILL cause them to regurgitate. Trust the CDC on this one guys.
I've never used Permanone, DEET seems to work though as others have said it smells. Anyone have an opinion on how Thermacell works against 'em?
message liquid soap over the tick.It will back out. tried it myself!Where I'm from the ticks will jump 10ft to reach you and if your out of reach they throw a hand full of chiggers at ya :readit:
I think I must live in tick heaven .......... I get em nearly every day in spring and summer ............ I find most of em before they dig in , but occasionally one will gat attached ......... I just pull em off !
http://www.repel.com/ProductCategories/Insectrepellents/Permanone/
Use as directed, and you shouldn't have any problems. I've used it sucessfully for years...no problems.
That Permethrin aka Permanone is highly toxic. It says right on the can not to apply to your skin. You put it on your clothes and then hang them out to dry for a few days. In the military where we go that has a lot of critters you have no idea if they are dangerous or not, it comes in real handy. Personally, I don't like to use either but if you must, might as well get the good stuff eh?
I've used Permethrin since 1989. Spray it on your clothes ONLY.
You boys in Virginia really have the bugs. I used to hunt the Eastern Shore (sportsman's heaven really) and my lord did they have ticks! I got my dogs screened for blood donation one year and they wouldn't take any of the 3. They each tested positive for 2 tick borne diseases from a menu of Rocky Mountain fever, erlichiosis and Lyme's! The Kentucky vet was VERY interested in where they had been, and not at all surprised that they had been to the shore.
I guess it is the price you pay for the piney woods and saltwater. I love it.