Tick removal question

[redfish]

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...

[Ian johnson]

I burn mine off

[MJB]

I always held a lit cigarette to them till they backed out. Not the smartest thing but it worked.

[geno]

pull it off....with a finger nail. I get in them every day..

[Benha]

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.

[Weekend Warrior]

I've used alcohol works good...

[ibohuntwhitetails]

This is from the center for disease control web site.

   
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.

[ibohuntwhitetails]

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.

[Aeronut]

Here is a good info link about ticks that's well worth reading.

http://www.peacehealth.org/kbase/topic/special/tp23585spec/sec1.htm

Dennis

[Tim Fishell]

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.          Makes ya feel like you got bugs crawling on you the rest of the day.  At least me anyways.

[Hot Hap]

Hey Tim-Just wait till you see what comes crawling up out of that sewer in about 3 years. Hap P.S. You old enough to have known Ben East? He was one of my favorites. Hap

[Robert Warnock]

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.

[vermonster13]

I believe this is the thread you're looking for.

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=032664

[Jeff Hren-Renegade]

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.

[defiant]

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

[Islander]

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

[Patience]

Flee spray for my dog. kills them quick and then pull as mentioned above.

[Woodduck]

Read the links and advise...thanks.

There is a lot of conflicting information, thought, isn't there?

[Kevin Lawler]

I'm wondering if some of you guys posted without reading the whole thread. I place my trust in what the CDC says.

[JEFF B]

do you guys have these ticks all year or just in the summer?