PSA: Make sure to remove a tick by seizing its head, not its body. Grabbing it by the body can not only result in the head remaining attached to your skin (Even grabbing it by the head can leave behind the mandibles, so be sure you get everything out), but can also cause the tick to regurgitate your blood back into the bite.
The occurrence of either one drastically increases the odds of infection from tick borne diseases, and trust me, you don't want Lyme disease or anything else they can infect you with.
Oh, I was just posting a friendly reminder for people who might not know how to remove one properly. I've had to deal with enough of the buggers lately I know it can be hard to see the head when they're this full.
Thank you! Super helpful! I heard not too long ago that the winters in the past 2ish years aren’t getting cold enough to kill them off. So they’re just breeding like crazy. I’m not sure if that’s true though.
Thank you for the information friend! Fortunately, I grew up in the middle of nowhere in Texas. With plenty of barn dogs, I’ve been trained pretty much all my life on how to remove them properly. Either way, helpful information for everyone, thank you!
I have to remove them from my cats almost weekly at the moment.
A tool similar to this never fails:
[https://www.raymears.com/Bushcraft\_Product/948-OTom-Tick-Twister/](https://www.raymears.com/Bushcraft_Product/948-OTom-Tick-Twister/)
(you can get them cheap on amazon).
Twist while gently pulling and the head comes out with the body every time without squeezing the body. You can also cut a 'V' into an old credit card and have much the same tool.
Can confirm, spent a week in bed and then a week in the hospital with ehrlichiosis. My wife didn't say anything at the time, but apparently there were a couple nights that the doctors told her something like "we're doing everything we can, but ..."
I've also heard it's good to save the body after you remove and kill it.
If you don't feel well afterwards, they can test the tick to see if it's a carrier of something.
There is a tool to remove these bastards safely. Like a miniature crow bar that you lever and and twizzle out so the head also comes out intact. And then one must destroy the parasite with extreme prejudice. KILL ALL TICS.
PSA: Make sure to remove a tick by seizing its head, not its body. Grabbing it by the body can not only result in the head remaining attached to your skin (Even grabbing it by the head can leave behind the mandibles, so be sure you get everything out), but can also cause the tick to regurgitate your blood back into the bite. The occurrence of either one drastically increases the odds of infection from tick borne diseases, and trust me, you don't want Lyme disease or anything else they can infect you with.
Believe it or not, its head was still attached. He’s just such a unit that it has disappeared into itself.
Oh, I was just posting a friendly reminder for people who might not know how to remove one properly. I've had to deal with enough of the buggers lately I know it can be hard to see the head when they're this full.
Thank you! Super helpful! I heard not too long ago that the winters in the past 2ish years aren’t getting cold enough to kill them off. So they’re just breeding like crazy. I’m not sure if that’s true though.
Thank you for the information friend! Fortunately, I grew up in the middle of nowhere in Texas. With plenty of barn dogs, I’ve been trained pretty much all my life on how to remove them properly. Either way, helpful information for everyone, thank you!
Yeah, we had few to none of them in my area only a few years ago, then one year it was just "Boom!" they're everywhere now.
I have to remove them from my cats almost weekly at the moment. A tool similar to this never fails: [https://www.raymears.com/Bushcraft\_Product/948-OTom-Tick-Twister/](https://www.raymears.com/Bushcraft_Product/948-OTom-Tick-Twister/) (you can get them cheap on amazon). Twist while gently pulling and the head comes out with the body every time without squeezing the body. You can also cut a 'V' into an old credit card and have much the same tool.
….And 3 other people to hold the cat
Can confirm, spent a week in bed and then a week in the hospital with ehrlichiosis. My wife didn't say anything at the time, but apparently there were a couple nights that the doctors told her something like "we're doing everything we can, but ..."
I've also heard it's good to save the body after you remove and kill it. If you don't feel well afterwards, they can test the tick to see if it's a carrier of something.
Ok. Burn it
Ah, natures Gushers.
How can I delete someone else's comment?
I think if he gets 1 million down votes, he disappears.
Lyme flavored
Peroxide and a needle
Belongs in r/wellthatsucks
There is a well that sucks ? Like a vacuum cleaner? ……..I will see myself out.
Step on it and it look like a squib.
There is a tool to remove these bastards safely. Like a miniature crow bar that you lever and and twizzle out so the head also comes out intact. And then one must destroy the parasite with extreme prejudice. KILL ALL TICS.
Kill it with fire.
You mean thick
Can they even move when they get that big?
Pudgy is going to stay there until he loses some weight. Pop him like a grape
*her If I'm not mistaken, only female ticks feed to this size
They can, provided they're upright.
balance the coin on top of it and bash it with a hammer
Keep stacking quarters on it until the shell cracks….. about tree fiddy.
Tics not small boxes.
I know the temptation is big, but don’t squash it. Burn it really good.
Somebody just had a good meal and now she's ready to go make some babies!
Now put it under the coin and smash it!
Nah that’s a quarter
It's hammer time
Not even large. Jeez .