This may sound stupid but I use a FORK to get ticks
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Just the botton of the fork up and around to lasso the tick betwen the prongs and keep sliding. the tick gets wedged in the prongs and the base of the prongs scoops the tick out. make sure the bottom side of the fork is against the skin...kinda like scooping the tick out... I do this ALOT and it works most of the time pretty easy