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07-02-2008, 04:49 PM | #1 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Central Pennsylvania, USA
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| Important TICK info!! I found this on a website recently when I was searching for info about ticks and prevention. Using methods such as applying petroleum jelly, a hot match, or alcohol will NOT cause the tick to 'back out.' In fact, these irritants may cause the tick to deposit more disease-carrying saliva in the wound. Here's what to do: To remove an attached tick, use a pair of fine-tipped tweezers or special tick removal instruments. These special devices allow one to remove the tick without squeezing the tick body. This is important as you do not want to crush the tick and force harmful bacteria to leave the tick and enter your pet's bloodstream. Grab the tick by the head or mouth parts right where they enter the skin. Do not grasp the tick by the body. Without jerking, pull firmly and steadily directly outward. Do not twist the tick as you are pulling. After removing the tick, place it in a jar of alcohol to kill it. Ticks are NOT killed by flushing them down the toilet. Clean the bite wound with a disinfectant. If you want to, apply a small amount of a triple antibiotic ointment. Wash your hands thoroughly.
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07-02-2008, 04:57 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alabama
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| Thank you for your post. I will definately commit the correct tick removal techinques to memory. |
07-02-2008, 06:28 PM | #3 | |
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I'll never use anything but a tweezer from now on.
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07-02-2008, 06:31 PM | #4 | |
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07-02-2008, 06:50 PM | #5 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Michigan
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| Thank you so much for the great info........ I will store it in memory. We are going camping at the end of July and hopefully we dont have to use this info!!
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07-02-2008, 06:55 PM | #6 |
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| Thanks for this important information. But...yuck!! (Shudders and swears to always remember Gizmo's Frontline! )
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07-02-2008, 08:31 PM | #7 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Boonville, IN
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| Thanks for that very interesting and much need information..article. Oh my....they do not die by flushingoooo that is just so gross!!! They are the hardiest, yuckiest things!! It makes my skin crawl! Thanks again.
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07-02-2008, 10:45 PM | #8 |
Gizzy & Kandi spoil me Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waco, Texas
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| omgosh! Do they just crawl back up out of the toilet??!! I'm never gonna get any sleep now...
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07-03-2008, 06:01 AM | #9 | |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Central Pennsylvania, USA
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My "tick assassination method" includes putting a piece of tin foil in my kitchen sink...putting the tick on the tin foil and then using one of those long stem lighters I charbroil the little sucker. They actually pop and crackle when they burn...its truly disgusting!!!...but at least I am sure they are dead!
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07-03-2008, 04:50 PM | #10 |
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| I don't think they live in the toilet or anything like that but the point is that they stay alive and are released into our sewage systems where they can escape or reproduce or things like that. It's important to kill them right away!
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07-07-2008, 10:37 AM | #11 |
YT Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fairborn, OH
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| thanks! i seriously thought using a match was the best way to get ticks out, but i've never actually had to remove one, so i'm glad i read this thread beforehand. i hope i never have to remove a tick from myself or Kash, but if i do, i'll be sure to follow these instructions. thanks again!
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07-07-2008, 11:02 AM | #12 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Michigan
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| Timely info.... Last weekend I felt something in my hair...swished my bangs and out fell a tick!!!! That's my brush with the nasty critters. Everyone immediately got a brush, bath and brush again to verify he didn't bring any friends and family with him. I'll be printing this for our "What to do incase"...file.
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07-07-2008, 11:53 AM | #13 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: az
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| Thanks for the info, hope i never have to do it but am thankful i will know how to do it the right way
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10-20-2009, 08:16 AM | #14 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: TX
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| I had a run-in with a tick on one of our Aust. Shep. pups this weekend. I tried the tweezer method and my gosh, those things hold on tight! I ran inside and googled "tick removal" and found a video that some guy had posted. What he said to do was to put your finger on the tick and rub in circles like you're trying to make it dizzy. After about 30 seconds of this (maybe even less), the tick let go and I threw it in some alcohol to kill it. I posted this on another thread just now that recommended the soap method. Then I read that the soap/vaseline method is not recommended. Do you think that the "dizzy tick method" would release more stuff from the tick? It sure did let go easily and quickly.
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10-20-2009, 08:22 AM | #15 | |
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I would get many rescues in with 10/20/30 ticks on the dogs and I would do the tweezer and alcohol method.. I just had to be sure I got the head out.. I don't think I could sit and massage the tick...
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