THERE'S A TICK ON ME!

[xwing]

I had two latched on a few days ago. Just used tweezers to pull them off. IMO that's the fastest option.

I sprayed the property with bifenthrin last year and never found any ticks, spiders, ants, crickets or any other critters afterwards. Getting ready to shoot the property as soon as the winds die down.

What do you use to spray it?

 

[Pepi]

Dawn dish soap and a Q-tip

 

[AndreusMaximus]

Have you tried uncoiled rice?

 

[Rookie]

How about soaking it in cider?

 

[Cameramonkey]

How about soaking it in cider?

Only Dickens brand will work

 

[Rookie]

I love my Dickens cider!

 

[Farmerjon]

We bought our girls and their families, Tick Twisters. Yes they are real things and they do work amazingly easy!

Amazon product ASIN B00X7072HY

 

[ghuns]

The tweezers that come with some models of SAKs are by far the best tick removal tool I've ever used.

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

What if the tick has left hand threads?

Russian ticks? We're doomed

 

[WebSnyper]

Just heard of this tick now in Indiana

"Alpha-gal syndrome is a recently identified type of food allergy to red meat and other products made from mammals. In the United States, the condition is most often caused by a Lone Star tick bite. The bite transmits a sugar molecule called alpha-gal into the person's body. In some people, this triggers an immune system reaction that later produces mild to severe allergic reactions to red meat, such as beef, pork or lamb, or other mammal products."

Alpha-gal syndrome - Symptoms and causes

www.mayoclinic.org

OMG, that sounds absolutely horrible. Why couldn't it cause something like allergy to Tofu.

 

[WhitleyStu]

I had two latched on a few days ago. Just used tweezers to pull them off. IMO that's the fastest option.


What do you use to spray it?

40 gallon boom sprayer on back of tractor.

 

[AndreusMaximus]

OMG, that sounds absolutely horrible. Why couldn't it cause something like allergy to Tofu.

Yeah, no kidding.

My wife's family is good friends with a lady who caught this. My wife was telling me about all the things she can't eat now (including bacon ) and I could hardly believe it...

 

[garni]

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Get a needle very hot and poke the tick with it. The tick should at least move and possibly die. Then grab the tick with a pair of tweezers.

 

[Jamie-K]

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You "might" want to make sure the dog house has been sprayed for ticks, before doing this !!

 

[tv1217]

I've never had one embed in me but I lapsed on my dogs' prevention meds last fall and they ended up with a few. I used a tick key and it worked like a charm. Not sure if it's uncomfortable or not because one of my dogs just laid there and let me go to work on em, but the other was a drama queen about it, but he doesn't like me cutting his nails either

 

[areamike]

Wife is terrified of ticks........going to set this as the background pic on our computer before I go to bed tonight. A higher powered laser works well to make a tick move on if attached, then just pick it off.

My Dad used to pull them off our dogs all the time when we were kids. I couldn't stand it and had to leave the area. Those things are nasty!

 

[Frosty]

Wife is terrified of ticks........going to set this as the background pic on our computer before I go to bed tonight. A higher powered laser works well to make a tick move on if attached, then just pick it off.

Mine too, I generally pull them off then go “surprise” her with a “guess what’s in my hand” game. One night she’s going to kill me in my sleep…

 

[tv1217]

Found a photo of ironhippie preparing to extract a tick

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

What about ether? The only rag I have is full of ether.

Best pickup line EVER.
"Does this rag smell like ether?"

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Find out how it voted in the 2020 election, proceed as your conscience suggests.

Shouldn't be much trouble to figure that out.....