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    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades
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    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    Horror movie

    You can tell it has a mouthful of hooks when you remove it, you really have to yank on it

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    Kattt
    BPL Member

    @kattt

    Ticks have got to be my least favorite creature on this planet .

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    Eric Blumensaadt
    BPL Member

    @danepacker

    Locale: Mojave Desert

    I’ve found that heat from a lighter held close to the tick (but not on it) will make it quickly retract that hooky mouth and release from me.

    Pulling the tick off with tweezers can leave more bacteria and even parts of the mouth in your skin.

    #3553733
    d k
    BPL Member

    @dkramalc

    Gee, thanks, Doug…I think.  Yuck!  But fascinating.

    I once went hiking with a friend in one of our regional parks in the spring.  She wore woolly knee socks with shorts.  I could see 2-4 ticks hanging on the ends of tall grass on either side of the trail, just waiting for us to walk by.  Luckily I was wearing long pants that day, tucked into my socks; she got a few ticks embedded, I had a couple on my pants I found but nothing got to my skin.  It was a science (and hiking safety) lesson!

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    john hansford
    BPL Member

    @johnh1

    @Eric  Lymedieaseaction.org.uk.  :   “DO NOT try to burn the tick off, apply petroleum jelly, nail polish or any other chemical. Any of these methods can cause discomfort to the tick, resulting in regurgitation, or saliva release.”

    The Lyme disease bacteria is contained in the tick saliva

    So be nice to ticks, at least until you’ve got it out with sharp tweezers or some other device.  And then <b>stamp on it</b>.

    Or save it on sticky tape in case you need evidence that you have had a tick bite, and a lab can also determine whether or not it was carrying Lyme’s .

     

     

    #3553846
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    I’ve used those tick twisters, they work pretty good https://www.amazon.com/Tick-Twister-Remover-Small-Large/dp/B00X7072HY

    I don’t necessarily have to twist, just pull

    Tick key works, but on some of them the slot isn’t narrow enough

     

    #3553918
    David Thomas
    BPL Member

    @davidinkenai

    Locale: North Woods. Far North.

    I tell people, in my most serious voice, that you need to remove ticks like a right-handed screw – “righty-tighty, lefty-lousy” and many people are convinced until I say that in the Southern Hemisphere they are left-handed and you need to go in the reverse direction.

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