Feckin Ticks

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WAlked the WHW for the third time and got back on Saturday to Weegieland (thank ****) ,anyway my mate phoned on Sat night to tell me he had two Ticks on his belly ,clawed awe night thinkin about it ,woke up Sun Morn and hey presto a wee horrible hing sookin on ma belly ,pult it aff and ave clawed since :eek:
 
Nasty little buggers, we live beside a forest and that's where our dogs get walked. They're constant visitors to our house, I have had to remove one from my "gentleman's area":D at least once.

You have to be careful when you remove them, to ensure you don't leave the head embedded in your skin - then you have a worse problem... :blast
 
A few drops of Three-In-One Oil on their abdomens and they suffocate and drop out. You need to be careful though because they carry Lyme disease.
 
Schtum said:
You need to be careful though because they carry Lyme disease.
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Aye but does it no stop scurvy and could be one of your five a day.

Pu the cu/nt oot then put a blob of vasaline over the area :thumb2
 
freeloader said:
You have to be careful when you remove them, to ensure you don't leave the head embedded in your skin - then you have a worse problem... :blast
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Original thinking used to be to use the end of a cigarette on them or a drop of nail varnish remover etc on them. However it was discovered that that causes them to vomit the contents of their stomach straight into you blood stream thus greatly increasing the chances of contracting Lyme disease (which can seriously spoil your day if not treated!) if they were carrying it. Current thinking is to get the fecker out as quickly as possible using a pair of long nosed tweezers. The consequences of leaving the head behind are not as serious as contracting Lymes.
Nasty, horrible things, I feckin' hate them!
 
They're a bugger if the mouth parts aren't removed, will swell up then harden into a wee lump.

This here wee gadget is infallible, I've used it on dogs, cats and more importantly, meself

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www.ticktwister.co.uk or from Amazon
 
buellzebub said:
Original thinking used to be to use the end of a cigarette on them or a drop of nail varnish remover etc on them. However it was discovered that that causes them to vomit the contents of their stomach straight into you blood stream thus greatly increasing the chances of contracting Lyme disease (which can seriously spoil your day if not treated!) if they were carrying it. Current thinking is to get the fecker out as quickly as possible using a pair of long nosed tweezers. The consequences of leaving the head behind are not as serious as contracting Lymes.
Nasty, horrible things, I feckin' hate them!
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Hadn't heard the cigarette or nail varnish theory...

We've had various tick removal tools over the years, but what the instructions usually said was that you have to give the tick a twist as you pull it out. My other half can now extract them fairly successfully with her fingers alone, after years of practise.

I've seen plenty that got missed, when their bloated bodies drop off the dogs. Don't tread on them, they make a bit of a splatty mess.
 
shuck raider said:
They're a bugger if the mouth parts aren't removed, will swell up then harden into a wee lump.

This here wee gadget is infallible, I've used it on dogs, cats and more importantly, meself
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Got two different sizes of that tool, have used it with varying degrees of success.
 
Unfortunately Ticks are getting to be a major problem countrywide. Many people are infected with lymns disease of which there are many strains,affecting people differently. The red ring around the tick is said to be a sign of an infected tick.However this is by no means deffinate.
One of the men i used to work alongside has had to retire following an infection caused by a tick.A great bear of a man ,left with no energy,constant sore joints and recurring Flu symptoms,respiratory difficulties also.

Be very aware after removing a tick if you feel affected in any way get to the doctor and tell them of the tick and that you suspect lymes disease.

I have had to on one occassion ,after removing a tick a day later my arm went numb and felt like it had been stung by a nettle.After tests and 2 courses of antibiotics it cleared. It wasn,t Lymes but ticks can carry a host of other infections.

For the dogs ,treat them with advantix each month,keeps them clear.Me too:mmmm
 
Removing ticks...instructions from my hounds vet......smother it with a big blob of vaseline and leave for about 5 mins (this kills it).....then get hold of it with tweezers and twist off in an anti-clockwise direction, as they attach themselves into skin in a clockwise twist.....make sure you get all the head out (which it should do)...clean the area with antiseptic and keep an eye on the area for any infection....horrible things.....:(

I 'Frontline' my dog and cats every month during the Summer....and that seems to keep the horrors at bay......:comfort

Don't know if you can frontline humans though?......:nenau.....:D
 
Took a couple of the dogs just this morning, just leave yourself a long thumbnail to get right under the head then twist and pull, wash hands and if it were on me i'd use some antiseptic after. We get loads on the dogs, the more deer and sheep around combined with long grass, the more the ticks love it:thumb2
 
Doyle says it all --but most of all do NOT distress it with vaseline, oil, turps, butter, meths, fags, shite or anything at all--get it out ASAP-- the wee green hooky things are best--I've got sets everywhere. Lymes disease is no laughing matter.
 
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