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CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
edited June 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
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How do you normally remove a tick? I had no idea, but I knew it was important to get the little bastard's head out too, so I cut it out with a scalpel.

There was some blood and when my mother came home at first she sort of freaked out, but when I explained she started to laugh at me or with me, I don't know.

How do you normally remove a tick? Any less bloody ways?
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  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    yikes....that seems like overkill...I would use a needle.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    You can get special tick removers that slide under the head and ease it out like a claw hammer would a nail...

    Erm... probably a stoopid question... why did you have a tick?!
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  • electronblueelectronblue WPB Florida Posts: 3,460
    my great gran use to say dab a cotton ball/ q-tip with keresene or liter fluid and they would come right out, but that was a long time ago...~
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  • pearljammin41pearljammin41 Posts: 465
    rubbing alcohol
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    You can get special tick removers that slide under the head and ease it out like a claw hammer would a nail...

    Erm... probably a stoopid question... why did you have a tick?!

    No freakin' idea why, but I was outside today, walking through tall grass and shrubs... But we suspect our cat has ticks, couldn't find any on him, though. Do ticks transfer from one animal to another or me :D

    I'll check out that remover thing.
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  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Collin wrote:
    No freakin' idea why, but I was outside today, walking through tall grass and shrubs... But we suspect our cat has ticks, couldn't find any on him, though. Do ticks transfer from one animal to another or me :D

    I'll check out that remover thing.

    ooooh icky! :(

    Good luck with getting it out!
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  • BlancheBlanche Posts: 247
    On a trek in the mountains, one guy, who was not well in the head, got stung in a bee-infested area.
    He wanted to use his very big knife to get the stinger out.
    We convinced him otherwise.
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    ooooh icky! :(

    Good luck with getting it out!

    It's already out, I used the scalpel yesterday.

    If you think that's icky, I know two guys who have had a tick on their nutsack. Needless to say, they didn't use a scalpel.
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  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Collin wrote:
    It's already out, I used the scalpel yesterday.

    If you think that's icky, I know two guys who have had a tick on their nutsack. Needless to say, they didn't use a scalpel.

    EEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!

    erm... How DID they get them out?! :confused:
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  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    EEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!

    erm... How DID they get them out?! :confused:

    They went to a doctor :D

    It was at camp, everyone had them everywhere. I had a high fever and couldn't go with the rest of the group. I was so pissed off but when they returned I was glad I was in bed :D
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    I spend a lot of time in the woods and mountains and I've removed many a tick and leech. For ticks, I've always lit a match, blew it out, and placed the still hot match end on the tick's butt. Often times they will back out or release their hold enough to where you can use a pair of tweesers to remove them the rest of the way.
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  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    ehhhh.... what's it like to have a tick?

    I'd probably pass out through blind panic... :o
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  • surfanddestroysurfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    I thought ticks only went for animals :o

    MY boyfriends dad's dog once had one and after they got iit out they put it in a matchbox to show people :eek:
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    ehhhh.... what's it like to have a tick?

    I'd probably pass out through blind panic... :o

    Unnerving the first couple of times. You have to resist the urge to just rip it off. Same with leeches. No big deal after awhile. A couple of mornings ago, my wife and I were camping out (no tent) and I heard something touch the tarp next to my head. I snapped awake, hand already reaching for my .44, and then I realized it was a chipmunk about 3 inches from my face. I think we startled each other a bit...

    So, ticks and leeches = no problem. Morning chipmunks = terrifying.
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  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    pearljammin41 wrote:
    rubbing alcohol

    Yep. Put a cotton ball with rubbing alcohol on it and the little fuckers fall right off. I always heard it was important to get their legs off which can stay on if you just rip them out of there so you need to make them let go. Rubbing alcohol is the way to go.
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    DeLukin wrote:
    Yep. Put a cotton ball with rubbing alcohol on it and the little fuckers fall right off. I always heard it was important to get their legs off which can stay on if you just rip them out of there so you need to make them let go. Rubbing alcohol is the way to go.
    It's their pincers that stay in you.
    I believe you're supposed to use tweezers as close to the skin as possible, and to turn it as you remove it, as the little fuckers corkscrew their jaws into you. I think using stuff like alcohol or ripping them off runs the risk of infection or transmission of Lyme disease.
  • NothinGBetteRPJMaNNothinGBetteRPJMaN Posts: 530
    I had one in last week on my canoe trip. I dont think he was very far along in the process so I just ripped him out and all is good.

    Its funny how when we're camping my friends and I will have tick checking sessions before bed. We get very close to being naked and check each other out for ticks kinda like monkeys. We're swimmers , so nothing new.
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  • NothinGBetteRPJMaNNothinGBetteRPJMaN Posts: 530
    I always heard light a match by em and they'll come out. You should combine this with the lighter fluid/kerosene idea for best results. ;)
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  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    remember its important to get them out, they carry and pass on lyme disease.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease
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  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    http://www.tickencounter.org/education/videos/
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  • RiverrunnerRiverrunner Posts: 2,419
    I just pull them off. If I had used a scalpel every time I have had a tick on me I would be one giant scar!!! Ha! I live in the Ohio River Valley, in a rural area, and do a lot of hiking. Ticks are commonplace - I just do a tick check nightly, trying to make sure I get them off within 24-48 hours so I don't get Lyme disease.
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  • he still standshe still stands Posts: 2,835
    I've found ticks on me countless times. I guess that it is inevitable when you live on a farm and spend lots of time in the "river bottoms" working. I always would find them while I was working so I would just take a lighter or a match to it and it would fall out.
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