Tick removal

[WhiteD3]

I've heard of a few methods and had one practiced on me. This is a new one for me....

Tackling the tricky task of tick removal (http://theconversation.com/tackling-the-tricky-task-of-tick-removal-26306)

Aerostart
Wart-Off Freeze
Elastoplast Cold Spray

[UncleHo]

I think that you may be able to also add Nulon "Start You B*stard" as it's 25% ether :)

We are also in a paralysis tick area here in S.E.Qld coastal area.

[Saitch]

I've heard of a few methods and had one practiced on me. This is a new one for me....

Tackling the tricky task of tick removal (http://theconversation.com/tackling-the-tricky-task-of-tick-removal-26306)

Aerostart
Wart-Off Freeze
Elastoplast Cold Spray
Thanks for this as all my life I've been a bit of a "Tick Magnet". I would average 10-12 over the year. I even asked the town medico why there isn't something like Advantix for humans but apparently we live too long to be able to safely absorb the poison so repellent is the go. I suppose where I live & also occupation have a bit to do with it. My health professional type wifey is always on my case about bad reactions as I've copped a couple of Redback fangings over the years too:(

[olbod]

I must have been in 5th class when I discovered a tick in me thigh.
Panic. What to do. I was about 1/3 on way home from school.
i decided that it was quickest and safest to go back to school to have it removed before it devoured me or chomped up me brain.
They do that I am told.
Miss looked at it and said, yep thats a tick, which confirmed my dread.
She told me to go on home and have Mum take care of it.
Horror. Would I be dead before I got home.
Ran like buggery the whole two miles to get home. Knackered but still alive.
Anyway, Mum put some turps on it and waited a bit before pulling it out with a pair of tweasers.
Saved. Still in shock.
Thanks Mum.

I dont like ticks.

[olbod]

To add to my above post.
My mate Georgie who lived down the street, was with me the wholetime during this dreadful expeience.
When we set off for home he said he would run ahead and tell my Mum to be prepared for the worst.
Crikey he was a good runner, he beat my buy a hundred yards.
I think he was even whiter than me as he confessed later that he had never seen a dead body before not counting those at the Saturday afternoon flicks.
At the end of this ordeal Mum calmed Georgie down by sitting him down on a chair and giving him a glass of milk.

Over the years I have often thought that Georgie was the real hero that day by going into action so quickly and getting Mum ready to perform the operation.

Thanks Mate.

PS: I wonder what happened to him ?
I hope one of them ticks never got him.

[Tank]

I put Aloe Vera gel over the tick (or any thick antiseptic cream) completely covering it and wait 10 to 20 minutes. Then either me or the missus uses our fingernails to grab the tick as close to the skin as possible and pull it off.
Usually come off easy and don't get an itchy lump as when I just rip them off without suffocating them first, Regards Frank.

[Redback]

We use a can of butane, freezes the little buggar and it drops off instantly, works everytime:D

These ones
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/05/357.jpg

With one of these adaptors
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Baz.

[jackiec]

We use a can of butane, freezes the little buggar and it drops off instantly, works everytime:D

These ones
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/05/357.jpg

With one of these adaptors
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Baz.
This is smart thanks for the information

[Saitch]

We use a can of butane, freezes the little buggar and it drops off instantly, works everytime:D

These ones
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/05/357.jpg

With one of these adaptors
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Baz.
Might be a bit of a worry about what dropped off with some of the places on my body that I've had them:D

[Saitch]

I must have been in 5th class when I discovered a tick in me thigh.
Panic. What to do. I was about 1/3 on way home from school.
i decided that it was quickest and safest to go back to school to have it removed before it devoured me or chomped up me brain.
They do that I am told.
Miss looked at it and said, yep thats a tick, which confirmed my dread.
She told me to go on home and have Mum take care of it.
Horror. Would I be dead before I got home.
Ran like buggery the whole two miles to get home. Knackered but still alive.
Anyway, Mum put some turps on it and waited a bit before pulling it out with a pair of tweasers.
Saved. Still in shock.
Thanks Mum.

I dont like ticks.
OB, looking at your address I could probably assume you have suffered the dreaded "Scrub Itch" as well??
Steve

[RHS58]

Easiest way to remove a tick is with Tick Twister.

I buy mine from Vet / Vet Suppliers.

How to remove ticks using Tick Twister - YouTube

[chopper]

I put Aloe Vera gel over the tick (or any thick antiseptic cream) completely covering it and wait 10 to 20 minutes. Then either me or the missus uses our fingernails to grab the tick as close to the skin as possible and pull it off.
Usually come off easy and don't get an itchy lump as when I just rip them off without suffocating them first, Regards Frank.

Like Tank said, NPWS Ranger told us at the beach last year put vasoline or butter over them to suffocate then pull off, so to speak. Freeze method looks good too.

[jackiec]

Might be a bit of a worry about what dropped off with some of the places on my body that I've had them:D

Too much info

[jackiec]

We use a can of butane, freezes the little buggar and it drops off instantly, works everytime:D

These ones
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/05/357.jpg

With one of these adaptors
http://www.bombingscience.com/images_shop/large/item_11548_1.jpg

Baz.

By the way the link for adapter doesn't work.

[BMKal]

By the way the link for adapter doesn't work.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/05/329.jpg

:angel:

[olbod]

OB, looking at your address I could probably assume you have suffered the dreaded "Scrub Itch" as well??
Steve

To right, I often get an itch to head back to the scrub.