tnpcook1
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Post by tnpcook1 on Oct 29, 2011 21:14:49 GMT -5
If you're like me, and are face down doing some crawling in the dirt and grass, make sure to regularly check for ticks, can't do much about em pre-emptively, but make sure ya get em before they become a big problem. odds are you don't have a deer tick and you can pluck em right off.
Edit ; Use a match, I wasn't aware that doing otherwise increases the chance of infection.
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Post by joebob on Oct 29, 2011 21:26:06 GMT -5
silly question why is this a problem? do you get sick if you don't pick them off?
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Post by 88B88888B88B888 on Oct 30, 2011 0:11:36 GMT -5
Ticks are parasites, some are known to cause really bad diseases such Rocky mountain spotted fever ( a real illness), Lime Disease. Do not simply pull them off, their head is burrowed in the skin. Just look up how to properly removed them, I'm sure there are dozens of homeschool methods around. Enjoy.
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Post by joebob on Oct 30, 2011 8:19:48 GMT -5
Thanks that's good to know.
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Post by Rabit TFS on Oct 30, 2011 9:31:44 GMT -5
Burn them off with a match. They have little heat tollerance. If you pull them off the head gets stuck under the skin and is more likely to become infected.
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Post by Bruiser on Oct 30, 2011 21:31:55 GMT -5
The best way that I know of is with heated/hot tweezers. My Dad would take a lighter and heat up the end of tweezers and almost instantly as soon as he would touch the tick with the hot tweezers the jokers would pull their heads out and try to get out of dodge...lol
It definitely seems they do not like hot tweezers on their ass...lol
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Post by tnpcook1 on Oct 31, 2011 22:41:59 GMT -5
 This in particular is the little bugger we're referring to, if you've never seen a tick. I'm pretty sure this is the lone star tick. |
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