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After dodging them all year, one finally got me today! Pulled most of it out with the hemostats I use on the dogs, but was wondering if any of those special tools/gizmos work as advertised?
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doesnt really matter, actually about impossible to get all the mouth parts out, just pull the SOB off, keep the site clean and watch for infection.
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Yep.
Sometimes (not always) touching the rear of the tick with the head of a just-blown-out match with make them back out--but not always.
There was a theory going around years ago that grabbing a tick with tweezers and twisting, rather than pulling, would result in the jaws "unscrewing." A friend wondered whether ticks south of the equator required an opposite twist from northern hemisphere ticks....
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Yep.
Sometimes (not always) touching the rear of the tick with the head of a just-blown-out match with make them back out--but not always.
There was a theory going around years ago that grabbing a tick with tweezers and twisting, rather than pulling, would result in the jaws "unscrewing." A friend wondered whether ticks south of the equator required an opposite twist from northern hemisphere ticks.... They do, in fact. The problem is what to do when you're directly on the equator??? I guess just pull straight and hope. 
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After dodging them all year, one finally got me today! Pulled most of it out with the hemostats I use on the dogs, but was wondering if any of those special tools/gizmos work as advertised? When you're buddy wakes you up in hunting camp because he can feel a tick in his back, a lighter works well to get the tick to back out and burn his back hair.
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Put a dab of Watkin's Salve on the little bastid and WAIT,...he'll back out looking for air.
In a pinch, #2 diesel works pretty well.
ANY of the basic insecticidal essential oils,...e.g. Rosemary, White Thyme, Cinnamon, Peppermint have and do work well on my dogs, as does Watkins salve and WD40,...They LET go,..and fall off.
Some patience goes long way.
Tick parts remaining in the wound ? ...IODINE, Peroxide, Bleach, Bluestone, Gentian Violet,.....
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Bruce,
Yes, the equator simplifies everything. Just pull straight back and parts from both sides of the tick's "mouth" will remain in the skin, just about equally.
Which is related to the "how do you tell a level-headed Norwegian" joke: The snoose drips equally from both sides of the mouth.
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Growing up and working in east Texas and south Texas, our method was a dab of Campho-Phenique. They let go and back out pretty quickly, or they let go and die, then you can pull them out intact.
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Bruce,
Yes, the equator simplifies everything. Just pull straight back and parts from both sides of the tick's "mouth" will remain in the skin, just about equally.
Which is related to the "how do you tell a level-headed Norwegian" joke: The snoose drips equally from both sides of the mouth.  I guess I deserved that. 
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+1 on the Campho-Phenique. They can't seem to back out fast enough. Easiest method I've found.
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Thanks for the input. Going to try that Campho-Phenique as it looks like a long time before snow is coming to blanket my deer hunting area.
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Disk grinder. Does not have to be a big one - 4-1/2" with about 80 grit disk will do 
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In my youth I tried rubbing alcohol then did not wait long enough when I tried a match. Took a while for dog to trust me after!
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If you're from Mass. and it's a deer tick, you better watch out for Lyme Disease or Babesiosis. The rule of thumb isn't to wait for a bruise or ring around the area, but to just take two rounds of Doxycycline on day one, and your good to go. The Lyme test sucks, it takes a long time and is wrong most of the time.
As far as pulling them out, I just pull'em out. They used to say is to flip it over on it's back and push it out.
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Growing up and working in east Texas and south Texas, our method was a dab of Campho-Phenique. They let go and back out pretty quickly, or they let go and die, then you can pull them out intact. Just read the Watkins Salve label,... Camphor ....betting that Tiger Balm will be in the same league. We have had a VERY bad year here for those damned things, lotsa' opportunities to try whatever's handy, as it were. Good thread ! GTC
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Would Flexall 454 give a tick a bad feeling?
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Flexall (7% menthol) and Maximum Strength Flexall (16% menthol) are unique aloe vera gel formulas with natural oils (eucalyptus, peppermint, thyme) and vitamin E. Maximum Strength Flexall Plus contains three active ingredients (16% menthol, 10% methyl salicylate, 3.1% camphor) in the same vitamin E-enriched aloe vera ..
Hell yes !
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Tick key actually works well if the little demons aren't tiny. Follow up with Neosporin. http://www.cabelas.com/product/Tick-Key/1406980.uts
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I got a little gizmo called Ticked Off several years ago...worked so well I bought a doze and gave them to guys I hunt with. It's like a little plastic measuring spoon with a narrow "v" slot in the end. Did a little research and a university (in Kentucky, I believe) did a study that found that particular one the most effective tick removal tool of all they studied.
I would echo the recommendations of those who say take some Doxycycline (200 mg) the day you find the tick. FIL got Lyme, nothing to mess with.
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Just light a butane torch and put the flame on them.They back right up and you kill the germs in one shot.
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