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There is a product on the market that can be bought at most vet clinics called the " tick twister". Its like a little crowbar which you insert between the tick and the skin and twist..making the tick release. I LOVE this gadget and I think the inventor needs an award. They usually cost between 6-10 dollars and I use mine all the time. I am seeing ticks on my pets, on patients in the vet practice, and on wildlife at our rehab centre. I pulled as many as 20 off of a baby mink we recently recieved. Thanks Helene Van Doninck Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre Truro NS 893-0253 ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca> Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 2:22 pm Subject: Re: [NatureNS] CAUTION Tick Talk - Pulling a tick off the skin is not advised?? > I have had quite good luck using the "tweezers" method, but I use > a > pair of curved medical forceps. I put the two "tines" on either > side of > the body (so that the head is between the times but not squeezed). > That > means that the forceps are pointing "head on" to the tick, you can > push > very gently but steadily and it will withdraw without even having > to > try to lift it off you. > > Pat > > > On Jul 8, 2008, at 2:01 PM, uhoeger@Dal.Ca wrote: > > > I can only agree with Andrew in this matter. Twenty years back > on > > University field trips state of the art method was tick removal > by > > pulling for the very same reasons outlined by Andrew! Ticks in > the > > region back then potentially carried Lyme and FSME (a form of > virus > > caused meningitis), both very serious threats. > > With the seemingly increasing chance to catch Lyme now in NS > > (according to recent news articles, and the one from today seems > like > > a spin-off of those) suffocating the tick is for sure the wrong > > prescription. To bad they emphasized so much on this one > person's > > opinion ...... > > > > > > Ulli > > > > > > ======================================================================== > == > Patrick Kelly > Director of Computer Facilities > ======================================================================== > == > Faculty of Architecture and Planning > Dalhousie University > ======================================================================== > == > PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road > Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 > Canada Canada > ======================================================================== > == > Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E- > mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca======================================================================== > == > >
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