FlakMagnet Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 I just read about this on an Oz forum.It seems to be a valuable bit of info. to have.Tick removalSpring will be here soon and the ticks will soon be showing their heads.Here is a good way to get them off you, your children, or your pets.Give it a try. Please forward to anyone with children... Or hunters or dogs, or anyonewho even steps outside in summer!! A School Nurse has written the info below -- good enough to share --And it really works!! I had a paediatrician tell me what she believes is the best way to remove a tick.This is great, because it works in those places where it's some times difficultto get to with tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark hair, etc.Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with the soap-soakedcotton ball and swab it for a few seconds (15-20), the tick will come out on its ownand be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away.This technique has worked every time I've used it (and that was frequently),and it's much less traumatic for the patient and easier for me.Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this would be damaging in any way.I even had my doctor's wife call me for advice because she had one stuck to her backand she couldn't reach it with tweezers. She used this method and immediately calledme back to say, "It worked!" Please pass it on if it makes sense to you.(thanks to "scrubhen" in Australia) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolanDave Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hey Flak, Good advice thanks... I have a friend whos wife came down with lime disease after being bitten with a tick.. to this day she is not the same, sick all the time, very frail, had to stop working ect... Dangerous stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredm Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Thanks, Flak.........I use flea and tick shampoo morning and/or night...and repellent on my cloths...haven't had tick since I started doing this. Of course, I only do this when I vist Missouri, land of ticks and ignorance...or when I visit Oz which is not often, unfortunately.fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubstake1 Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hey flak, you had that posted on AZO and Bills too, but your post is gone! I guess its not fit for a gold forum? Grubstake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlakMagnet Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 ha ha Grubstake, the ticks ate the thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubstake1 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Flak, that would be roaches, they will eat anything. Ha! Ha! Grubstake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sandtrap Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hey Grubstake, You forgot to say GOTCHA ! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeker Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Great Info Flak Thanx for posting...Geo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean.C Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Sawyer makes a permethrin spray that you use to treat a pair of clothes. Stuff is amazing. The ticks literally die and fall off your pants within minutes of making contact. I usually treat a pair of pants, socks, and a long sleeve shirt or fleece jacket. It lasts for like 5-6 washes to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARGONAUTE Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 great info, especially since I've already had lyme disease and some pretty nasty ticks in Oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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