[dookie]

Keep an eye on your moggies, just had to remove 3 tics of my cat!!!!

[Rubellite]

Eeurgh-hate ticks

[poultrygeist]

Got a load to remove from a couple of hoggies. The O Tom tick hooks seem to do the best job. Nasty creatures. 

Rob

[dookie]

I used a method  a chap at work told me about, you rotate your finger anticlockwise around the tic (it doesnt matter if you touch them) and for some reason they dont seem to like it and release their hold and drop away. Was very sceptical when he told me, but he was right 

[Rubellite]

I used a method  a chap at work told me about, you rotate your finger anticlockwise around the tic (it doesnt matter if you touch them) and for some reason they dont seem to like it and release their hold and drop away. Was very sceptical when he told me, but he was right 

I like the sound of that  I'll give it a go next time 

[poultrygeist]

Blimey ! sounds intriguing. Just taken a couple of dozen of the nymphs (3mm) off. Nasty business.

Rob

[arugula]

Got a load to remove from a couple of hoggies. The O Tom tick hooks seem to do the best job. Nasty creatures. 

Rob

We got a pack with 2 different sizes of that O Tom tick tool to use on the dogs. Its a great tool!

[tode]

"I used a method  a chap at work told me about, you rotate your finger anticlockwise around the tic"

Is that like bathwater ?    Clockwise in Australia  ?

[arugula]

Thats what you do with the tick tool, it just saves you having to touch the horrid thing  not sure the rotational direction matters though  but then I run a mile from that kind of operation and OH does the deed (while I hold the torch)  .

[Vember]

The biggest mistake you can make with a tick is fiddling, just get hold and get the job done 

Spot 'em, grab 'em, twist & pull, jobs a good un   



Sarah

[Aunt Sally]

Don't squeeze the abdomen but hold them as close to the skin as possible with some tweezers, a gentle pull and they will let go.

[Vember]

But it's fun to squeeze them once they're out Auntie, they go pop  :blink:

[Aunt Sally]

oh... nasty girl 

[Vember]

   Thats me    

[tode]

Ever tried Puffed Ticks, Vember ?