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#156642 - 11/29/08 10:53 PM tick key...
yeti Offline
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Anyone ever use the tick key?
http://thetickkey.com/
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#156677 - 11/30/08 12:49 PM Re: tick key... [Re: ]
Tjin Offline
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Registered: 04/08/02
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Originally Posted By: IzzyJG99
Seems a bit pointless. Tweezers do the job just fine.


When using normal tweezers you have risk of squezing the tick it self, causing the contains on the tick to go in to you. Which defeats the purpose of removing tick. We remove tick to preven infetions, not because it's just there.

I use a similiar device to remove ticks. Nothing really specials, but it's small and simple to use.
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#156678 - 11/30/08 02:00 PM Re: tick key... [Re: yeti]
OldBaldGuy Offline
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It looks to me as if it would be handy. If it is on your keyring and you discover a tick, it is ready for use, unlike most other tick removal gizmos, which are no telling where...
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#156682 - 11/30/08 02:31 PM Re: tick key... [Re: OldBaldGuy]
yeti Offline
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Forceps often do a poor job at tick removal as they can either reverse the flow of fluids in the live tick just before removal, or can result in a partial removal of head/mouthparts due to the forceps damaging the head.
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#156816 - 12/02/08 02:25 AM Re: tick key... [Re: ]
philip Offline
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Registered: 09/19/05
Posts: 639
Loc: San Francisco Bay Area
I was raised on a farm, and we always just pulled them off with our fingers. I know this causes a fit with almost everyone, but nobody I knew had any better idea - unless you call holding a lighted cigarette close to the tick so it unfastens itself a better idea.

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#156817 - 12/02/08 02:44 AM Re: tick key... [Re: philip]
Dan_McI Offline
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Registered: 12/10/07
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Loc: NYC
I've used something like a cross between scissors and pliers to remove ticks, mostly from a dog, but I have also found the job to be much easier when I covered the tick with oil, like olive oil, before trying to remove it. Apparently, the oil suffocates the tick and makes it want to pull out to take a breath.

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