Getting a tick off your pet - You've got to see this!

hedgehog

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Sat Oct-11-08 07:09 PM
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Getting a tick off your pet - You've got to see this!

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-remove-a-tick/

It took us about a minute - I guess we should have gotten the tick to watch the clip!

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BlueJazz

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Sat Oct-11-08 07:41 PM
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1. Tried it on my Dog...He didn't like it one bit. No Thanks.

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BlueJazz

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Sat Oct-11-08 07:42 PM
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2. You Idiot ! You're suppose to make the tick dizzy...not the Dog.

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mwooldri

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Sat Oct-11-08 09:06 PM
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3. Hmmm... my wife usually mentions something about a match...

... apparently that works too.

Though she only burns the tick AFTER removal from the dog.

Mind we have had zero ticks so far this year on Shadow.

Mark.

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doc03

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Sun Oct-12-08 12:04 AM
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4. My last dog showed up as a stray and he had probably

a hundred ticks on him. I pulled them out with needle nose pliers with no ill effects. I had him for 15 years from 1979 to 1995 he was probably a year old when I adopted him.

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hedgehog

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Sun Oct-12-08 06:45 PM
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6. How long do ticks stay on a dog? Guiness got up abruptly and

was shaking his head like something was really bothering him. He didn't settle down until I coated a bump on his head with some neosporin and benydryl. This was about the place where we found the engorged tick, but it happened 2 weeks ago! i can't believe the tick was sitting there quietly for 2 weeks without me noticing it, but the coincidence is strange.

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Inchworm

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Sun Oct-12-08 12:11 AM
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5. I pull them off similarly

Steady pressure will get them to let go. My issue is what to do with them once I've yoinked it.

Shhh, don't tell anyone but I've actually stuffed them in cigarette pack cellophane and turned them loose on the way home. I'm such a dork lol

:blush:

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Arkansas Granny

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Sun Oct-12-08 08:09 PM
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7. You can drop them in a container of water with a little dish soap in it. They sink to

the bottom and die.

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DarkTirade

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Sun Oct-12-08 08:20 PM
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8. Little bloodsuckers may seem harmless now...

but they could grow up to be lawyers. Or worse, Republicans!

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XemaSab

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Sun Oct-12-08 08:49 PM
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9. Oh yeah?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5muVjcQ6zHM

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hedgehog

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Mon Oct-13-08 12:20 PM
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10. There was this horror anthology show years ago that had a story featuring an

insect that would crawl into people's ears and chew its way through their brains......

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billyskank

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Mon Oct-13-08 12:36 PM
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11. But it's okay

because they usually land jobs on AM talk radio.

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