In hot water, ticks?
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Circa 100 million degrees Celsius and they will still hang on!
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shakey jake
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I would think it would regurgate before it let go. Wont take much to kill one though 50 celsius sjould do it
HonestJohn
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Nope 
bastards the lot of them
bastards the lot of them
O’Tom
A 35g V-Max from a .22 Hornet might just do the trick.
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Rake Aboot
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I posted a very informative post on the Hunting life years ago about ticks
I’ll see if I can find it once the Guinness runs out in Alnwick rugby club
Basically don’t use anything but an O’tom
You upset the tick, it evacuates into the dog
I’ll see if I can find it once the Guinness runs out in Alnwick rugby club
Basically don’t use anything but an O’tom
You upset the tick, it evacuates into the dog
It won't make it let go. Hot enough to kill will probably burn you or the dog. Twist off with OTom to be certain although a thumb nail can be effective. Leaving the mouthpart in is no worse then a fine splinter and if it removes the tick the day it attaches, it's better than waiting until you can buy a tool
Rake Aboot
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Found it
Have a read , everything you need to know and please follow the advice , ticks are easy to deal with but equally easy to mess up
Have a read , everything you need to know and please follow the advice , ticks are easy to deal with but equally easy to mess up
Grannysmith
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Vets stock a thing called a tick hook
Works very well
Works very well
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Its an action thst has a high likely hood of you making the tick regurgitate back i to ypu and increase chance of infection.... temperatures irrelevant.....dont do it...
The current advice is a tick tool remover or tweezers or even your finger nails. ..and get the whole tick including head if possible... its relatively quick and not hard to have few sets dotted about in car in toilet bag ..in bathroom etc
Paul
Its an action thst has a high likely hood of you making the tick regurgitate back i to ypu and increase chance of infection.... temperatures irrelevant.....dont do it...
The current advice is a tick tool remover or tweezers or even your finger nails. ..and get the whole tick including head if possible... its relatively quick and not hard to have few sets dotted about in car in toilet bag ..in bathroom etc
Paul
Koenig
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Don’t shock the tick into regurgitating its stomach content into your / the dog’s bloodstream. Which you will if you use cigarettes / flame / Vaseline or hot water.
Go for one of the specialist tick removal tools. I’ve found the credit card (with a cutaway) type pretty useless. The best are the little pronged forks. I think mine is an O’Tom as others have said above. Got one for me and one for the dogs.
Go for one of the specialist tick removal tools. I’ve found the credit card (with a cutaway) type pretty useless. The best are the little pronged forks. I think mine is an O’Tom as others have said above. Got one for me and one for the dogs.
I'm a big fan of the tick cards you can get cheap on Amazon.
You can also fashion a makeshift one out of a plastic water bottle or similar bit of thin stuff plastic but they only cost a few quid
Find it easier to line up the tick than the otom type
I have one in the back of my phone one in my wallet and half a dozen in the car
You can also fashion a makeshift one out of a plastic water bottle or similar bit of thin stuff plastic but they only cost a few quid
Find it easier to line up the tick than the otom type
I have one in the back of my phone one in my wallet and half a dozen in the car
Coincidentally, on the EFAW+F course I did this week they suggested making something similar out of an old credit card or similar:
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