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I recommend to have one of these on you at all times while you're hiking https://www.amazon.com/Life-Systems-34020-Lifesystem-Remover/dp/B00I43UR9E https://www
by baxtr 9y ago
I recommend to have one of these on you at all times while you're hiking
https://www.amazon.com/Life-Systems-34020-Lifesystem-Remover/dp/B00I43UR9E https://www.amazon.com/Life-Systems-34020-Lifesystem-Remover...
- craftyguy 9y ago> Credit card sized ... > $11.98 shipping is it wrapped in silk and gold leaf?.
- jjeaff 9y agoAs someone from the south, tools sold for the removal of ticks just makes me giggle. Just use your fingernail, scratch it off carefully. I can't imagine trying to use this or one of the crazier, "heat a needle" or "spread vasaline on them methods" when trying to remove the sometimes hundreds of ticks and chiggars you might have after working in the wrong field for a day.
- tapoxi 9y agoDoing it without a tool risks leaving the mouthparts embedded in your skin, leaving you prone to infection even after the tick was removed.
- Fomite 9y agoAs someone who lived in the south and worked with people who specialized in tickborne illness, none of them recommended the fingernail approach. Most "tools" are just a specialized set of tweezers, which aid in the pulling process in a way that doesn't separate the body from the head, and are generally recommended by the medical profession. And the heating, Vaseline, etc. methods aren't just more work - they're actively harmful.
- stronglikedan 9y agoRidiculously terrible and potentially dangerous advice aside, not everyone has fingernails.
- jjeaff 9y agoUnless you bite them down to a nub, all you need is a normal, close trimmed fingernail. Ridiculously terrible and potentially dangerous to remove a tick with your fingernail? I scoff at the ignorance. The great majority of ticks will be unknowingly scratched off before you even notice you have one dug in. So I guess you could use special tools to remove those last 10% that you happened to notice before scratching them off.
- clumsysmurf 9y agoI've tried similar tools, and found fine point tweezers are the best. Some of these buggers get so dug in, they don't fit well between the sharp edges.
- prokes 9y agoI got bit by a few ticks and we would always light a match, blow it out, and apply the still hot match to the visible back end of the tick. Scares the little bugger and they pop right out.
- Bjartr 9y agoUnfortunately the way they pop out is, IIRC from Boy Scouts, at least in part, vomiting. So I was always taught to never induce them out because you'll still risk infection from the excreted stuff.
- ams6110 9y agoI soak them with 100 proof whiskey. They loosen up and it's also a disinfectant.
- stronglikedan 9y agoWow, you would think with all that white (well, transparent anyway) space on that card, they'd print the directions directly onto it. As it is, they're only printed on the packaging, and they really aren't straightforward enough for a person unfamiliar with the card to pick it up and use it properly the first time. Shame.