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Oil. Edit: I had a scary experience. After rain I was hunting in the woods with bushes a metre tall, shotgut over the head to avoid accidents. Then a snake his
by narag 7y ago
Oil.
Edit: I had a scary experience. After rain I was hunting in the woods with bushes a metre tall, shotgut over the head to avoid accidents. Then a snake hiss ahead, tried to turn right, another snake hiss that way, same to left and... same back.
I panicked and got out of the bushes as fast as I could, I was panting. Then I noticed I was covered by hundreds of ticks. I shouted and my father came alarmed. He managed to brush all of them except one that I found at home. It took my mother about ten seconds to take it off with olive oil.
- kaycebasques 7y agoSo you just rub olive oil on it?
- narag 7y agoYes. We used some chemical powders for the dogs. I thought the same was going to be used for me too but, to my surprise the oil was very effective. The bug seemed to dislike it as much as I disliked the bug. It loosened the grip very quickly.
- refurb 7y agoMy understanding is removal by gripping the mouth parts is the only safe way to remove a tick. Coating them in oil blocks their oxygen exchange, so they release, but sometimes they vomit back into the bit when they do.
- narag 7y agoThat seems correct. In this particular case it was very recent so it hardly had anything to vomit.
- sideshowb 7y agoI believe this is not advised nowadays as oil makes the tick more likely to vomit, increasing risk of infection.