I got an embedded little buggar (tick) off me the other day by swabbing him down with Lemongrass Oil on a cottonball - within a few minutes he backing out and easy to remove with the cottonball! Found the oil on line recently... Posts: 238 | From Jackson, TN | Registered: Mar 2010
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quote:Originally posted by TnFlowerChild: [QB] Hey Tutu,
I got an embedded little buggar (tick) off me the other day by swabbing him down with Lemongrass Oil on a cottonball - within a few minutes he backing out and easy to remove with the cottonball! Found the oil on line recently...
I hate to break the news to you, but that is the worst way to get them out. Anything you put on them (or even heat applied) will make them regurgitate the ingredients of their guts... which contain spirochetes and many other bacteria and viruses.
Glad we had this discussion!!
-------------------- --Lymetutu-- Opinions, not medical advice! Posts: 96222 | From Texas | Registered: Feb 2001
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I won't do that anymore!!! Usually they are where I couldn't tweezer them if I tried (on my back, etc!) - and can't wait till I get to my fella... I don't like these little buggars!!!
Thanks, Tutu!
Posts: 238 | From Jackson, TN | Registered: Mar 2010
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I just went to screening of Under Our Skin and they were selling the "Tick Twister" for like $4. I've heard that is the best way to remove them from humans and animals. I got one, hope I never have to use it. http://www.ticktwister.com/index.htmlPosts: 108 | From Raleigh, NC | Registered: Apr 2008
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forget who gave it to me ,,,but think it came from our local support group.
package came compliments of Igenex Inc.,,,which cant be all bad.
Has a little magnifying glass and a little tempered steel tool called an 'easy grip.'
sorry havent HAD to take it out and use it yet.
even has a tick ID card in it. Says to keep it on your key ring.
it says more info at www.tickinfo.com dont know whether info for ticks or the tool.
says lifetime guarantee and made in America patent#5,447,511
see if any of that info helps you,,,me being --just don--
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Don... that's the one I'm asking about. I heard it was the best... but want to know before I buy it and recommend it to a friend who was asking.
I thought someone said the tick twister, however, was not good... I saw a video on how it worked and didn't see why it wouldn't be OK.
I just don't want that tick regurgitating into my body!!
-------------------- --Lymetutu-- Opinions, not medical advice! Posts: 96222 | From Texas | Registered: Feb 2001
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