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Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
 
I don't have any tweezers or removal tools... please check this link and tell me if it is the most recommended one?

Is the tick twister safe? ( the green one .. not in the link below )

http://www.tickinfo.com/protickremedy.htm
 

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Posted by TnFlowerChild (Member # 24717) on :
 
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...
 

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Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
 

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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...

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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!!
 

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Posted by TnFlowerChild (Member # 24717) on :
 
Oh poop!

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!
 

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Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
 
You're welcome!

Now .. does anyone have an answer for me??
 

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Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
 
Please?
 

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Posted by carly (Member # 14810) on :
 
what's wrong with tweezers?
 

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Posted by MurphyNC (Member # 15275) on :
 
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.html
 

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Posted by just don (Member # 1129) on :
 
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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Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
 
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!!
 

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Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
 

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Originally posted by carly:
what's wrong with tweezers? [/QB]

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