How To Remove A Tick

The steps to safely removing a tick start with a pointy tick removal tweezer. Most household tweezers have large, blunt tips in comparison to ticks. This only increases the chances of tearing the tick and spreading possible infections into the bite area.

Steps to removing a Tick safely : * Use a pointy tick removal tweezer * Disinfect with rubbing alcohol * Grab tick close to skin and use slow, steady motion to pull tick out * Disinfect again * Consider tick testing for infection

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[TickEncounter]

Based on comments, it's clear that many people still foster hope for the folk remedy of touching the tick with a hot object to make it detach. Please take a look at "how NOT to remove a tick" on TickEncounter/education/how_no­t_to_remove_a_tick for reasons this is incorrect.

[cyric2010]

A paralysis tick just killed one of my beautiful cats today, here on the Australian NSW Northern Beaches. Her name was Mitten and she was 12 or so years old but looked like a kitten. She was very small and had a squeaky meow :)

I found her yesterday in the gutter, unable to move her body at all. I felt the tick as soon as I picked her up. I pulled the tick out immediately and rushed her to the vet, but she passed away early this morning.

[Prami4]

@Katekangaroo141 1mm but if you leave it for more than 2 weeks is will be 5mm

[LuzzyDatGurlRobyn]

i feel like stuff is crawling on me now

[fuxxxxclutch]

i used to live in the woods and go hunting and camping alot so i cant count how many ticks ive had. one thing i noticed is if you pull the tick out, the head remains behind- under the skin which makes it itch like hell.

[gangsterific187]

Here in California they hungry! Summer time, they like to hitch for rides

[Perkyclo]

Just used this video to remove a small tick that just got on my 6 year old daughter, my first tick so I was a little freaked out, but followed your directions & worked like a charm. Thank you for posting this !!!!!

[sydneygirl11able]

@Katekangaroo141 i found one in my dog's ear once and it was twice as big as my thumbnail. when i removed it using two bottlecaps like (beer caps) it squeled. ery disgusting.

[Marrino460]

@Katekangaroo141 depends... could be the size of a thumb nail. while not filld with blood

[Robloxer032Studios]

I once had one on my butt... True story

[50gsunshine]

What happens If we don't do it with a slow movement?