On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:03:51 -0400, James Post >
wrote:

> On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:35:16 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
> wrote:
>
> >Best tool we've found to remove them without leaving parts behind, or
> >squeezing someone else's blood into the host is the Tick Twister-
> >http://www.amazon.com/ProCollar-Tick...dp/B000OH6D96/
> >
> >Looks like a crowbar, but you spin it and get the entire tick. Which
> >you can then explode with a match or cigarette.<g>
> >
> >Jim
>
> You can just put a drop of any type of cooking oil on the tick while
> it's still embedded and it will back out of the animal. Then just pick
> it up with tweezers and put it into a small jar of rubbing alcohol.


Good tip, if it works!

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