anyone got any usefull tips on ticks, and removal, they are about in abundance this time of year.
Ticks
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I got one of those tick removal tools from the vets but I've not had to use it yet thankfully. I also carry a pair of Uncle Bills Silver Gripper tweezers which would be up to the job.
There's some good info on this thread .....
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15259&highlight=tick+removal
Try doing a search for tick removal as there's loads of different suggestions on here
There's some good info on this thread .....
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15259&highlight=tick+removal
Try doing a search for tick removal as there's loads of different suggestions on here
the little green hook removal tools from the vets do the job very easily. Avoid the tools that are a bit of plastic with wire at the end as these are a bit rubbish imho.
Permethrin on trouser cuffs, socks and anything else that you wear that brushes the bush, DEET on you. You could go for the trousers tucked into socks, or gaiters, but I have generally managed without. Check yourself when you get home. Change out of the clothes you were wearing. Light colours make ticks easier to spot marching around.
i have never had the misfortune of having a tick on myself but know others who have and my dog has had several -
The tick combs are great and make it very easy to get rid of the little sh**s
Alternatively a bit of olive oil on the tick and tweezers or a very good pinch with ur nails.
The tick combs are great and make it very easy to get rid of the little sh**s
Alternatively a bit of olive oil on the tick and tweezers or a very good pinch with ur nails.
Do you really feel this helps?
Most of the ticks I catch are on the thighs and arms from brushing against bushes and such.
Also permethrin is SO harmful to anything that lives in water that I wouldn´t use it even if it is legal.
There is no hundred percent protection.
But it would be more important to protect yourself against the possible diseases that you could pick up through a bite by finding out whether you can be vaccinated against it - ask your GP. For example, there seems to be a vaccination against lyme disease.
Apologies for x-posting: This is a repeat of this post from this thread
But it would be more important to protect yourself against the possible diseases that you could pick up through a bite by finding out whether you can be vaccinated against it - ask your GP. For example, there seems to be a vaccination against lyme disease.
Apologies for x-posting: This is a repeat of this post from this thread
Not all plastics; ever notice how it comes in a plastic bottle?
HDPE for instance is fine. Others are a matter of trial and melt.I get these things all the time when i'm out and about, even had my leg went septic one time with them, nearly wound up in hospital, week off work was great though. Don't cover them with vaseline or burn them off this is apprently when you are at risk of being spat into from the tick, its the saliva in its mouth that has the lymes diease, Get one of those little tools, twist the tick out and check yourself after being out and about
forestwalker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I use the "lasso" style all the time (about 10-20/week on the cat. They work well once the tick is large enough, but not for "just attached nymph" size ticks.
This is a serious subject. I don't want to scare monger, but it's worth thinking about this as awareness is the best antidote.
You get ticks anywhere but especially in damp places and long grass/bracken. There's no real way of avoiding them unless you stay away from these areas. It does help if you cover up arms and use gaiters. Pesticides also seem work.
You must check yourself every evening (they like to fix themselves to warm places so look there as well). The longer they stay fixed to the body the more chance of transmitting a disease, the worst being lyme disease, which is very dibilitating. Lyme disease is not that common but it does occur.
Remove them by pulling them straight out with pointed tweezers or a tick removal tool. Do not use any other method or you might cause the tick to regurgiate the stomach contents and possibly any diseases in the stomach casued by feeding off other animals incl rats.
If you feel any flu like symtoms or see a bull's eye rash on your skin, go to the GP. A early course of anti-biotics will stop years of possible misery.
Hope this helps,
Pablo.
You get ticks anywhere but especially in damp places and long grass/bracken. There's no real way of avoiding them unless you stay away from these areas. It does help if you cover up arms and use gaiters. Pesticides also seem work.
You must check yourself every evening (they like to fix themselves to warm places so look there as well). The longer they stay fixed to the body the more chance of transmitting a disease, the worst being lyme disease, which is very dibilitating. Lyme disease is not that common but it does occur.
Remove them by pulling them straight out with pointed tweezers or a tick removal tool. Do not use any other method or you might cause the tick to regurgiate the stomach contents and possibly any diseases in the stomach casued by feeding off other animals incl rats.
If you feel any flu like symtoms or see a bull's eye rash on your skin, go to the GP. A early course of anti-biotics will stop years of possible misery.
Hope this helps,
Pablo.
forestwalker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I would disagree about lyme being the worst, I'd say TBE is worse, but not as widespread.
But full agreement on the early treatment, in particular lyme can be insidious (eternal flu that never gets better, very diffuse symptoms, make sure they test for it).
You make a good point about ensuring GP's test for tick born diseases.
TBE is not common in UK and you can get vaccinated against it if you're travelling abroad to central Europe.
http://www.tickalert.org/map.html
One of the guys from my shoot showed me a method of tick removal which I wish I'd known about in my forester days. Works equally well on animals and humans.
Don't think it'll work on the nymph stage as they are a little small. Firstly part any hair / fur from around the tick and with your forefinger or a small stick if you cant reach GENTLY rotate your finger abound its opisthosoma (abdomen) in an anti-clockwise direction. Think one rotaion per half a second. Usually takes about twelve twirls and the wee beastie just falls out whole no sicking up into you and mouthparts intact. I would then recomend terminating the little blighter with extreme prejudice :AR15firin
As I say take it slow and gentle with them as once they are startled they grip on like superglue.
Happy tick hunting.
Goatboy.
Don't think it'll work on the nymph stage as they are a little small. Firstly part any hair / fur from around the tick and with your forefinger or a small stick if you cant reach GENTLY rotate your finger abound its opisthosoma (abdomen) in an anti-clockwise direction. Think one rotaion per half a second. Usually takes about twelve twirls and the wee beastie just falls out whole
no sicking up into you and mouthparts intact. I would then recomend terminating the little blighter with extreme prejudice :AR15firin As I say take it slow and gentle with them as once they are startled they grip on like superglue.
Happy tick hunting.
Goatboy.
Look into sublimed sulfur as a preventative. The state of Florida has been recommending it for many decades. It is a powder you can apply by putting in an old sock or the like and tamping it around cuffs and the like. Not to be used if you're allergic to sulfur. Apparently the ticks hop on you but don't like the sulfur and hop off, or so the theory goes.
Hello all,
We get them by the dozen up here, especially our shaggy, low slung Collie. While most methods of removal seem to be effective, our favorite part is collecting them in a jar, and sending them to the tick afterlife on Friday night.
Tonight we made a small barge from a split of Cedar, and sent them off like Norsemen.
When I arrived in MN 12 years ago, I was deathly afraid of them. Now I understand that they are neither the fastest, nor the most intelligent of insects. We treat them with proper respect, and take our angst out on the ones we find.
Cheers,
Kevin
We get them by the dozen up here, especially our shaggy, low slung Collie. While most methods of removal seem to be effective, our favorite part is collecting them in a jar, and sending them to the tick afterlife on Friday night.
Tonight we made a small barge from a split of Cedar, and sent them off like Norsemen.
When I arrived in MN 12 years ago, I was deathly afraid of them. Now I understand that they are neither the fastest, nor the most intelligent of insects. We treat them with proper respect, and take our angst out on the ones we find.
Cheers,
Kevin
