Yokel Matt 918 Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 (edited) Us lot are more likely to encounter these little feckers so here is a heads up (unless this has already been done). These little buggers are supposed to be largely killed off in cold winters but, as we have had a few mild ones in recent years they are massively on the increase. Like any tick they bury their head into you and bloat up.. unfortunatly a potential side effect is Lyme Disease which is feckin nasty. I was in the woods at the weekend got three (back, leg and scrotum) This is an adult: http://www.anapsid.org/lyme/riseinticks.html ... they start off VERY small (could be mistaken for a small rabbit flea) but grow to the size of a baked bean... by which time you would have hopefully noticed it. I find the best way to remove them is to douse in whiskey and then TWIST out with tweezers... if the head shaps off you'll have to get digging with a needle. Edited June 20, 2007 by LocalYokel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ferret15 0 Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 if i was you mate i would keep my cloths on in the woods and watch where your putting your head up joking aside cheers mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scallywag 78 Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 I've read about tick removers but never seen or used one. Are they any good? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alimac 882 Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 i know alot of you begrudge giving money to the vets but get a tick remover off them,(small green plastic thing) the easyest, quickest, and certainly the best way of removing the little b.....ds . taken hundreds off me and the dogs and never popped one or left heads in yet, touch wood...... also i used to agree that they were not present/active during the winter months, untill this year, i was finding ticks on the spaniels right through the shooting season,so bang goes that theory, find a few on the terriers and hardly any on the lurchers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yokel Matt 918 Posted June 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 if i was you mate i would keep my cloths on in the woods Never thought i'd be complaining about something sucking my plums The problem is a lot of the ticks are too small for those twisters to work (unless you leave them attached until they get bigger :sick: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest reload Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 I've read about tick removers but never seen or used one. Are they any good? Yep the excellent, just a few pence and look like a tiny plastic crowbar. I use fingernails and twist I was on exmoor the other day and the dogs had over 30 between them of DEER ticks(red), not Sheep ticks(grey) Twisted them allout no problem, and a squirt of garlic juice to use as antiseptic after removal. It is a bad year for ticks this year Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brokenleg 0 Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 When twisting them off, twist in an anti-clockwise direction. One of my mates,who has several gun dogs, swears by covering them in cooking oil or vaseline then they drop off. I would personally like to know where they fall off though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MOLLY Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Lymes disease can be an extremely serious disease, and take many years to cure. Sometimes it is incurable. The effects/symptoms may take several years to show after the initial bite. http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/lymedisease.htm Dogs can also contract it... http://www.dog-names.org.uk/dog-health-lyme-disease.htm Makes you wonder about all the times your dog has been off colour, a bit lame for no apparent reason does'nt it! MOLL. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Foxgun Tom 75 Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 (edited) This is the most definitive website on ticks and Lyme disease click on the link and learn a wee bit about the danger to ourselve's, dogs ferrets etc: plus simple precautions http://www.bada-uk.org/ Most!! of the old methods of removal, eg: burning them off with a cigarette, smearing with vaseline , stupifying them with meths etc: causes their own problems? A tick when under stress with certain removal processes will re-gurgitate its stomach contents back into it hosts bloodstream and that includes whatever it was feeding on earlier these small feckers can carry over 300 types of viral infections?? symtoms can vary from flu like symtoms to the more serious paralisys, multiple organ failure and fotr the more serious sufferer of Lymes Disease DEATH!!! http://www.bada-uk.org/ Tom Edited June 20, 2007 by Foxgun Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 when we hunted over the south east i took a good number of roe that were crawling with these "Keds". Once home and hung up in the garage the ticks would drop off onto newspaper underneath. On the odd occasion i found a few on the dogs too. These are a different type to the "fox" ticks and sheep ticks that you find. These keds can move quite rapidly through the fur. Never had a dog go ill with them (thankfully) and i have never seen them on deer where there is a low density of them, were we caught those roe was stuffed with them , hence, lots of blood suckers... nasty things Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yokel Matt 918 Posted June 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 They sure are I new that game and working dogs / ferrets picked them up from time to time but i didn't wasn't aware how many humans were being effected by these wee beasties or the side effects. The areas where they were attached are itching like feck... I'll have to take myself along to the vet! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ferret15 0 Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 what a lovley image you paint scratching your back leg and bollocks how do you do all three? and witch get preference Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Simoman 110 Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Yuk, horrible things Not had any on the dogs for a while, the terrier used to get them when in cover, Lymes disease is scary shit................ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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