Tick removal (What's best?)
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Maxie's Mentor
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Everyone,
Thanks for the advice! I thank you and Maxie expresses her gratitude as well.
Maybe I'll try the Frontline stuff. To tell you the truth the Hartz flea and tick treatment seems to work pretty well for me. Next time we have a tick I'll try using vasoline. I actually did that lit match trick the other night and I was real worried about burning my Max (believe me, I won't be doing that anymore!).
Thanks again everyone!
Thanks for the advice! I thank you and Maxie expresses her gratitude as well.
Maybe I'll try the Frontline stuff. To tell you the truth the Hartz flea and tick treatment seems to work pretty well for me. Next time we have a tick I'll try using vasoline. I actually did that lit match trick the other night and I was real worried about burning my Max (believe me, I won't be doing that anymore!).
Thanks again everyone!
HERTZ Tick Relief Kit works unbelievably at removing ticks that have already started feeding. Essentially it consists of a "dabber" which you hold against the tick for 15-30 seconds which will immobilize/kill the bugger. Then, you take this ROUND tweezer/jaw thing. You clamp onto the tick as close as you can to the skin and twist and twist maybe 6 revolutions. The tick can no longer hold on and your finished. Much better than using a pair of tweezers because if you just pull, you may leave behind part of the tick ---> bad infection. Get this product - I literally cannot say enough of how effective. I run my pup ragged when I notice a feeding tick - she conks out and I kill the tick.
Rott N Box
Super Boxer
I always use vasoline or nail polish to suffocate the tick, next I pull it out with a tweezer and then get sadistic pleasure by torching the sucker with a lighter. BURN TICKS BURN!!! 
I deffinately recommend Frontline over Hartz. Because, as was stated above, it can be toxic.
I deffinately recommend Frontline over Hartz. Because, as was stated above, it can be toxic.
hehe good article though, thanks for sharing 
Austin's Mom
Boxer Insane
I read that if you take a cotton ball and soak it in alcohol (the drinking kind) and hold it on the tick for about 10 mins. that sucker will get drunk and let go and you can take it right off.
Chris
Chris
Spins1344
Boxer Booster
We've always had good luck with previous pets when we used Frontline. We're trying a collar now called Preventix. Rocco hasn't had a tick yet...only I have (my first one in years! Must not be using enough garlic when I cook!) I was always told to never use vasoline. I can't remember why, but it just sticks in my mind that it's not the best thing to use. Anyone ever hear that? Tweezers are our preferred method. My hubby is very good at grabbing them and gently pulling as to not leave anything embedded. Then he torches it with the lighter 
After that's all done, it's a good idea to rub the area down with alcohol or something. His friend gave us a little "tick removing kit" - don't know what company makes it, but there are special tweezers, but we haven't had to use it (knock on wood) so I don't know how well it works.
By the way, Cherokee - thanks for the information...
Jo-Ann
Rocco's Mommy
After that's all done, it's a good idea to rub the area down with alcohol or something. His friend gave us a little "tick removing kit" - don't know what company makes it, but there are special tweezers, but we haven't had to use it (knock on wood) so I don't know how well it works. By the way, Cherokee - thanks for the information...
Jo-Ann
Rocco's Mommy
My first aid handbook (Canadian Red Cross: First Aid, The Vital Link, Second ed., 2001 p. 173) states:
"If you find a tick, remove it with tweezers, grasping it as close to the skin as possible and pulling slowly...Do not try to burn the tick off, do not coat it with petroleum jelly or nail polish, and do not prick it with a pin."
The reason being that when you cause trauma or stress to the tick it will spew this toxic stuff and if attached to the dog the toxin will be under the skin. As you can well imagine that is not a pleasant thought. I imagine it could lead to a sore nasty infection. Tweezers have always worked well for us.
Tamara
"If you find a tick, remove it with tweezers, grasping it as close to the skin as possible and pulling slowly...Do not try to burn the tick off, do not coat it with petroleum jelly or nail polish, and do not prick it with a pin."
The reason being that when you cause trauma or stress to the tick it will spew this toxic stuff and if attached to the dog the toxin will be under the skin. As you can well imagine that is not a pleasant thought. I imagine it could lead to a sore nasty infection. Tweezers have always worked well for us.
Tamara
Thomas Liggin
Boxer Insane
Tweezers or needle nose pliers work well. I've read about infections from leaving the head in, but every time I've removed a tick, it takes a minute speck of the dog's flesh with it.
We must have been fortunate because we have never had an infection where we removed a tick. The best thing if you choose not to use chemical repellants on or in your dog is to give them a thorough combing with a flea comb. Wood ticks are easily seen on boxers before they get embedded, but deer ticks are easy to miss.
Tom
We must have been fortunate because we have never had an infection where we removed a tick. The best thing if you choose not to use chemical repellants on or in your dog is to give them a thorough combing with a flea comb. Wood ticks are easily seen on boxers before they get embedded, but deer ticks are easy to miss.
Tom
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