I was just wondering. Ive heard that its not easy to do it properly.
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How to properly remove ticks?
Shawdow
Oct 04, 2005 10:10 PM
Replies (2)
reptilicus
Oct 04, 2005 10:48 PM
Hi,
Take a pair of needle-nose tweezers and gently pull them off - they usually reside in the nostrils, arm-pits, hind legs between the toes, behind the knees, and around the cloaca. I removed 256 ticks from 10 animals many years ago! In 1965, a zoologist reported numerous deaths of V. albiuglaris and V. niloticus from tick (aponomma exornatum) infestation alone!! They were sucked to death! What a way to go...
Place the ticks into alcohol and let them drown before throwing them away - if they are from Pacific species - do not throw them away = I would like to have them, especially if they are from V. jobiensis, V. doreanus, V. salvadorii, V. carulivirens, etc...
cheers,
mbayless
Shawdow
Oct 05, 2005 07:45 AM
Well, I have 3 albigs coming in today. I just need to know what to expect. If you still want the ticks, Ill be more then glad to give them to ya I guess. But I heard that even sometimes if you remove the tick with tweezers, some of the tick is sometimes left inside, like its head or whatever. Well, Im sure you've done it plenty of times so Ill take your word for it.
