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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 279288" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>DO NOT COVER THE TICK WITH ANYTHING OR BURN IT WITH A MATCH HEAD....</p><p> </p><p>It will inject poison into the bite. The best way to pull them out is by the head with tweezers. THIS is the most important thing I learned from this as DF has ALWAYS gotten some tweezers to pull them off the dogs....never a match, vaseline or alcohol to smother them. </p><p> </p><p>I had no idea they injected more vile poison if they felt pain or discomfort. </p><p> </p><p>Also - We use Frontline - on our dogs. BUT we have had ticks on them. The frontline is not a total preventative but it should get into the skin and taste nasty enough for a tick to bug off. SOmetimes they do not. So still check your pets even if you use preventative. </p><p> </p><p>................chigger story..............</p><p> </p><p>I was new to FL. We went riding horses. Nature called, I dismounted and had to tinkle. Somewhere along the trail my "nature call" kleenex fell out of my pocket. I yelled out for another kleenex - and the girls said "No one has a klenex - use some Spanish moss." OH how I longed for the drip dry.....but had been told that living in FL you were more prone to infections so I dabbed with spanish moss. </p><p> </p><p>About 4 hours later I was home and itching out of my skin. My entire nether-regions were covered in itchy bumps and as a newley wed my now x was having a fit - (remember before my mother in law washed my underpants in Tide and I was allergic?) so now I'm covered in bumps and ended up going to the hospital for some relief = but the best advice was from an older nurse who liked to horseback ride and told me not to put spanish moss near my girl parts because they had saber-toothed-crotch-critters in them and I'd end up back in the hospital. She told me to get clear nail polish and dab every spot to smother them. </p><p> </p><p>WEll that's easy for her to do.....I guess....I had one heck of a time trying to paint my ......behind with clear nail polish. But I have NEVER since dropped my britches in the wild. So just beware of chiggers.....they are nasty little biters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 279288, member: 4964"] DO NOT COVER THE TICK WITH ANYTHING OR BURN IT WITH A MATCH HEAD.... It will inject poison into the bite. The best way to pull them out is by the head with tweezers. THIS is the most important thing I learned from this as DF has ALWAYS gotten some tweezers to pull them off the dogs....never a match, vaseline or alcohol to smother them. I had no idea they injected more vile poison if they felt pain or discomfort. Also - We use Frontline - on our dogs. BUT we have had ticks on them. The frontline is not a total preventative but it should get into the skin and taste nasty enough for a tick to bug off. SOmetimes they do not. So still check your pets even if you use preventative. ................chigger story.............. I was new to FL. We went riding horses. Nature called, I dismounted and had to tinkle. Somewhere along the trail my "nature call" kleenex fell out of my pocket. I yelled out for another kleenex - and the girls said "No one has a klenex - use some Spanish moss." OH how I longed for the drip dry.....but had been told that living in FL you were more prone to infections so I dabbed with spanish moss. About 4 hours later I was home and itching out of my skin. My entire nether-regions were covered in itchy bumps and as a newley wed my now x was having a fit - (remember before my mother in law washed my underpants in Tide and I was allergic?) so now I'm covered in bumps and ended up going to the hospital for some relief = but the best advice was from an older nurse who liked to horseback ride and told me not to put spanish moss near my girl parts because they had saber-toothed-crotch-critters in them and I'd end up back in the hospital. She told me to get clear nail polish and dab every spot to smother them. WEll that's easy for her to do.....I guess....I had one heck of a time trying to paint my ......behind with clear nail polish. But I have NEVER since dropped my britches in the wild. So just beware of chiggers.....they are nasty little biters. [/QUOTE]
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