PT: Hi...I live in the hill country of Texas and we deal with a lot of ticks......I have found a way that works for me. I take a Q-Tip and soak it in peroxide and rub it on the tick......the peroxide makes him begin to kick and turn loose.... Then I take an ordinary paid of tweezers and pull him out.....the head comes out easily with his body since he can’t hold on. The peroxide sanitizes the bite. You can rub your finger across the tick and feel his body loosen up its hold after the peroxide has touched him. He will come out easily and I find there is no irritation or problem with the area where the tick was camping out.
Hope this helps... Kathy Neff From: PTF Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 9:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>eczema & ticks Thanks for that information. We used to use the heat of a cigarette to get them to back out. Don't smoke any more so I don't know what I would use. If you can't smother them and can't use heat, what is the best way to get rid of a tick? Does anyone know? Thanks. PT ----- Original Message ----- From: Guyot Léna To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 6:19 PM Subject: Re: CS>eczema RE: removing a tick: Wish this were so, but ANY liquid that suffocates the tick can cause it to regurgitate into the bite: highly undesirable if the stomach contents have Lyme pathogens, (unless you really want to increase your chances of infection). That also goes for applying a blown-out match or really anything that might created a startled reaction. Be well, Léna On Jul 3, 2011, at 2:56 PM, PTF wrote: This came from another list... PT "Exzema can be controlled with castor oil which is by itself is sometimes too irritating to the skin so it is recommended to be blended with another good vegetable oil such as olive, sunflower in a 20/80 blend and put on the scalp or skin and allowed to soak well. As far as ticks are concerned a tip from the internet is to use a cotton ball and vegetable oil (castor oil) and completely cover the ticks body heavily with the oil. This stops the tick from being able to breathe and they will back out of the skin grab them with the cotton ball and dispose then clean the site with alcohol."
