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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 10:45 AM
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OK - you've successfully removed a tick from your critter - now what?
Edited on Mon Mar-28-11 10:46 AM by hedgehog
Instead of flushing the tick, my husband heats a frying pan on the stove and drops the tick in.


I think he has visions of the tick surviving our septic system and returning for revenge.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 10:57 AM
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1. I like to hold it in tweezers over a wooden match - "POP!"
I know, I know - sick puppy.

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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 11:46 AM
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2. My stepmother
sprayed raid into a ziplock back and threw the ticks in there with it.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 12:02 PM
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3. Now you need to go buy some Frontline
so that your critter won't get any more ticks.
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