Got a huge bite last Thursday

[Raven]

i've had plenty of ticks in me

and so far no LYME disease

but the point i'd like to make is....

ticks don't have a dip stick like a mosquito

they turn them selves in like a screw [ kinda ]

so if you clamp on the body with a pair of
(just before the head)
forceps that you can easily twist or twirl

you can turn them out real easy (counter clockwise)

yanking them out almost never works.

see the serrations in this blow up pic is why they cannot be
yanked out like a bee or wasp stinger...and must be UNSCREWED

[JFigliuolo]

Here's where I would usuallydo my Lyme disease rant... I'm tired of typing it...don't f'around w/deer ticks

[Nebe]

got bit 2 weeks ago.. it sucked.

[foley]

I had one on me last Spring, freaked me out. Got up to go the bathroom before work, looked down, and there it was. Without going into too much detail, because nobody wants that, if you've ever seen the movie Stand By Me, my ordeal was very similar to the leeches scene.

[Raven]

the only way to inspect your backside

is to have your wife or girlfriend

look real close while naked because some

of those hemoglobin suckers are so dammed small

you practically need a magnifying glass to see them....

so standing there with a hand held mirror looking backwards
at another mirror just doesn't cut it.

[Rockport24]

this is what you guys in the south get for getting the fish before we do up here

no seriously though, Raven is dead on, my brother in law only knew he was bitten when his wife noticed it on his backside as he was getting into the shower.

this could be a new pick up line "want to check eachother for ticks"

[Jenn]

[QUOTE=Rockport24;681605

this could be a new pick up line "want to check eachother for ticks" [/QUOTE]



My husband and I often do our "are there any ticks up my a$$ routine". Half joking half seriously.....

(he would kill me if he knew I was telling this so keep it between us, there is an important lesson here ok?)

One day last year I am doing the "tick check" on him and inspecting the nooks and crannies and joke about how there is one in his butt crack! "oh yeah REAL funny he's says" (hey I thought it was histerical) But anyway I dont see any and I am checking thoroughly. So off to the bathroom he heads....pulls down the skivvies and starts screaming like a little girl and ripping the undies completely off. Yup....a deer tick in the undies......

So the lesson here is check yourself....have a trusted family member check you twice....then check yourself again!

[CaptMike]

Originally Posted by Rockport24

this is what you guys in the south get for getting the fish before we do up here

no seriously though, Raven is dead on, my brother in law only knew he was bitten when his wife noticed it on his backside as he was getting into the shower.

this could be a new pick up line "want to check eachother for ticks"

There's a song about that

[MrHunters]

Originally Posted by Raven

i've had plenty of ticks in me

and so far no LYME disease

but the point i'd like to make is....

ticks don't have a dip stick like a mosquito

they turn them selves in like a screw [ kinda ]

so if you clamp on the body with a pair of
(just before the head)
forceps that you can easily twist or twirl

you can turn them out real easy (counter clockwise)

yanking them out almost never works.

see the serrations in this blow up pic is why they cannot be
yanked out like a bee or wasp stinger...and must be UNSCREWED

learn something new every day, part of the day............. check.

had no idea. good tip. pulled two off coop already this year.

yer a fart smeller...........errr smart feller

[bobber]

do the same thing on yer dog..... tehy're usually big and "engorged" lookin by the time ya find 'em on Fido. but UNSCREW those too.....