Late last night, DH was tickling ddog and announced that he had found a tick. So he got the tick hook out and presented it to me (thanks dear), and we got the little bugger out. Trouble is, it was in a very ticklish spot so ddog was wiggling, and it was late and I was v tired (worked all weekend) and long story short, I thought I'd got the little sod but in the cold light of day I'm a bit worried that its head might have been left in there There's still a little lump where it was, but of course that might just be irritation from the bite... but I'm just not sure.
What should I be looking out for in these circumstances? And if it has been left in, how likely is it that it will be a vet job?
Am so annoyed with myself, I have removed literally hundreds of ticks over the years without a hitch, but I'm just not sure I did this one properly
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Bugger. Possible tick extraction fail...
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Spudlet · 14/05/2018 08:26
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