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If your pets have ever had a Tick - you must get one of these.....

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milliways · 22/09/2007 22:57

Tick Twister

Tis brilliant. Our vets use them too!

Must give one to DD for her D of E hikes.

PS. I HATE Ticks!

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NDPIsProbablyGoingToHell · 22/09/2007 23:03

ewwww

can;t say I've had much to do with ticks

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milliways · 22/09/2007 23:07

Gross video - but much cheaper than paying a vet to remove them!!

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beautifulgirls · 22/09/2007 23:10

These are great - we use them at work and they are very easy. We sell them at our vets too so maybe worth trying your vet or a pet shop first before paying p&p costs for something so relatively cheap anyway.

NDPIsProbablyGoingToHell · 22/09/2007 23:12

it looks great, just corksrew the buggers out

Spidermama · 22/09/2007 23:12

Brilliant invention. My only worry is that it gives them time to dig in. I always used to try to sneak up on them because if they get wind of you they dig in and you leave bits of them inside the dog.

beautifulgirls · 22/09/2007 23:16

The beauty of these is that it does not matter if they are dug in. By twisting it they release their grip and come out complete. No more beheaded ticks causing problems for the pet/person they bit.

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milliways · 22/09/2007 23:16

Bought set of 2 from vets for £4.45 or £4.95 - less than a fiver anyway.

Can't wait for the next tick

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Spidermama · 22/09/2007 23:19

Great to be armed.

NDPIsProbablyGoingToHell · 22/09/2007 23:26

beautifulgirls - Can I just say a HUGE thank you for the advice you gave me re my kitten and pancreatic insufficiency. I took him for a follow up appt on Fri and we saw the snr partner at the vets practice. He said exactly the same as you re PI, dietary issues, prescription diets and he even prescribed Kaogel (I hadn't mentioned it to him at all). He was very apologetic about the "unnecessarily panicky tentative diagnosis of PI". TBH, he looked quite cross when I told him what happened during my last consultation. Anyway, Oscar has been on i/d for 2 days now and he seems a million times better judging by his 'products' (ahem). Thanks again

Macdog · 23/09/2007 17:17

Got mine in Pets at Home quite cheaply after dog got ticks last year.
However, this year not a one has landed!!

scienceteacher · 23/09/2007 17:24

My dog had a tick earlier in the year - cocker spaniel/ears say no more. I didn't know, and thought she had some kind of cyst. The tick looked like a sweetcorn kernal.

The vet removed it using a twisty thing - couldn't believe that there were six little squirmy legs under it!

Afterwards, I went to the local petshop and they didn't have the twisty removers - just very heavy tweezers that pull them straight out. Fortunately, we haven't had any more ticks (Frontline is supposed to keep them at bay). And with FMD in our area, poor doggie is not allowed off her lead and to run into the undergrowth.

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