The Best Way to Remove a Tick
When removing ticks it is best to wear latex or rubber gloves to prevent any of the tick’s blood from getting onto your skin because Lyme disease and other diseases could be spread this way.
Ticks should always be removed as soon as possible. Prompt and complete removal of ticks helps prevent illness.
Using Tweezers
If you do not have a specific tick removing device then tweezers may suffice but we do not recommend this method over the use of specific tick removing tools.
Grasp the tick firmly with tweezers where the tick’s mouth meets the dog’s skin. Slowly and steadily pull the tick, trying to get the whole tick at once.
Don’t twist the tick or jerk as you may break the tick’s body and risk leaving it’s head behind. After removing the tick, clean the area with an antibiotic, alcohol or another disinfectant.
The tick should then be killed by soaking it in a jar of alcohol.
If part of the tick remains buried, try to get the rest out by using a needle boiled in water for five minutes, the way you would remove a wood splinter. Afterwards, cleanse and disinfect the area as before.
Do not try to remove a tick by burning it off as this does not work, may hurt your dog and may cause the tick to regurgitate its potentially infectious fluids back into the skin. Similarly, do not apply surgical spirit or any other chemicals to the tick. The application of any solution, heat or cold, can cause stress to the tick and cause it to regurgitate the contents of its stomach, which may contain infective organisms. Alcohol, or general antiseptic should be applied to the bite site after the tick has been removed.
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