Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[GregnLety]

My apologies for coming in so abruptly.

Is anyone here at this moment that would know how to remove a tick? I have tweezers and hopefully I can find a tiny tick removing stick. The information I have found is confusing, one says turn it clock wise and say firmly and slowly pull it out. My cat has a tick in the top of his arm.

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Ticks breathe through their skin. Put a few drops of baby oil on him then give him a little time to quit breathing and remove it with tweezers.

 

[notabitail]

Really?!!!!!

Hahahaha wow that’s a shocker!
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Oh thanks for letting me know - well that it she’s famous now so I will have to keep her

Congratulations on winning.
Josey said you deserve the poop on your tools for not feeding enough mealworms to you chooks and not paying your respects to her.

 

[featherhead007]

My apologies for coming in so abruptly.

Is anyone here at this moment that would know how to remove a tick? I have tweezers and hopefully I can find a tiny tick removing stick. The information I have found is confusing, one says turn it clock wise and say firmly and slowly pull it out. My cat has a tick in the top of his arm.

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Hot butter knife and tap the tick slowly. Or some kind of Vaseline to smother it with

 

[RoyalChick]

My apologies for coming in so abruptly.

Is anyone here at this moment that would know how to remove a tick? I have tweezers and hopefully I can find a tiny tick removing stick. The information I have found is confusing, one says turn it clock wise and say firmly and slowly pull it out. My cat has a tick in the top of his arm.

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Sadly I am very familiar with ticks!
The picture is very blurry but TBH it doesn’t look like a tick. Can you get a better picture? Do you see it’s legs waving around?

The trick to removing ticks is to try and pull them out whole and not yank their heads off so their jaws stay in the skin and create a risk of infection.

Tweezers should work and a steady firm pull. No jerking around.

 

[GregnLety]

We have reached the point of summer to where the humidity is less of a factor. 97 degrees with 35% humidity is a blessing compared to 97 and 85% humidity. Only one heat related death this summer so far. Heat is hardest on the bigger hens apparently. Only one rooster ever lost to the heat that I am aware of. August is always brutal but by mid September our nights are getting cooler.

 

[RoyalChick]

Ticks breathe through their skin. Put a few drops of baby oil on him then give him a little time to quit breathing and remove it with tweezers.

That can work. But some ticks I have encountered seem able to survive a very long time without oxygen so I prefer removal.
@Marie2020 they are tricky little bast***s and hard to grab a hold of. You want wide blade tweezers not pointy ones.

 

[RoyalChick]

We have reached the point of summer to where the humidity is less of a factor. 97 degrees with 35% humidity is a blessing compared to 97 and 85% humidity. Only one heat related death this summer so far. Heat is hardest on the bigger hens apparently. Only one rooster ever lost to the heat that I am aware of. August is always brutal but by mid September our nights are getting cooler.

That sounds promising. Our weather is supposed to break tomorrow. I cannot wait for a bit of relief!

 

[Marie2020]

Ticks breathe through their skin. Put a few drops of baby oil on him then give him a little time to quit breathing and remove it with tweezers.

Sorry the delay, had too recharge my phone. I have vaseline or coconut oil

 

[RoyalChick]

@Marie2020
Tick removal how to:
https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/removal/index.html
https://www.chop.edu/news/health-tip/removing-ticks-dos-and-don-ts

 

[Marie2020]

That can work. But some ticks I have encountered seem able to survive a very long time without oxygen so I prefer removal.
@Marie2020 they are tricky little bast***s and hard to grab a hold of. You want wide blade tweezers not pointy ones.

This is all I can find.