Vets advice "get the tick drunk!"

[Jager 6]

Had a tick right inside a kits ear that I had to remove.

I went to the vets today to get the tool, and they told me to soak put spirits on the tick, whisky, vodka etc, and cover it for at least 10 seconds. It gets the tick drunk and its easier to remove. A sloshed tick cant cling on as well as a sober one haha.

 

I soaked tissue in scotch and held it over the tick for about 10 secs, then successfully removed it with the tool, very easily. Good tip.

 

I tried to post this on the "ferrets and ticks" sticky thread but its locked.

[dogger 100]

i was told the same but the vet said use gin

[Rake aboot 4,936]

I find they come out easy with just the Otom tool, no need for anything else.

[robbo 872]

i used to to use just pure alcohol puchased from the chemists to kill them but you cant buy it any more.

[neil cooney 10,416]

A little bit of nail varnish remover dabbed on a cotton bud and then rubbed around the tick is the best way of insuring that the tick falls off your animal with the head and mouth parts intact.

And this way you don't have to dip into your best bottle of scotch, LOL.

[Tug 168]

Here we go again.

Read the stickies, don't believe the old wives tales... NEVER put anything on a tick, use a tool. Even frontline doesn't go on the tick itself.

[robbo 872]

it wasnt an old wives tale, i used it for years and it worked everytime. tick just shrivelled up and died within 24 hours.

[Jager 6]

i was told the same but the vet said use gin

i was told the same but the vet said use gin

She said use ANY alcoholic spirit to me, your vet must have been a gin drinker haha

[Jager 6]

A little bit of nail varnish remover dabbed on a cotton bud and then rubbed around the tick is the best way of insuring that the tick falls off your animal with the head and mouth parts intact.

And this way you don't have to dip into your best bottle of scotch, LOL.

A little bit of nail varnish remover dabbed on a cotton bud and then rubbed around the tick is the best way of insuring that the tick falls off your animal with the head and mouth parts intact.

And this way you don't have to dip into your best bottle of scotch, LOL.

 

No mate, it gave me the excuse to buy a bottle hahaha.

Had a good drink with that tick and now were bessy mates haha

[Jager 6]

Here we go again.

Read the stickies, don't believe the old wives tales... NEVER put anything on a tick, use a tool. Even frontline doesn't go on the tick itself.

Here we go again.

Read the stickies, don't believe the old wives tales... NEVER put anything on a tick, use a tool. Even frontline doesn't go on the tick itself.

 

Not an old wives tale when the vet tells you to do it.

[grantellissheffield 6]

_{best ive found is the wart remover that freezes off in seconds.}

[ferret100 47]

Same as in any professional, you always get those who give bad advice. Putting alcohol on ticks is a perfect example.

[Tug 168]

Stick to the advice of BADA.org, they specialise in tick related diseases.

[foxdigger13 114]

A little bit of nail varnish remover dabbed on a cotton bud and then rubbed around the tick is the best way of insuring that the tick falls off your animal with the head and mouth parts intact.

And this way you don't have to dip into your best bottle of scotch, LOL.

 

Nail varnish remover is one of the best ways IMO.

[kinderbeano 13]

awfull waste of drink..id pass it through my kidneys first