How to Remove Ticks from children and pets

These tips are good for removing ticks from animals and children. I have used these and successfully removed ticks many times.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. 
   Use a glass throw away container for your alcohol

   Begin by taking a cotton swab or cotton ball. Dip the swab or cotton ball in a small glass container that you will be throwing out after use. Place a small amount of rubbing alcohol in the bottom of your container. This can be purchased at Wal-Mart or your neighborhood drug store or pharmacy. Use at least 2 tablespoons of alcohol.

2. 
   Animals and children can get a tick on them.

   Dab on the site of the tick on the child or pet. Do not let it run, that is why you are dabbing it rather than pouring it on the site. If there is excess, dab it with another cotton swab or cotton ball. Let this cotton ball or swab sit on the tick for 3 minutes. This suffocates the tick and he will back out for retrieval with tweezers.

3. 
   Buy vaseline at a drug store or Wal-Mart

   If that method is unsuccessful, use the alcohol swab again and let the area dry. Then take a clean, unused cotton swab and glob a dollop of Vaseline petroleum jelly on the site where you see the tick. Let this stay on top of the tick for 3 minutes. You will then remove the tick and the Vaseline petroleum jelly.

4. With a very stubborn tick, you might need to use Elmers glue. Again clean the area with alcohol as step one indicates. With a clean unused cotton swab, squeeze out a pea size amount of Elmers glue onto the swab. quickly, before it dries, place this swab with the Elmer's glue on it, to the tick. Let the glue dry and remove the swab and tick all in one.

5. Ticks are difficult to kill so burn or flush it down the toilet. Do not put cotton swab or cotton ball down your toilet as it will cause other problems. After removing the tick, I use some triple antibiotic ointment to prevent infection that might occur. Watch the site for the next 24 hours to make sure it is healing well.

[tammyfrost]

on 10/1/2009 Wow...I never knew these tips thanks!

[Johncan]

on 9/29/2009 Great article on how to remove ticks from children and pets. 5*

[ajmaddox]

on 9/29/2009 great tips! my mother had lyme disease, therefore i wrote an article on how to spot it! removing a tick correctly is very important.

[wesellforu]

on 9/28/2009 Very informative article on removing ticks from pets and children. Thanks 5*

[wesellforu]

on 9/28/2009 Very informative article on removing ticks from pets and children. Thanks 5*