[Bellflower]

The best way to remove embedded ticks is to heat a needle and put it near the back end of the tick. This allows the tick to back out of your skin on its own so you don’t just pull out part of it while it’s head is still inside you.

Sounds like good advice. Do you know how long they have to be in before they can give someone a disease?

[driftdiver]

I’ve read it takes 24 hours before diseases like Lyme are transmitted. Unless you apply a hot needle or match head to their butt. In which case they vomit their diseases straight into your bloodstream.