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To: Right Wing Vegan

Take a hot match head to the body,and it will poke its head upe


7 posted on 05/21/2022 12:26:37 AM PDT by combat_boots (Nothing is built. Nothing is back. Nothing is better.)
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To: combat_boots

That isn’t encouraged anymore, as they can vomit into you as they react to heat. The tweezers to remove them have a pointy head to slide under them to avoid squeezing the abdomen for the same reason (they are supposed to reach all the way up to the head, but that can be difficult). Another tool (”tick key”, sold for pets but certainly usable for humans) uses the logic of the hammer claw to slide it under them, ideally getting the body above it before pulling it out - with the mouth being drawn out as the “unsqueezed” body is lifted.

I find its easier to just keep them off in the first place with Permethrin treatments on clothes I sue to hike/camp (kills them instead of repelling them); good for 6 weeks or 6 washings, and available at Wally World. Exposed skin gets Deep Woods Off...


11 posted on 05/21/2022 3:13:00 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: combat_boots

Hot matches won’t work on seed ticks. They are way too small.


12 posted on 05/21/2022 4:47:19 AM PDT by oldasrocks
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