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 Alberta-based choss climbin', flame throwin', rappel lovin', ass talkin' hater who doesn't like "Gumby" for a descriptor
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Posted - 05/12/2009 : 4:29 PM
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Originally posted by spicytuna
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Originally posted by ClauS
I have one of these removal tools – http://www.tickinfo.com/protickremedy.htm - a small flat piece of metal (maybe 2x5 cm) with a slit in the end – worked great for me.
Haha! A miniature crowbar!
Did anyone here actually get a tick bite? Is there any sensation around the bite? Or is it only noticeable via physical inspection?
Yes, one time I came home and found 7 of the little vile bastards on me, 3 of which had attached. They are really easy to get off with the tweezer method, I really don't see why you would possibly need to put oil on to make removal easier. |
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Posted - 05/12/2009 : 5:31 PM
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Personally, I would never ever ever EVER trust anything a Quackopath says without researching it thoroughly with proper authorities! They might be right about something, but it'll be an accident! Sorry Sod and other naturopath rubes ;-)
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High River, (just south of Calgary eh!), Alberta
Canada
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Posted - 05/12/2009 : 5:45 PM
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Sounds like the trick is to get it out alive so it can tested and not upset it into pushing material (potentially infected) back into the patient. I suspect the soap or whatever would cause it to retract but not necessarily keep it from infecting the patient.
Has anyone submitted a tick for testing recently? Curious about the protocol.
p.s. anyone else getting that creepy feeling that something is crawling on them?
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Posted - 05/12/2009 : 6:42 PM
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The sensation is like a small irritating scratch later feels like an imbedded rose thorn or cedar sliver = dawning realization : oh oh !
after about 20minutes or more likely 2-hours. If your "lucky "and happen to be sitting in the buff you can usually catch 'em crawling about looking for a drill-site. Uargh. |
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Happy go lucky, plaid wearin, postholin, safeway gaitor sportin, old-school film shootin, giver of many regards
Abbotsford, B.C.
Canada
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Posted - 05/12/2009 : 9:11 PM
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Darn things creep me out. Someone said use a lighted cigarette and push it into their butt. I tried it once, the tick died and did not fall away. I pulled on it, head came off..... Pulled the head out too. Fortunately no ill effects afterwards...
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Canmore, AB
Canada
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Posted - 05/12/2009 : 9:34 PM
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Originally posted by time2clmb
Yes, one time I came home and found 7 of the little vile bastards on me, 3 of which had attached. They are really easy to get off with the tweezer method, I really don't see why you would possibly need to put oil on to make removal easier.
Dayum! Did you go to Waterton? I hope it wasn't someplace local...
I'm already a lazy fairweather climber as it is. These ticks might force me to become a full time indoor climber. Hahahaha! |
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Alberta-based choss climbin', flame throwin', rappel lovin', ass talkin' hater who doesn't like "Gumby" for a descriptor
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Posted - 05/12/2009 : 9:47 PM
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| Coming back from Escargot Corner I had a crap load on me, and I was being "careful" to not get any on me. I have seen them crawling around on the rocks at the base of Grassi. Mt. Cory is another one where I had some on me. |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 05/13/2009 : 12:08 PM
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Originally posted by spicytuna
Haha! A miniature crowbar!
Did anyone here actually get a tick bite? Is there any sensation around the bite? Or is it only noticeable via physical inspection?
My wife got one a couple of years ago. She said it was like someone sticking a needle into her side: a very sharp jab. Got under the waist strap of her day pack and dug in there. I used that very device to get the thing out but the little sod was in fast. Took a long time and a lot of patience to get it out. My first tick removal experience so I was pretty ham-fisted. Be patient. |
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Squamish
Canada
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Posted - 05/13/2009 : 1:54 PM
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There are lots of them in the salal and other small vegetation right now around squamish. Dogs get covered regularly and my buddy had to remove one about a week ago.
Dan
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Fowl photographin, animal lovin, thread trollin, dry bag humpin, canoe canoodler
Vancouver, BC
Canada
4036 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2009 : 2:49 PM
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| Fantastic video cambium...! |
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Salmon Arm, BC
Canada
894 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2009 : 10:16 AM
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I was bit on my hip while at a beach party near Powell River years ago. Had just a bit of Glenfiddich when I felt the burning sting. I thought I must have stumbled into the BBQ but I didn't remember doing that! Anyway, next morning I looked at my "burn", saw the tick still embedded in my hip--she was dead dead dead from alcohol poisoning. 
I wasn't in too great shape either....
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Posted - 05/14/2009 : 10:48 AM
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Often you won’t feel the attached tick, but sometimes you feel them earlier when they are crawling around and looking for a good spot (feeling anything now?). You may feel the tick when brushing with your hand along your skin or other people may point it out (but ticks usually hide under clothing). We had lots of ‘fun’ when we went ‘hot-springing’ a couple of years ago and discovered that everybody had picked up a few passengers.
No oil, no burning, no smothering, no squishing – just grab tick gently very close to skin (around ‘neck’) and pull slowly a bit, then hold and tick will let go.
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Posted - 05/14/2009 : 11:04 AM
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Aqua terra's got right idea : no ticks in the snow-glow ! |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Calgary, AB
Canada
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Posted - 07/01/2009 : 10:17 PM
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Went on a hike last w/e. Got home and after showering noticed a tick on my right hip.  Figured since it's mouth parts were already in me it would be prudent to go to the clinic/hospital and witness an official procedure.
At the Rockyview Hospital some of the staff in the emergency triage area took an interest in the tick that was in a convenient spot for them to see. Apparently they don't see too many of them. A woman who was with another injured person told me that in Ontario they prescribe an antibiotic and test the tick automatically. Perhaps they see more Deer ticks?
They sent me to a fast track area. Thankfully it didn't take hours to see the doctor, maybe 1/2 hr. He rubbed antiseptic over and around the tick. He then took some tweezers and grabbed the tick and pulled it away from my hip. My skin stretched a several millimeters, it was hanging on! He had a heating wire at the end of a small cylinder (like a pen) that turned red hot and touched the right side of the tick, it let go instantly. The doctor seemed to get a little anxious when trying to drop the tick into the container. It just didn't want to let go of the tweezers. We checked to see if the mouth parts were still in me .. nope. Good!
My initial impression was that the doctor was going to pluck it and away I go, but when I mentioned what the woman from Ontario had decided to consult the Medical Examiner's office While he was on the phone I checked out the tick and it appeared that its two front right legs were gibbled from the heating wire. It was still very active in the container. Probably pissed about being burned away from its drink, my blood. The doctor came back and said that they wanted the tick for examination and to know where I may have picked it up. He advised me to look for a bulls-eye type skin formation which may appear anywhere on my body as well as look out for fever symptoms. There is no visible sign that the tick had attached itself and all is well .. for now. |
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Calgary, Alberta
Andorra
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Posted - 07/02/2009 : 03:24 AM
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| As i understand it, we have largely wood ticks out here, which are larger, and known to carry Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (rarely), not Lymne Disease (which the bulls-eye is a sign of). Out east is where the deer ticks tend to be, and the ones most likely to infect you are actually the poppyseed-sized nymphs, making detection extra difficult. I know lyme's been making inroads hereabouts though, so they might be on extra watch. |
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High River, (just south of Calgary eh!), Alberta
Canada
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Posted - 07/02/2009 : 07:22 AM
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| Thanks for the feedback Eco. Hopefully your little hitchiker wasn't carrying anything nasty. |
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north van, bc
Canada
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canmore, alberta
Canada
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Posted - 09/13/2009 : 8:54 PM
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Thinking of tic season still gives me an involuntary shiver
Darn sheep dropping all those small bloodsucking vile parasites all over the place
Soon as I get back to the car, down goes the pants and off goes the shirt for a quick check, before they travel to that warm comfy spot.
I bought a tic tool from mec years ago, found it works quite well,having to use it a few times.
our last instructor advised us to put shaving cream on the tic .the reason explained "the cream cuts off the oxygen causing the tic to back out to breathe. "
Now thanks to this thread and a quick Google search Im definitely more informed!
A good thread to bring up again next spring!
http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/tick_removal.html
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Tick Removal
