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22-11-2018, 12:20 PM
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I haven't used the long nosed tweezer type for years, one of these is far more reliable and the tic comes out clean every time.
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22-11-2018, 12:58 PM
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I've tried those roxy the rescue bought a batch but I couldn't get on with them and went back to snub nosed tweezers. Seemed I wasn't alone a couple of others found them harder to use too.
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22-11-2018, 01:07 PM
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It's a knack I think, I seem to have it. So I'll keep using them when I need to.
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22-11-2018, 01:15 PM
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That's the key to it keep using what works best for you. Elsie is fairly easy to deal with will stand still if she thinks we are trying to help her, Betty on the other hand is a squirmer so we have to pin her down.
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23-11-2018, 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Julie1962 ->
Like that idea bruce, beats the tweezers we use I think.
A bit more info:

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23-11-2018, 10:49 AM
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Thank you Bruce that's educational !
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23-11-2018, 01:17 PM
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I use frontline but any stray ticks I just pull off and flush down the loo.
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23-11-2018, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Roxy ->
I use the big tubes of Frontline Bratti, the type you cut off the top and empty the tube into the back of the neck. Takes two of us, as I hold the hair away from the skin and Himself puts the stuff onto the bare bit of skin.
I also have a tic remover in the car as Dageus is always getting them on his nose area, and I can whip the thing off him as soon as I see it.
Frontline. That’s it. That’s the medication we get from our vet. Thanks Rox.
Originally Posted by Bruce ->
A bit more info:

Thanks again Bruce. I hope you took my humour with a grain of salt and hopefully you did.

Hopefully I will be more prepared next tick season. It was -21 last night so we have definitely had a big freeze now. Yayyy.
 
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