ticks

Theo said:

Do you have any experience with this tickremover. It doesn't look very
reliable.

With Roos getting so many, quite a bit :-(
It works very well, much better than tweezers IME.

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Nobody Here said:

Congratulations.

Thanks (and also to everyone else who offered similar).

Quoted message said:

I've always wondered about Roos (the name not the
person :-). Is it a nickname, a contraction of another name, or a
foreign name, or for that matter just a non-English name? I've
always imagined it's Dutch gor no other reason I guess than it's
a bit similar to Ruud. How do you say it - being of Antipodean
origin I started with the shortning of kangaroos ('roos) but I imagine
it's more like "ruse"?

As Theo correctly notes, it's the Dutch cersion of Rose, though in
this case that's short for Rosine.

Dutch vowels work differently to English, and a double vowel sounds
like the letter name, so double-o is an "oh" rather than an "oo"
(and double e sound as "ae", the alphabet going something like "ah,
bey, cey, dey, ae"😉

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hbol said:

Congratulations. I cant imagine a more appropriate venue for a wedding.

That's what we think, though we're rather crossing our fingers for
the weather. We would pray to the weather Gods, but for a
Humanist[1] ceremony they might just tell us to bugger off... ;-/

Pete.

[1] now fully legal in Scotland, and you can get married anywhere
the celebrant is willing to go.
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"Adrian" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:1149416597.597704.288770
@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

Quoted message said:

Incase this is of any help to anyone, have a look at this tick remover,
œ3.49 plus carriage:

http://www.backpackinglight.co.uk/product126.asp

I do not know if they are any good, but I have just ordered one!

I've got one of those and had to use it yesterday. I got mine from here
which was £3.50 including pp:

http://www.masta.org/travel-shop.aspx?page_id=2&page_group=71&prod_id=185&#

John

In article <[email hidden]>, Phil Cook
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Theo said:

"Phil Cook" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Adrian wrote:

>Incase this is of any help to anyone, have a look at this tick remover,
>£3.49 plus carriage:
>
>http://www.backpackinglight.co.uk/product126.asp
>
>I do not know if they are any good, but I have just ordered one!

Cheaper alternative here
http://www.furrypharm.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=1086

Do you have any experience with this tickremover. It doesn't look very
reliable.

No personal experience as I tend to visit Scotland outwith the biting
beastie season, but see Roos's reply up there ^ or down there V
depending on newsreader and preferences.

It has very thin jaws which will always slip in under the tick's body.
It's a bit like a tiny version of a claw hammer, but not used as a
lever it's best to pull straight.

I think that somewhere in the dim and distant past I mentioned having
made a tick remover from an out of date store card by cutting a very
narrow "V" into it. Sliding the V close to the skin under the tick and
remove the tick by a straight firm lift.

I must check with my vet to see if he has any removal tools on offer.
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W. D. Grey said:

I think that somewhere in the dim and distant past I mentioned having
made a tick remover from an out of date store card by cutting a very
narrow "V" into it. Sliding the V close to the skin under the tick and
remove the tick by a straight firm lift.

That's the same principle the "proper" one we have uses, so I'd guess it
should work okay in most cases. Where the "official" product would
score is having a more tapered edge to help work it's way under the body
of the wee beastie.

We did a long-O yesterday and Roos managed to emerge tick free! That
might be a first! ;-/

Pete.
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It was round about Sun, 4 Jun 2006 18:02:37 +0200,, when the famed
Theo of the dreaded was struck by a sudden insight:

Quoted message said:

"Phil Cook" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Adrian said:

Incase this is of any help to anyone, have a look at this tick remover,
£3.49 plus carriage:

http://www.backpackinglight.co.uk/product126.asp

I do not know if they are any good, but I have just ordered one!

Cheaper alternative here
http://www.furrypharm.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=1086

Do you have any experience with this tickremover. It doesn't look very
reliable.

It works just fine on my dogs ...
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snore and you sleep alone"
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In Article <[email hidden]>,Phil Cook

Quoted message said:

It has very thin jaws which will always slip in under the tick's body.
It's a bit like a tiny version of a claw hammer, but not used as a
lever it's best to pull straight.

Is this the same technique everyone's using? Vaguely remember the straight
pull being recommended in the instructions with the hook I have (same as
above), but I've also seen recommendations that you should twist
anti-clockwise whilst pulling, which is what I've always done.

Regards,
Richard G.

In article <[email hidden]>, Peter Clinch
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

That's the same principle the "proper" one we have uses, so I'd guess
it should work okay in most cases. Where the "official" product would
score is having a more tapered edge to help work it's way under the
body of the wee beastie.

I tend to agree with you here, the very small square edges seem to be
OK though. Fortunately I've only had to use it once and then it was when
my dog picked up a tick under his paw. The tick was extracted complete
and crawled away when I released it from the card.

Quoted message said:

We did a long-O yesterday and Roos managed to emerge tick free! That
might be a first! ;-/

That must have been a relief :-)

--
Bill Grey
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Richard G. said:

Is this the same technique everyone's using? Vaguely remember the straight
pull being recommended in the instructions with the hook I have (same as
above), but I've also seen recommendations that you should twist
anti-clockwise whilst pulling, which is what I've always done.

I've heard that the directed twist thing is down to a bit of folklore.
Ticks wander about with their jaws overlapping which suggests that a
rotation will unwind them, but the way they lock in for dinner is
different so it's not actually relevant for removal. Note, this is
/not/ something I've seen properly confirmed.

I've found straight pulls or gentle rotation with a pull seems to work
with the vet-sourced removers. Gentle but firm, consistent pressure
seems to get them to let go. They don't want their heads ripped off,
after all.

Pete.
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Thanks to everyone for the assistance given. Dropped by the vets office
today and purchased the O'tom tick remover - $3.12. They also had a round
metal type of extractor with a groove for the clawhammer type extraction,
but, it also had a little magnifying glass attatched - I thought, what a
brilliant idea for us older geezers with failing eyes. It dawned on me that
we have been doing these walks without any kind of first aid kit which, I
suppose, is irresponsible. If anyone with experience would like to advise on
that subject I am all ears. There are so many first aid kits on the market -
cant make up my mind.
hbol

hbol said:

It dawned on me that
we have been doing these walks without any kind of first aid kit which, I
suppose, is irresponsible. If anyone with experience would like to advise on
that subject I am all ears. There are so many first aid kits on the market -
cant make up my mind.

It's not irresponsible. The thing to note about first aid is that where
it's a matter of life or death it's usually about procedures, not
equipment (you might make an exception for aspirin to heart attack
victims, but not much more than that). Equipment carried in a first aid
kit is generally about comfort rather than saving a life (nothing wrong
with carrying one for that, that's why I take one, but don't think
you're being an eejit if you don't).

if you're worried about your ability to save a life I'd suggest first
aid training, and subsequently decide what you want to carry after
you've got that under your belt. A previous trainer on a course I did
said he never bothered carrying a kit and you could improvise most
things needed with a roll of gaffer tape. Cling film can also be
remarkably useful, but you can always take it from your sandwiches (I'm
not being facetious here!). Slings and bandages can be improvised from
clothing, and so on.

If you do want to carry first aid kit make up a pack yourself according
to what you know about and want to be prepared for. There are plenty of
good wee baggies available (or just us a couple of ziplock bags from the
supermarket), and to get contents just range around the 1st Aid section
of your local chemist.

Pete.
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On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:11:21 +0100, Peter Clinch <[email hidden]>
wrote:

|if you're worried about your ability to save a life I'd suggest first
|aid training,

If you want the ability to save lives IMO training is a **MUST**

|and subsequently decide what you want to carry after
|you've got that under your belt. A previous trainer on a course I did
|said he never bothered carrying a kit and you could improvise most
|things needed with a roll of gaffer tape. Cling film can also be
|remarkably useful, but you can always take it from your sandwiches (I'm
|not being facetious here!). Slings and bandages can be improvised from
|clothing, and so on.

The only things I carry and that *all* the time in my belt purse, are a
tiny mask for mouth to mouth resuscitation, not used yet. Also some latex
gloves, and cable ties which get used for anything *but* first aid.
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Dave Fawthrop said:

If you want the ability to save lives IMO training is a **MUST**

Fair comment.

Quoted message said:

The only things I carry and that *all* the time in my belt purse, are a
tiny mask for mouth to mouth resuscitation, not used yet. Also some latex
gloves

Both of these underline 1st Aid Training 101 Point 1A: the first person
to look after is yourself. The gloves are a good idea if you'll be
involved with the blood of folk you have no idea who they are or what
interesting diseases they may be carrying, especially if you're in an
environment where nicks and scratches are commonplace. This reminds me
to check the pair in my FAK (plastic ones, latex are better as you lose
less dexterity).

Pete.
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