Just found a tick? Here is how to remove it:
| Step 1 | Please remember to use fine-tipped tweezers to remove a tick. Do NOT handle the tick with bare hands, use matches, essential oils, gasoline, or any other creative way to remove. Use fine-tipped tweezers only. Do not grab a tick by its body. This will further push the infected digestive fluids from the tick into the host. |
| Step 2 | With the fine-tipped tweezers, get as close to the skin as possible and pull straight out. Do not twist, squeeze or try to “unscrew” the tick. This may allow the head and body to separate leaving parts of its mouth in the skin. |
| Step 3 | Save the tick and put it into a jar, bottle or baggie with a moist cotton or tissue. Send the tick to one of the following: TickCheck, Igenix Labs or Bay Area Lyme Association. |
| Final Step | After the tick has been removed, wash the entire area of the tick bite with warm water and soap or peroxide. Wash hands as well. |
Now that the tick has been removed, it is time to identify it!
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American Dog Tick Dermacentor variables |
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Deer Tick Ixodes capularis |
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Lone Star Tick Ambolyomma americanum |
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Brown Dog Tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus |
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Gulf Coast Tick Amblyomma maculatum |
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Western-Blacklegged Tick Ixodes pacificus |
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Pacific Coast Tick Dermacentor accidentals |
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Cayenne Tick Ambllyomma cajennense |
