It's a ticklish process, but the best tool I've found is a small piece of
stamped metal with a tiny slit cut on one side which can be inserted over
the tick's mouthparts at skin level, and the tick slowly rocked out. This
preserves the tick and minimizes further injury to the victim. I'm sorry
that I don't recall the name of the instrument, but it can be carried on a
key chain and is very small and lightweight.
I hope to hear of any superior tools and procedures from others.
WT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Enrique Flores De Gracia" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 1:36 PM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Advice on how to take out ticks
Dear all
A friend of mine is intended to extract some ticks attached to a snake´s
skin.
Somebody have an idea on how to collect them safetly without harming the
snake neither the ticks? (he wants to preserve the ticks for later
analysis).
Any suggestion welcome, thanks,
--
Eric Flores De G.
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