Interesting article on Tick Removal

[GPSGuided]

Don't leeches produce their own anaesthetic?

A myth?

[icefest]

Don't leeches produce their own anaesthetic?

A myth?

It seems so.

I'm genuinely surprised. Thanks for pointing it out.

[GPSGuided]

I read much about the anaesthetic claim too until I Googled a bit more.

[Snowzone]

Catalyst ran this interesting story on ticks tonight. Including a tutorial on how to remove a tick.

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4177191.htm

[andrewbish]

Catalyst ran this interesting story on ticks tonight. Including a tutorial on how to remove a tick.
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4177191.htm

This makes sense..and yet, I have suffered no ill effects after gently pulling out tics using sharp-nosed tweezers.

[Moondog55]

And I've always used kero or turpentine although I think I have a tick head still embedded in the right leg from almost 40 years ago from pulling one off

[davidmorr]

THis is the best review of ticks that I have seen.

http://www.aabr.org.au/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AABR-Ticks-and-tick-borne-diseases-protecting-yourself1.pdf

It contains an interesting discussion on Lyme. It says that Lyme is defined by infection from a specific species of tick. That species of tick does not exist in Australia, ergo, you cannot contract Lyme here.

However, it goes on to say that there are related species of tick here, and it is not beyond the realms of possibility that these carry a disease they are calling "Lyme-like". In other words, it is not Lyme because it did not come from the specific species, but the symptoms are very similar.

[peregrinator]

THis is the best review of ticks that I have seen.

http://www.aabr.org.au/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AABR-Ticks-and-tick-borne-diseases-protecting-yourself1.pdf

Thanks for the link. Certainly lots of detail there. In light of that information, as well as earlier posts, I have been reading more about the various products for tick removal. Given that the only product which the AABR document recommends for both adult ticks and tick larvae and nymphs is Lyclear, it seems like the simplest solution. Has anyone here used this?

Here's the University of Sydney recommendation of Lyclear which is mentioned in the AABR link:

http://medent.usyd.edu.au/fact/ticks.htm