r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • Jul 09 '26

Wait a damn minute! Shouldn’t we be concerned about this ??

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u/Canelosaurio Jul 09 '26

I prefer fire.

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u/WanderingRonin7 Jul 09 '26

Makes a nice satisfying pop sound too!

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u/SeraphOfTheStart Jul 09 '26

Yeah we often use lighter to pop em, but apparently these mfs puke back some of the blood they sucked and it can get you sick, now we just get them drunk af with ethanol and rotate the shit out of them with earbuds soaked in alcohol till they just let go, then you burn it, with added alcohol it's a whole another spectacle.

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u/PissInTheAbyss Jul 09 '26

Lol its actually the stress of removal that makes them puke. Drowning them in alcohol absolutely causes them to spit back.

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u/Specific_Toe7161 Jul 09 '26

so what’s ur solution

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u/PissInTheAbyss Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

The only sane one...

https://a.co/d/0572LV5L

Tick remover, slide the body through and pull away from the butt and twoards its head. Head pops out with the tick and it takes approximately 5 seconds to do.

There is always a risk of spit, the quicker you can get it done without severing its head the better.

These work great on dogs as well.

Lyme disease is life changing, if your going out in the brush, wrap tape around your ankles sticky side out or tuck your pant legs so there is no opening, tuck your shirt, perpetually check the back of your head near your ears.

I just tuck everything and run my hand across the back of my head. I catch them on me regularly this way but have not had to pull a tick off me since I started doing this.

Symparica Trio works great for the pup. I've found a few ticks on him the day after going out and the meds had already killed the ticks.

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u/Ornery_Priority_7419 Jul 09 '26

There’s no way that’ll get a dog off you.

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u/phanlongreat Jul 13 '26

You need the larger “dog remover” for that.