• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Won’t that just cut off its head and leave the parts behind? I thought that was the general problem with using tweezers.

    Luckily we don’t generally get ticks but the last time I tried to remove one I completely screwed it up, so I always take my kids to urgent care to have it done. It wouldn’t take much for that to become ruinously expensive

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      4 days ago

      I think the idea is to get the floss just tight enough to not slip over the body.

      I have this mental image of you as a govt agent choking someone out with a wire and then years later as a civilian trying to remove ticks off kids. “Dang it, cut it in half again. Why does this keep happening to me?”

      Pick up some of those plastic tick spoons. I ordered a three-pack real cheap and keep one in the truck and one in the kitchen.

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        4 days ago

        That’s hilarious, thanks for the image! Not the first time I’ve been accused of not being gentle enough