O'Tom Tick Twister Blister Pack Animal

This is a great piece of kit to remove the ticks. Very handy to have

The Tick Twister is the perfect tool to remove ticks from your animals. Locate the tick Part the hairs Slide the Tick Twister under the tick close to the skin Twist round and round gently until the tick releases it's grip Lift away from the skin and dispose of tick No fuss, no mess, no pain and more importantly every part of the tick is removed If it's a small tick use the small twister, if the tick has started to gorge itself use the larger one At the moment the ticks are rife in the Scottish Highlands and we must remove 2-3 every evening from our dogs The Tick Twisters are so cheap and easy to use we have now bought a spare set for when we are out and about Wouldn't use anything else

Worried that our Jack Russell might have picked up a tick and these were recommended by our vet. Fortunately, never actually had to use them. Ugh, absolutely hate ticks!

I bought this product after travelling to Switzerland last year with our dog, and finding that it picked up ticks that are really hard to remove. (We treat the dog with deterrent drugs which may help but are not full proof). So this year, back in Switzerland, the dog acquires a tick within a week. This tool is so easy to use (just watch the video on their website) and works perfectly. Aside from doing the job, it also removes the human stress of worrying about the tick and how to remove the damn thing! One other thing - before you start the removal, make sure you have a jar or PET bottle with an inch of alcohol in it (can be surgical or simply some old brandy or vodka you can live without). Drop the tick in the alcohol straight afterwards. Otherwise, they can jump off and reattach to the animal! The alcohol will kill it, but we keep a dedicated bottle now, ready for the next one. For anyone travelling with a dog in Europe, this tool is a no-brainer purchase.

Having contracted Lyme disease twice I was very interested to try this device as it is recommended by the BLDA (British Lyme Disease Assosiation) as the safest method of tick removal. As the tick is not squeezed or distressed unlike with tweezers it's gut fluids are not ejected into it's host therefore lessening the chance of infection, also the head of the tick is not left behind. The tick is removed cleanly and alive. It is also incredibly easy to use, even on my squirmy cat. I cannot recommend this tool enough. It is also incredibly cheap considering it is something which may protect your health.

Tricky to use on dog, unsure whether this has been more effective than using tweezers as I found it difficult to grip the tick and felt that I was twisting for. along time with little movement on the insect. Would be helpful to get a grip to use this on a more visible tick, however, this may be user error as opposed to poor product.

A week ago, I found a tick on my leg. Panic set in, I considered cutting off my leg, I googled what to do - "put Vaseline on", "nooo, don't put Vaseline on", "twist it out", "for goodness sake, whatever you do, don't twist it!". Confused? Me too. I set off to minor injuries to be taught the correct procedure in tick removal (twist ant-clockwise using ineffective tweezers and a scalpel), came home and bought this product for the next tick related incident. The Tick Twister arrived on Tuesday. Imagine my utter joy when I discovered a tick on my son that very night! He was hysterical and shaking about having a small creature attached to his tummy, whilst I could barely contain my excitement at trying out my new toy. We opted for the larger of the tools, slid it in the correct position for optimal tick removal, and slowly twisted. Out popped the tick, the boy stopped crying, I satisfied a need to play with gadgets, everyone's a winner!

Very handy to keep in when you live near fields and cats and dogs can often pick up ticks. It was a reasonable price and easy to use. However, I did manage to remove a tick by smothering it with Vaseline and it died and fell out!

Llegó en el tiempo previsto y tal como indica la descripción. Utensilio que me parece muy útil y práctico; en mi caso tengo perros y aunque llevan collar y pipetas en la época estival, siempre es bueno tener un artilugio de estos por si acaso, ya que tanto para las mascotas como para los humanos, las garrapatas son bastante peligrosas y de esta forma pueden extraerse de forma rápida y segura sin dejar la cabeza en el interior de la piel infectándose o transmitiendo enfermedades. Recomendable, trae dos unidades de diferente tamaño.

We picked up one of these about a month or so ago for our dogs. Our Westie mix is a little guy and we are in a very rural area. He is always coming in from outside with a tic or two.. even though we use flea and tic drops every month. I have to say, that I'm very impressed with this little gadget, and I don't impress very easily. We have tried a few different ways and devices to remove tics over the years, but this one is simple and so far, very effective. Since our Westi likes to 'fidget', it's easier when one has his attention and tries to hold him in one place, while the other pulls the hair back, slips the 'forks' under the tic and rotates this little gizmo counter-clockwise... No pulling, no fighting with the tic, no leaving the mouth part of the tic and most importantly, no pain to our dog. I do see that you have to be ready with a bottle of some sort to put the tic in, once it's removed. If you pause too long, they can drop off the fork and back into your pets fur they will go, or worse, loose it and find it biting you next. I use an old medicine bottle and one of those alcohol wipe pads dropped in to kill the tic once and for all. If your pet travels with you, I would strongly suggest one for each car and one for your home, or maybe one for your keychain as it has a handy hole in the end for a kitchen cup type hook or a chain. The nubs on the handle make it easy to control the angle of 'attack' and for the twisting motion needed to remove the tic. My wife has a pretty bad case of arthritis in her fingers-hands and she is able to use it if I'm not around.. Over-all, this tic removal tool is a safe and an inexpensive bet.. Pick up a few so your sure to have one when needed. Although Christmas is over with for this year, they would make great and inexpensive gifts for friends with pets too.. Everyone should have a few of these around the house...

We live in a wooded area so unfortunately ticks are part of our lives during certain times of the year in spite of our best efforts. With two active dogs - a black lab and a German Shepherd - who love (love!!) being outside I was in dire need of something to assist in tick removal with minimal pain and that extracted the entire tick to reduce the probability of infection. We've had to use the tick twister to remove ticks on my poor girls many times, but the tick twister is easy to use and has always removed the whole tick. We then trap the tick in tape and flush it down the toilet. This product does what it says and has been the easiest and most effective item and method we've used to remove ticks without issue. Now if only there was something to detect ticks in thick fur!!

Ich hatte, zugegeben, Vorbehalte od das Produkt etwas taugen kann, war aber auch in einem Status der Verzweiflung da unser Hund beinahe jeden Tag einen Zecken hatte. Kurz gefasst, um das Geld kann man es probieren. So einfach war es noch nie einen Zecken zu entfernen. Egal in welcher Grösse, drehen und (bis jetzt jedes Mal) der ganze Zecken mit Kopf kommt heraus. Kein lästiges Suchen mehr wo die Stelle war, oder ob der Kopf erwischt wurde. Besonders wenn man Zecken eher als eklig empfindet und vorher in Handschuhe oder Taschentuch gehüllte Hände diese Aufgabe versucht weiß man auch zusätzlich die Distanz die man nun zum Zecken halten kann von grossem Vorteil. Unser Hund ist hier sogar noch einfach, da er das Zecken suchen und entfernen als Spiel empfindet, jedoch ruhig halten will er trotzdem nicht. So ist auch die Zeitersparnis zu erwähnen, von über einer Minute zu wenigen Sekunden. Werden noch ein paar kaufen und Freunden, die auch Haustiere haben, als Mitbringsel mitnehmen wenn wir auf Besuch sind. (Oder eben in jeder Badetasche ein Set mithaben) Das war jetzt ziemlich eine Lobrede, doch jeder der schon mehrere Zecken entfernen musste weiß genau wovon ich rede. Super Produkt!

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