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**bigbird67** · 29-10-2009, 11:57

You big HERMER :D

**Flobblem** · 03-03-2010, 23:18

Originally Posted by sillyboy

Originally Posted by Count.Dracule

Originally Posted by FiveAlpha

I'm still traumatised from my jungle course in Belize in the eighties. A stripey nicknamed BOG (Boring Old Gareth) presented his splayed buttocks, resplendent in a weeks worth of congealed sweat, fluff, toilet paper fragments and a dark, scary musky odour in my face with the words ' Bud, check out my butt, I've got a tick in there somewhere'

I've now got a tic in my face along with an accompanying twitch everytime I think of it.

Ummm i think i will skip lunch

Funny that because reading it made me want to tip a cold lamb madras into a hollowed out malt loaf and lick it out again

That was the funniest thing I have read all day

Me mam and dad have got a cottage in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, and I noticed that when I was out walking there were thousands of little things running through the grass at the top of the hills around there. After parting the grass (With my feet, not hands x/) and catching a fleeting glimpse of one I assumed they were spiders. However, I have never seen such an abundance of 'spiders' in any one place, especially in grassand on the top of massive hills :/ Could these be ticks? And if so what kind of repellents would get them to stay the hell away?

(seriously I am paranoid now. I searched for images of ticks and managed to completely freak myself out ¬_¬)

**S-mise** · 03-03-2010, 23:42

Iv'e noticed a huge increase in tick numbers in the past few years. Heres hoping that this winter has decimated them! I got two on my bellend last summer, one right on the edge of the japs eye. I had a worrying week or two watching a rash develop where it had been. There are millions of tiny little red ones crawling all over the hill here. I had been told they were the young ticks looking for their first meal. It's not unusual to find 50 or so of them creeping up your legs!

**Flobblem** · 03-03-2010, 23:46

Oh god why did you have to tell me that...

**bovvy** · 05-05-2010, 10:07

Bastard ticks!!!!

Mind you, I used to really panic about the damned things, like the opening poster on this thread:

http://www.arrse.co.uk/Forums/viewtopic/t=124576/.html

I seem to have got pretty complacent over the past year. I remember removing one that had attached to my ear (in 2009) and going to see the nurse at the GP surgery, to check out the Lymes Disease precautions. This area has been alive with the buggers all winter. I've found them running around on the dog, even in the coldest periods ..... a few of them have attached to him. There are so many deer in this part of the country.

Yesterday I had to remove one that had attached to MY chest.

I don't find those 'O' Tom things much use. The tick's body isn't robust enough for the jaws of the gadget not to just slip over it. I removed it with my thumb and finger nail. I have a small swelling (like a mosquito bite) and I trust I won't see that ominous red, bullseye pattern, indicative of Lymes. :D

**ugly** · 05-05-2010, 10:15

The O Tom should work, slide it in, twist 90 degrees and then twist it off quickly, the small one for the little feckers is ideal. Both should come in a blister pack together for the one price.

**bovvy** · 05-05-2010, 10:35

Originally Posted by ugly

The O Tom should work, slide it in, twist 90 degrees and then twist it off quickly, the small one for the little feckers is ideal. Both should come in a blister pack together for the one price.

Yep, Ugly. I've got a pack. I tried the small 'O' Tom and the 90 degree twist. I can't remember whether I've ever found them successful? I've just had another look at the little one ...... the jaws certainly look tight enough to be effective. However, after a few tries, with the gadget squeezing the body, I usually give up and revert to fingernails.

But I'll continue to give the 'O' Tom a try with the future predators.

**ugly** · 05-05-2010, 10:38

It is important that you keep trying, get all of the little buggers out of your skin as thats the only way to ensure a reduced risk of infection!

**bovvy** · 05-05-2010, 11:08

Yep, thanks, Ugly. I no longer panic, but I'm thorough. I check that nothing remains in the skin. The Practice Nurse and the vet have, in the past, confirmed I've removed everything. Though the problem, when I scratched the tick off my ear was that I couldn't SEE my own ear.