Tick Tweezers

TICK TWEEZERS

These tick tweezers have a non-slip rubber coat and ensure easy tick removal. This way you avoid using poison or insecticides.

·        metal, with spring

·        for easy tick removal

·        no poison or insecticide

·        with plastic coat

·        size: 8,5 cm

Instructions for use:

Press the feather of the tick tweezers in order to open it. Brush away the coat around the tick, put the tweezers around the tick and carefully shut the tweezers around the tick’s head. By steadily twisting (2 - 3 turns) clockwise or anticlockwise, the tick can be removed easily. The skin should be disinfected after the tick’s removal.

Important:

If there should be any remains of the tick please contact your veterinarian.

Further information about ticks:

Ticks particularly live in the herbage of meadows, in the undergrowth and at the edges of forests. They crawl up grasses or bushes up to 1 metre from where they let themselves fall down onto passing animals or humans. Ticks can transfer dangerous pathogens but there are good chances to protect pets and humans against an infection if ticks are removed within a few hours after they bite. While removing the following points have to be considered:

·        Catch the tick’s head with special tweezers as close as possible to the skin and unscrew it as a

        whole.

·        do not press the tick’s body

·        Please disinfect the bite with an antiseptic ointment