Increasing your knowledge about ticks and tick encounters will make you better prepared to protect yourself and others.
How to Remove a Tick
Step 1: Pointy Tweezers || Step 2: Location || Step 3: Direction and Speed || Step 4: Consider Testing
Step 1 : Pointy Tweezers
First, let's state the obvious, ticks are tiny. Household tweezers just aren't the right tool for proper tick removal. As you can see below, there's a striking difference when compared to tick tweezers.
How NOT to Remove a Tick
Our testing staff at TickEncounter have tried more than a dozen reportedly foolproof methods for tick removal. The most suggested method we hear is to burn the tick off with a match or cigarette. Learn why this is incorrect!
How to Remove a Tick Video
Watch a short animated sequence to see where to grab the tick for a clean tick removal.
