[TN-Bird] Re: Tic removal for birders and others
- From: Bill Pulliam <bb551@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:37:56 -0500
I suppose this is not entirely off-topic since birders and wildlife
biologists are at elevated risk for tick-borne disease.
The number one rule of tick safety (after prevention) is to get them
off as soon as possible. I would never delay removing a tick until I
got home just because I did not have the proper accoutrements. The
risk of disease climbs steadily the longer they remain imbedded. I
have always pulled them off unceremoniously and immediately, and have
never developed a tick-borne illness or any significant problems at
the bite site. Some would say I have been lucky, but after having
pulled out thousands and thousands of ticks over the years using
nothing but my fingernails, if it were just luck it would have surely
run out by now.
Prevention -- One of Cynthia Rohrbach's bird survey transects on the
Swan Trust land is in horrific tick habitat. We actually wore those
ridiculous Tyvek suits They were hot, crinkly, and sticky, but they
also probably blocked 99% of the ticks I would have otherwise gotten
bitten by.
Bill Pulliam
Hohenwald TN
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