When Minni came home an hour ago I discovered a tick on her cheek. I hear you have to be very careful with these things and that they are hard to kill afterwards too. How do I remove the tick and what is the best way of making sure that tick will never suck blood again?
Flush tick, drop it in can of solvent, or char it with a match, after removal.
Brush the hair away from around the tick as much as possible, and grab the tick as close to the cat as you can get, and pull long-slow-steady till it pulls out. Avoid squeezing the body of the tick if possible.
Oh, wrap kitty in a towel first, tapered so only the head is sticking out. If you don’t have two people, blocking kitty between your legs (you kneeling, and feet angled to prevent major kitty reversals), might be helpful. As might be bringing cat into bathroom first and shutting door.
Apply these directions in reverse order to the order they are given.
Hmm… It’s gone. There is a small scar where it was. Coward.
FLAMETHROWER?..
Nah, might miss. To be really sure, you’d want to use one of these. 
Failing that, a 1920s style death ray could be useful.
I just hope I won’t find the tick… If I do, I hope I’ve my boots on.
Maybe it’s a nervous tic. I suggest high doses of Purina brand Porzac.
Found it on my frickin bed and torched it.
You torched your bed? :eek:
Of course.
Good to hear. I still wish you’d used the nuke, though.
Advantage now has Advantix, which prevents tics in addition to fleas. Maybe you could try that?
While there might be a similar product here in Finland, I don’t think it’s really necessary. Ticks aren’t exactly plentiful here (it was the first I had ever seen). Thanks for the tip though.
The tick made an odd fffft sound when I burned it with a match. I wonder what that was.
He was probably trying to blow out the match like he’d seen it done in old WB cartoons.
I prefer to squeeze the ever-lovin’ snot out of ticks with a pair of pliers after they’re unattached to anything. I imagine I hear tiny screams as they see the “Jaws of Death” closing on them. Then I scrape out the remains with something sharp.
I have yet to use a 1920s-style death ray on one, but when I do I’ll post pictures.
The thing is, almost all of the tick is blood it’s sucked. WAG: The tick doesn’t die if you squirt it’s behind all over the place, you have to destroy the front part with the legs and head too.
A twenties’ style death ray sounds like the best option.