Im really worried right now, i went to go take out Rebel and there was a tick on her !!!

I dont know exactly where it came from.She pooped in her cage late last night and so i cleaned it up and put some "fresh" newspaper in with her, apparantly it wasnt as clean as i thought it was.Im pretty sure the tick came in with the newspaper, it was sitting in my garage in a drawer on the floor. I know for a fact that it was not there before this morning becuase its on the very top of her back in a very obvious place.

Anyway, i put some petroleum jelly on top of it becuase the head is burried underneath her scale and i could not pull it out with a tweezer, how long will it take for the tick to die ? will it fall off or will i have to pull it out ??

You never think this will happen to you.......but it does

Somebody please help

Thanks in advance

Brandon.