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Strange bump on my BP (tick?)
looks like a tick to me.....or at least some kind of scab or....something......but as far as getting it off,im clueless, sorry
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That looks like a tick to me. (Ponders how to give the proper advice to getting a tick off). I don't think I can give you the "proper" way to take a tick off as I have never done it. I've taken ticks off many times...(yeech..ticks creep me out), but I've never done the match, vaseoline or alcohol method". I'm not even sure I can describe it properly to you. I've never removed a tick from anything that had scales so I don't know how much harder than is going to be to take off.
Just be careful to make sure you get the head all the way out. I think most people state that you should use tweezers to get a tick off as well as alochol or vaseline. I don't recall exactly how it works, other than the vaseoline or the alochol is supposed to suffocate the tick and make it easier to get off.
As for getting rid of the tick once you get it off, I'd flush it down the toliet myself...just be sure it's in the water and acutally goes down though
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It does look like a tick to me as well, and not fully engorged yet. If you can cover it in petroleum jelly for a while, it may start to suffocate and release its hold to escape, but as you know, it's essential to get the head and not just the body. Alcohol can work, too, but may dry out the skin in the area and make it harder to get a full shed if he's close to shedding.
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From the pic it looks like a tic to me as well. Marla and Schlyne hit it on the head ( so to speak ) on how to get rid of the little bugger. If you are using a natural substrate ( mulch, Reptibark, or the like ) it might not be a bad idea to replace your substrate and give the cage a good scrub down. Good luck man! Let us know how it goes.
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yeah last night I completely stripped the cage disinfected everything, got rid of all the substrate and soaked stuff in a bathtub full of virosan and water for about a half hour. Then disinfected it all again and dried it before putting it back in the cage (with new substrate). I'm going out to buy some vasaline or something this evening to see if I can't suffocate that bugger.
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The tick was successfully extracted this evening with the use of neosporin to suffocate that little jerk.
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Sweet! Glad you got it off. Now you just have to keep an eye out for any more nasties for a bit.
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Glad to hear you got the tick off without a problem. Like Marla said, you need to keep an eye out for a while to see if anymore show up.
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This makes me mad...
Good to hear Jonah! Like Ironhead and Marla said, they have a nasty reputation for coming back out of no where.
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