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This article was co-written by Elmer Bensinger. Elmer Bensinger is a pest control specialist living in Olympia, Washington. With over 20 years of experience, Elmer specializes in the application of integrated pest management techniques and products such as pesticides and rodenticides. He studied business at South Puget Sound Community College. Elmer is the CEO of Mathis Exterminating, vice president of operations and customer success for Certus Pest Inc. at Olympia.
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Ticks are dangerous insects because they carry diseases. If you are bitten by a tick, kill it in such a way that it does not crush the tick’s body, to avoid spreading the bacteria, and also to know what disease you have if you develop it later. In addition, you need to try to control the ticks that are living freely in the yard so that they do not crawl into clothing or pets.
Steps
How to kill ticks when bitten
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Remove ticks from the body . If the tick is clinging to people or pets, you must remove it first. Use tweezers with sharp tips to grab the top of the tick, then slowly pull it straight out. [1] X Trusted Source Centers for Disease Contrp and Prevention Go to Source[2] X Research Source
- Tweezers with wide tongs can crush ticks and cause pathogens to spread.
- Never use bare hands. If you need to touch the tick, you should wear disposable gloves. [3] X Trusted Source American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Go to source
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Use duct tape to secure the tick. Cover the entire tick with clear tape, it will die on its own and cannot run away. [4] X Trusted Source Centers for Disease Contrp and Prevention Go to the source This is the best way to kill the tick without destroying its body. [5] X Research Source Besides, it is also easy for the doctor to distinguish the type of tick if you then show symptoms of the disease.
- Or you can use a sealed, clear plastic bag, like a small tote bag. Be sure to check the bag for holes before using it.
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Kill ticks with antiseptic alcohol. If you don’t have duct tape, place the tick in a container filled with alcohol. [6] X Trusted Source Centers for Disease Contrp and Prevention Go to the source It takes a while for the tick to die so be sure to keep an eye on it or cover the box with plastic to prevent it from escaping.
- Water can’t kill ticks, so if you don’t have alcohol, use bleach or vinegar.
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Wash hands and bites. Clean the tick bite site with rubbing alcohol or iodine solution if available, otherwise use soapy water. [7] X Trusted Source Centers for Disease Contrp and Prevention Go to the source Washing is a way to reduce the chance of infection at the bite site.
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Keep the tick. Stick a dead or live tick on top of a piece of cardboard, then make a note of the date you caught the tick and where it came from. Keep ticks away from pets and children.
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Notice the symptoms. Certain types of ticks can spread pathogens, especially black-legged ticks. Take the patient with the tick to the doctor if the following symptoms appear within three months: [8] X Trusted Source Centers for Disease Contrp and Prevention Go to source
- Fever or chills
- Headache, muscle aches, or joint pain
- Rash, especially bull’s-eye rash with extensive red spots
- Swollen lymph nodes, usually in the armpit or groin.
How to Kill Ticks on Pets or Clothes
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Choose a tick killer. Many chemicals and herbs are sold to kill ticks on pets, but many of them can be dangerous for small pets or children who have a habit of playing with pets. You should talk to your veterinarian first if possible.
- Use a tick treatment that is specific to your pet (like a dog or cat).
- If small children and pets live in the same house, you should find an oral medication.
- Never take medicine that contains organophosphorus ingredients. You must check to make sure the ingredients are free of the following: amitraz, fenoxycarb, permethrin, propoxur, and tetrachlorvinphos (TCVP). [9] X Research Source
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Dry the clothes first. The heat of the drying air will kill the ticks almost completely, but if it’s slightly damp it won’t. After going through a place with ticks, you need to put the clothes in the dryer, then wash and dry again. [10] X Research Source
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Spray permethrin on clothing. This is a chemical that kills ticks more effectively than insecticides, and is also safer for human health. [11] X Research Source Before going out you should spray the inside of your shirt cuffs and pant leg.
- Never spray permethrin on a cat. They will get sick and even die after inhaling the medicine. [12] X Research Source
- You should consult your doctor first if you are pregnant, nursing or have an allergy to ragweed. [13] X Research Source
- Permethrin skin cream is not usually used to kill ticks.
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Courtyard cleaning. Ticks like to live in moist, shaded places, so you need to sweep away leaves and clean hiding places in the shade. Cut grass short.
- Rodents and deer can be a source of ticks, so keep trash and leftovers covered when you leave them on the street so they don’t hang around. Or you put up a fence so they can’t get close.
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Build a fence around the edge of the forest. If your yard is located near the forest, you should build a fence about 1 meter wide with gravel, to prevent forest trees from spreading into the yard and not creating opportunities for ticks to penetrate. [14] X Trusted Source State of Massachusetts Go to Source
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Spread of roundworms. These tiny roundworms are parasites of ticks, they are sold online and come in different varieties. In which the worms used to kill ticks are completely harmless to humans and pets. You mix the worms in water and spread them around the yard, then keep the yard moist for the next seven days for the worms to grow. [15] X Research Source
- Look for the parasite Steinernema carpocapsae or Heterorhabditis bacteriophora if you have black-legged ticks in your home. Also ask your veterinarian what parasites to buy for other ticks.
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Use insecticides with caution. Many insecticides are very dangerous to pets, young children or the surrounding wildlife. If you choose this method, you should hire a sprayer to have them come to your home to spray once or twice a year. Before spraying you must ask them to provide a safety plan and put up signs around the property. [16] X Trusted Source State of Massachusetts Go to Source
- Permethrin is a common tick killer, but it can kill both cats and fish.
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Add star chickens to the farm. Star chickens hunt and eat ticks, but the black-legged ticks are quite small so they can still escape, although the number will certainly be much less. You should be careful because star chickens are very noisy animals. [17] X Research Source
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Waiting to buy tick-killing robot. In March 2015, a Delaware company raised money to test the next step in the development of a tick-killing robot. The ticks will be tricked by the machine into drinking the insecticide, and killing them is much safer than spraying. However, people, even pest control companies, have to wait a while to buy tick-killing robots, but one day you will have this Terminator in your yard. [18] X Research Sources[19] X Trusted Source PubMed Central Go to Source
Advice
- If you do not have the opportunity to see a doctor, you should put the tick in a bag and bring it to a company that specializes in tick identification. They’ll let you know if it’s carrying the disease, but even if it is, it’s unlikely you’ve spread the disease. However, you can also distinguish ticks on your own to determine what disease they are likely to carry.
Warning
- Always wash your hands with soap after touching ticks. Ticks can carry disease-causing germs in bodily fluids, but you can’t see them. There’s a good chance you won’t catch the disease unless your skin breaks, but it’s better to be careful than to regret it later.
- Do not use unsafe methods of killing ticks while you are being bitten by them, as the chance of infection is very high. For example, suffocate the tick with nail polish or burn it with a match.
- Do not crush the tick. The tick has a very hard back, so it is not easy to crush it without using hard enough tweezers. But more importantly, when you crush the tick, the disease-carrying bacteria can spread around.
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This article was co-written by Elmer Bensinger. Elmer Bensinger is a pest control specialist living in Olympia, Washington. With over 20 years of experience, Elmer specializes in the application of integrated pest management techniques and products such as pesticides and rodenticides. He studied business at South Puget Sound Community College. Elmer is the CEO of Mathis Exterminating, vice president of operations and customer success for Certus Pest Inc. at Olympia.
There are 14 references cited in this article that you can view at the bottom of the page.
This article has been viewed 3,808 times.
Ticks are dangerous insects because they carry diseases. If you are bitten by a tick, kill it in such a way that it does not crush the tick’s body, to avoid spreading the bacteria, and also to know what disease you have if you develop it later. In addition, you need to try to control the ticks that are living freely in the yard so that they do not crawl into clothing or pets.
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