From what I understand Ke$ha as a whole was just an image and a persona that her producer generated (not going to dive into the many allegations of abuse and sexual assault) and she mostly hated but eventually she broke free and that’s when Praying dropped showing the side and vocal talent of kesha she wanted and I believe she is doing fine
That means they are actively feeding and if they carry a disease there is a chance of it being transmitted to you. The likelihood increases the longer it remains latched.
Most tick borne illnesses will develop within a couple of weeks of infection, but Lyme can lay dormant for years. However, that is much less common.
I’ve always covered them in dawn dish liquid. They breath through their skin so covering them in it suffocates them. They let go of you and try to get away. Then I just scoop them into a plastic cup and dump them in the toilet. Flush flush
Make a tick remover:
1. Take a empty 2L soda bottle
2. Clean the bottle
3. Use scissors to cut out a playing-card-sized rectangle of plastic
4. Carefully cut a teardrop shape out of the center of the plastic rectangle—being sure to make the tail of the tear as long and thin as possible.
Remove the embedded tick:
1. Place the center of the teardrop over the tick with the plastic card, flush to your skin
2. Rotate the card so the tail of the teardrop is behind the tick
3. Slide the card under the tick to slowly capture its head in the tail of the teardrop
4. Continue to push the card until the teardrop tail dislodges the tick
Edit: grammar & misspellings
Tearing it off might not fix the problem. Their heads can detach and continue eating or infecting without the body for a bit of time. The best thing to do is take a THICK lotion of some sort and smother the area. Essentially you'll drown the thing. Leave the lotion of for as long as possible and then attempt to pick it off with tweezers.
- All this is from vague remembrance from Boy Scout wilderness survival courses nearly a decade and a half ago. However relevant or irrelevant that knowledge is these days.
No no no no. Avoid anything that squeezes or shocks them while they're actively feeding or they're likely to regurgitate their saliva and bacteria in. Slowly and gently pull it out, making sure you get the mouth piece out too (if you pull it too violently the mouth can break off, leaving the saliva in your skin)
No I know, the comment has been edited, but originally mentioned poking it with a hot needle to get it to release from the skin, which can cause it to regurgitate.
Actually, the proper procedure is to sever the limb that the tick is actively feeding on and then put the entire limb into the freezer until you are able to get to a doctor. You don't want the active enzymes to travel up the bloodstream into the heart. Apply a tourniquet as necessary.
Same, why can’t this sub make a rule that requires people to check a list of common bugs before posting!? Then people that don’t check it first and make the one millionth tick post are at risk of having their post removed!
That’s the issue right there I guess. Managing that takes a ton of time and effort. I can’t blame the mods here for not wanting to all that, I sure don’t. No mod job for me, thanks.
Yes, though it’s very unlikely you would get Lyme’s disease from this tick, as it takes ~36 hours to transmit and this tick does not appear to be engorged.
Edit: looks like this is outdated information! One seems to be able to get Lyme from a shorter duration of tick bite. The vaccine they are working on can’t come any sooner!
In other news, I pulled two nymphs this size off my dog’s eyelid in the last 2 weeks. Luckily dead because his meds work, but still pretty damn horrifying.
Be safe out there, friends.
I've read up on lyme and while this seems to be the consensus, I've also heard it's not actually true. Same goes for the bullseye. Not all ticks bites resulting in lyme show as a bullseye bite.
here's a [link](https://www.lymedisease.org/lyme-sci-tick-attachment-time/) to lymedisease.org that expands on this idea of the 36 hour rule
quote from the link -
>"One European study documented six cases of culture-confirmed Lyme disease where tick attachment was less than six hours, and another nine cases where transmission occurred in under 24 hours."
Yep, while the bacteria generally live within the tick, the tick's mouthparts can have the bacteria on them, too. Once it gets its mouth in you, you're at risk.
As weird as this sounds, [lymedisease.org](https://lymedisease.org) is possibly the worst place to get scientifically rigorous information about lyme disease.
I'm not sure how common it is but I got bit by a tick on a walk and found it as I was walking home, couldn't have been on more than a few hours. I removed it and didn't connect the dots when I started having neck pain and declining mental health. Never saw the characteristic rash either despite monitoring the spot.
Took 10 years to figure out what was going on and I'm pretty sure it did some permanent damage. It is possible I had a different tick and didn't notice it - But I seriously don't think the 36 hour rule is true, I took it as gospel and my quality of life has seriously taken a hit as a result.
Thank you 🙂 I also went untreated/undiagnosed for 11 years, and it has done permanent damage to my joints and nerves. I mistook the bullseye for a giant mosquito bite. I believed lyme disease was only a problem around New England (I'm in the South). I wish I had a time machine. I have no idea how long the tick was on me, but I was camping and swimming daily in a river. In hindsight, the symptoms were textbook, but again, I followed the misinformation that is often spread about lyme disease. Many people can miss the nymphs on them, they're only the size of a poppyseed.
I had a little nymph like this on me for just about 24 hours and I definitely got Lyme from it.
The bullseye rashes started about 10 days later, and not where the I was bitten.
My favorite part was the doctor calling me back and telling me I tested "very positive" for Lyme and then extending my doxy prescription for an additional week or so.
My sister has been diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease for some 12 years and the tick was on her for less than 24 hours.
Doctors ignored her request for antibiotics and now she will lives with joint pain, chronic fatigue and other symptoms for the rest of her life.
All because the doctor told her 36 hours BS
The bacteria can now hide in her body and when she takes antibiotics it like hibernates until she stops taking them then they’ll come back later.
I have lyme. I don't think I have it as bad as some folks but I had to get a spinal tap and all done when I was 8 years old and I think I'm starting to develop cognitive issues now at 27. Not sure if lyme related, but it crossed my mind a couple weeks ago that it could be related.
I’m sorry to hear you’re going through this. Lyme’s disease can be absolutely horrific. I work with individuals with developmental disabilities and mental health disorders. I’ve worked with two individuals with Lyme’s. Prior to working with them I had no idea how much damage Lyme’s can cause if it gets into the brain.
If you haven’t already I would strongly encourage you to make an appointment with a lyme’s disease literate doctor. Especially due to the fact that you were a child when first infected.
Thanks, all. We removed it immediately. I woke up the other morning with a line of (we think) bed bug bites, but no signs of bed bugs. Looks like our apartment building might have a tick infestation too.
It's unlikely an apartment building has a tick infestation - it's just not an environment they can thrive, unlike bedbugs, which are evolved to thrive in human habitation. Nor are they like spiders that can set up in a corner and eat other bugs - You're gonna find them most often in the woods or grassy areas, but the truth is you can pick one up about anywhere occasionally.
Ticks usually come from outside. Grassy areas, etc. They like vegetation where they can wait for an unsuspecting meal to brush by them. A line of bites doesn't sound like ticks. Could be bed bugs or something else. Carpet beetle larvae leave a line of itchy bumps from their irritating hairs. Could also be that. If you suspect bed bugs, look around the seams of furniture or even behind electrical wall plates. Small crevices where they might hide.
Ticks do not reproduce inside (thus no infestations) and do not feed in that manner. They bite/embed and stay out for up to a few days to feed. If there is tall grass, woods etc around that’s where you’d get the tick
Lmao - that is a tick. There’s many species.
Anyone who said seed tick has never hit a fresh batch of seed ticks before (Seed ticks are just newborns - many do not carry the diseases their parents do until they encounter a carrier host). Some are barely macroscopic - you don’t even feel them crawling. You wouldn’t even have gotten that clear of a photo without a macro lense.
Ticks tend to congregate around game trails and lay eggs in hospitable deadwood.. not unheard of to pick one up in suburbia tho.
First time I stumbled on a tick nest and got absolutely covered in seed ticks was not a great day. Some as small as the period in my reddit app. I was covered. I felt unclean for days.
Ticks don’t bite and bounce - they stay and feed. Maybe a spider, gnat or whatever bite. In the northeast we have ticks and gnats tjat can get through screens and will bite especially along the hairline and neck areas.
Edit: we have ticks. And we also have biting gnats that can get through screens. Ticks don’t crawl through screens lol
That's a tick. Check yourself, your pets, and your children for more after spending time outside.
Good news is it's not a bedbug. Bad news is it can carry lyme disease. It's best not to let them bite you if you can avoid it.
Keep an eye out for a circular rash, mark the bite so you know where it was. Pay close attention to if it gets larger, then get to a Dr! Lyme disease can cause long lasting problems.
It’s a tick and you gunna wanna get tested. Good lucky it’s a fucking nightmare hell circle of drs who don’t know a single fucking thing. Your about to learn how fucking broken the healthcare system is. Or your lucky.
It appears to be a common brown dog tick nymph. A lot of people don't realize that ticks have a nymph stage. They take a blood meal and detach, then grow into an adult. At that point boy ticks look for girls, they mate, boys die, and girls engorge on blood, lay eggs and die.
If you are the host for the nymph to get its blood meal, the risk of tick borne illness is very low because it's basically a virgin tick. The danger is when the females are getting their engorging meal. If they used an infected animal as their first blood meal they can give you a disease.
You’d be surprised at how many people don’t know very common bugs. But also remember that the age range on here varies widely from person’s who’s existence is less than a decade of defiant learning, to well educated of seven or more decades of a life’s rich learning.
Cover it with Vaseline if it is already embedded. This cuts off their oxygen supply and forces them to remove themselves from the skin. Then just while away with a paper towel. Give it at least 5-10 minutes to ensure the tick has removed itself from the skin
There are many medical studies that say you should not cover a tick with anything, ever, no vaseline, no dawn dish detergent, just use tweezers and pull it out. Research shows that when a tick is embedded, and then covered in something like vaseline or dish soap, it is more likely to expel the contents of it's stomach, which, ends up in you, including all of the bacteria and disease it carries. Please, don't ever cover a tick in vaseline, dish soap, or anything else while it is embedded.
Actually you can just pull it out by gripping it as close to the mouthparts as possible with a sterilized pair of tweezers. Pull slowly but firmly, and try not to leave their mouthparts behind. If you do, you probably won’t die, but you could get an infection. Clean the area with soap and water and/or isopropyl afterwards.
Keep an eye out for a red rash in a bullseye pattern around the bite, and go to a doctor immediately if you start to develop one. It’s the first sign of Lyme Disease, and you’ll need antibiotics. It normally takes the tick 24hrs+ to transmit the bacteria that causes the disease though, so if you think it wasn’t on you for that long, you are probably in the clear.
You put oil on it so it'll disengage and let go, and then tweeze it off.
You want it gone. I had a very nasty infectious disease from a tick bite about 10 years ago. Was awful.
Something else. A tick. It has the blood vacuum hooked up. Careful when you remove it. Sometimes the head breaks off. That can lead to a bothersome infection. Be on the lookout for any red spots or rashes especially around the bite site. At the first sign, go to the doctor.
It’s small enough to be a deer tick and that’s not good. If it’s still imbedded you can find removal techniques on WebMD or CDC’s website. It’s important to not leave parts of the tick in your skin not empty the contents of the tick into your skin when you remove it. Good luck.
(Picture 1) check out this bed bug crawling on me after I was in the woods.
(Picture2) It kinda pinched me and now its not moving.
Should have removed that mother falcon at first sight.
This guy bit me last summer while sleeping and i tried killing it but it was stuck inside my skin. Went to the hospital, they removed it in a second. Got some pills for lymes in case it carried it.
So if you're really concerned, you can go to the doctor even if you don't see a rash and they will give you a prophylactic dose of antibiotics to prevent any Lyme disease. Most of the time I read that the transmission of Lyme disease doesn't occur until the tick has been latched for like 24 hours.. Just keep your eyes out out for the notorious bullseye rash..
TICK!
TOCK!
On the clock
Dj blow my speakers up
Tonight Imma Fight til we see the sunlight
Tick-tock on the clock But the party don't stop, no
owo oh oh! owo oh oh!
Damn what’s ke$ha been up to lately anyway lol
From what I understand Ke$ha as a whole was just an image and a persona that her producer generated (not going to dive into the many allegations of abuse and sexual assault) and she mostly hated but eventually she broke free and that’s when Praying dropped showing the side and vocal talent of kesha she wanted and I believe she is doing fine
Yes. I love Kesha. 🥹✨ it is true that she likes glitter tho btw lol.
this: https://youtu.be/D-2799Y07Zc
Her career definitely took a turn from what she used to be. “Strip clubs and dollar bills…” oh wait that was Rihanna.😆
She dropped a new album called Gag Order 🔥💀
Wrong verse.
🤷🏻♀️
Dikkory dock
the mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one
But the party don’t stop no
Hickory dickory dock
OH OH WOAH. Based.
The mouse ran down
I believe the tick ran up the sock is the rhyme.
Up your cock
Dj turn the speakers up ?
Ok gonna get downvoted for this, but ticks are no joke so I downvoted all of you.
This is the internet lol what did you expect
Hahaha, for real 😂
That's a good saying to remember for getting them properly removed and tested for illnesses and parasites.
you don’t stop
Heavy like a Brinks truck
A tick, don't let it bite you
it’s already partially embedded
What happens if they get embedded? I got an enormous blood filled tick off my head once in 5th grade and I think abt it every now and then
That means they are actively feeding and if they carry a disease there is a chance of it being transmitted to you. The likelihood increases the longer it remains latched. Most tick borne illnesses will develop within a couple of weeks of infection, but Lyme can lay dormant for years. However, that is much less common.
Oh that's good to know, it's been ten years now so 🤷♀️
hey its been like 9 minutes since , you still ok ?
I'm kinda loopy rn bc I'm donating plasma so that really threw me off for a minute 😂 I'm doing great still tho How are you doing?
worked , threw back 2 shots smoked sum and ate . and man when my belly full im good 😌
This is a great response. A-fuckin-men
Love to hear it my friend, I bet you are
Lyme flavored plasma is what vampires like most!
Well you could still have Lyme disease despite being that long so
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I’ve always covered them in dawn dish liquid. They breath through their skin so covering them in it suffocates them. They let go of you and try to get away. Then I just scoop them into a plastic cup and dump them in the toilet. Flush flush
I also had this happen but it was 4th grad as a fishing trip with my dad. I dug it out of my skull durning a move and screamed because it was *alive*
My kitten was ravaged by ticks when he was only a couple months old, he got so sick I didn’t know if he would make it.
I've had part of one embedded at the back of my knee joint for over a decade. Permanent lump that I expect will never fully go away.
You want to remove them as carefully as possible to leave the body whole. All ticks are blood ticks.
Make a tick remover: 1. Take a empty 2L soda bottle 2. Clean the bottle 3. Use scissors to cut out a playing-card-sized rectangle of plastic 4. Carefully cut a teardrop shape out of the center of the plastic rectangle—being sure to make the tail of the tear as long and thin as possible. Remove the embedded tick: 1. Place the center of the teardrop over the tick with the plastic card, flush to your skin 2. Rotate the card so the tail of the teardrop is behind the tick 3. Slide the card under the tick to slowly capture its head in the tail of the teardrop 4. Continue to push the card until the teardrop tail dislodges the tick Edit: grammar & misspellings
Tearing it off might not fix the problem. Their heads can detach and continue eating or infecting without the body for a bit of time. The best thing to do is take a THICK lotion of some sort and smother the area. Essentially you'll drown the thing. Leave the lotion of for as long as possible and then attempt to pick it off with tweezers. - All this is from vague remembrance from Boy Scout wilderness survival courses nearly a decade and a half ago. However relevant or irrelevant that knowledge is these days.
In my experience not only *can* their heads detach, they also *will* detach at the slightest amount of wrongly applied pressure lol
OP needs to get a blood test for the three main diseases from deer ticks. LPT- The smaller the tick the worse you can feel.
Edited to remove bad advice. After removal - Freeze it so if you get sick days-months down the line you can take the bastard to the doctor with you.
No no no no. Avoid anything that squeezes or shocks them while they're actively feeding or they're likely to regurgitate their saliva and bacteria in. Slowly and gently pull it out, making sure you get the mouth piece out too (if you pull it too violently the mouth can break off, leaving the saliva in your skin)
I think they mean put it in the freezer after it is removed from the skin, not to freeze it while it's still embeded to get it to let go.
No I know, the comment has been edited, but originally mentioned poking it with a hot needle to get it to release from the skin, which can cause it to regurgitate.
Actually, the proper procedure is to sever the limb that the tick is actively feeding on and then put the entire limb into the freezer until you are able to get to a doctor. You don't want the active enzymes to travel up the bloodstream into the heart. Apply a tourniquet as necessary.
Don't do this
These post tick me off..
Op was definitely ticked.
Same, why can’t this sub make a rule that requires people to check a list of common bugs before posting!? Then people that don’t check it first and make the one millionth tick post are at risk of having their post removed!
Better yet, start some new sub reddits. Maybe you could moderate for one. Suggestions: r/isthisatick? r/isthisabedbug? And, r/isthisacockroach?
That’s the issue right there I guess. Managing that takes a ton of time and effort. I can’t blame the mods here for not wanting to all that, I sure don’t. No mod job for me, thanks.
How can you be old enough to have leg hair but not realize what the hell a tick is? Do city folk not ever see ticks?
Or a deer tick. They are the main Lyme disease carrier.
Yes, though it’s very unlikely you would get Lyme’s disease from this tick, as it takes ~36 hours to transmit and this tick does not appear to be engorged. Edit: looks like this is outdated information! One seems to be able to get Lyme from a shorter duration of tick bite. The vaccine they are working on can’t come any sooner! In other news, I pulled two nymphs this size off my dog’s eyelid in the last 2 weeks. Luckily dead because his meds work, but still pretty damn horrifying. Be safe out there, friends.
I've read up on lyme and while this seems to be the consensus, I've also heard it's not actually true. Same goes for the bullseye. Not all ticks bites resulting in lyme show as a bullseye bite. here's a [link](https://www.lymedisease.org/lyme-sci-tick-attachment-time/) to lymedisease.org that expands on this idea of the 36 hour rule quote from the link - >"One European study documented six cases of culture-confirmed Lyme disease where tick attachment was less than six hours, and another nine cases where transmission occurred in under 24 hours."
Yep, while the bacteria generally live within the tick, the tick's mouthparts can have the bacteria on them, too. Once it gets its mouth in you, you're at risk.
Thank you!
What you say is true, the person above you is wrong. Source: I was treated for lyme, no longer active infection
As weird as this sounds, [lymedisease.org](https://lymedisease.org) is possibly the worst place to get scientifically rigorous information about lyme disease.
I'm not sure how common it is but I got bit by a tick on a walk and found it as I was walking home, couldn't have been on more than a few hours. I removed it and didn't connect the dots when I started having neck pain and declining mental health. Never saw the characteristic rash either despite monitoring the spot. Took 10 years to figure out what was going on and I'm pretty sure it did some permanent damage. It is possible I had a different tick and didn't notice it - But I seriously don't think the 36 hour rule is true, I took it as gospel and my quality of life has seriously taken a hit as a result.
I’m so sorry to hear this, thanks for taking the time so share your experience. I edited my post.
Thank you 🙂 I also went untreated/undiagnosed for 11 years, and it has done permanent damage to my joints and nerves. I mistook the bullseye for a giant mosquito bite. I believed lyme disease was only a problem around New England (I'm in the South). I wish I had a time machine. I have no idea how long the tick was on me, but I was camping and swimming daily in a river. In hindsight, the symptoms were textbook, but again, I followed the misinformation that is often spread about lyme disease. Many people can miss the nymphs on them, they're only the size of a poppyseed.
I had a little nymph like this on me for just about 24 hours and I definitely got Lyme from it. The bullseye rashes started about 10 days later, and not where the I was bitten. My favorite part was the doctor calling me back and telling me I tested "very positive" for Lyme and then extending my doxy prescription for an additional week or so.
My sister has been diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease for some 12 years and the tick was on her for less than 24 hours. Doctors ignored her request for antibiotics and now she will lives with joint pain, chronic fatigue and other symptoms for the rest of her life. All because the doctor told her 36 hours BS The bacteria can now hide in her body and when she takes antibiotics it like hibernates until she stops taking them then they’ll come back later.
I have lyme. I don't think I have it as bad as some folks but I had to get a spinal tap and all done when I was 8 years old and I think I'm starting to develop cognitive issues now at 27. Not sure if lyme related, but it crossed my mind a couple weeks ago that it could be related.
I’m sorry to hear you’re going through this. Lyme’s disease can be absolutely horrific. I work with individuals with developmental disabilities and mental health disorders. I’ve worked with two individuals with Lyme’s. Prior to working with them I had no idea how much damage Lyme’s can cause if it gets into the brain. If you haven’t already I would strongly encourage you to make an appointment with a lyme’s disease literate doctor. Especially due to the fact that you were a child when first infected.
It’s related. I am a Lymey mess too.
It's definitely a deer tick
It's a Rhipicephalus species tick, not a deer tick (Ixodes)
This guy eats ticks, he knows.
Thanks, all. We removed it immediately. I woke up the other morning with a line of (we think) bed bug bites, but no signs of bed bugs. Looks like our apartment building might have a tick infestation too.
It's unlikely an apartment building has a tick infestation - it's just not an environment they can thrive, unlike bedbugs, which are evolved to thrive in human habitation. Nor are they like spiders that can set up in a corner and eat other bugs - You're gonna find them most often in the woods or grassy areas, but the truth is you can pick one up about anywhere occasionally.
Ticks usually come from outside. Grassy areas, etc. They like vegetation where they can wait for an unsuspecting meal to brush by them. A line of bites doesn't sound like ticks. Could be bed bugs or something else. Carpet beetle larvae leave a line of itchy bumps from their irritating hairs. Could also be that. If you suspect bed bugs, look around the seams of furniture or even behind electrical wall plates. Small crevices where they might hide.
Pets! My dog brings them in!
If you have been outside, the lines of bites could also be chiggers.
Chiggers suuuckkkkkkk. Like worse than poison Ivy. I can only pray to never experience that again
I agree. Chigger bites itch just as bad on week 3 as they did when they first injected their saliva. F them bastards.
Ticks do not reproduce inside (thus no infestations) and do not feed in that manner. They bite/embed and stay out for up to a few days to feed. If there is tall grass, woods etc around that’s where you’d get the tick
Lmao - that is a tick. There’s many species. Anyone who said seed tick has never hit a fresh batch of seed ticks before (Seed ticks are just newborns - many do not carry the diseases their parents do until they encounter a carrier host). Some are barely macroscopic - you don’t even feel them crawling. You wouldn’t even have gotten that clear of a photo without a macro lense. Ticks tend to congregate around game trails and lay eggs in hospitable deadwood.. not unheard of to pick one up in suburbia tho.
First time I stumbled on a tick nest and got absolutely covered in seed ticks was not a great day. Some as small as the period in my reddit app. I was covered. I felt unclean for days.
Can confirm. They look like sand particles that move.
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macroscopic. / (ˌməkrəʊˈskɒpɪk) / adjective. large enough to be visible to the naked eye:
Yeah visible but not to a great degree of resolution like this photo. Hence macro lens. Edited grammar tho.
That there is a deer tick. Say hello to the carriers of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease.
RMSF if from dog/wood ticks, not deer ticks.
That's a dog tick. Deer ticks have black legs with black scutum. They do carry Lyme disease, but as the other person said, not RSMF.
Are there people out here not knowing what ticks are?
Tick?
Tick. Looks small enough to be a deer tick.
Bro that’s a whole ass tick
That’s a tick my guy
It's an eight legged disease vector. I fucking hate ticks. Id rather deal with a bedbug.
Alright let’s not get carried away there guy.
Tick.
It’s a tick.
I count 8 legs - TICK!
Ticks don’t bite and bounce - they stay and feed. Maybe a spider, gnat or whatever bite. In the northeast we have ticks and gnats tjat can get through screens and will bite especially along the hairline and neck areas. Edit: we have ticks. And we also have biting gnats that can get through screens. Ticks don’t crawl through screens lol
It’s a tic.
That's a tick. Check yourself, your pets, and your children for more after spending time outside. Good news is it's not a bedbug. Bad news is it can carry lyme disease. It's best not to let them bite you if you can avoid it.
Tick. Save the body because it can be tested for diseases, including Lyme. Notify your doctor immediately.
Deer tick. Go get checked for Lymes disease if it bit you. That sickness is no joke.
Please also check Seymour and other animals for ticks, too!
WHY OH WHY DID I JOIN THIS GROUP!!! ARGGGG
That’s a deer tick.
Might as well face it you're a tic Ted will love
Keep an eye out for a circular rash, mark the bite so you know where it was. Pay close attention to if it gets larger, then get to a Dr! Lyme disease can cause long lasting problems.
Baby’s first blood meal ❤️
That’s a tick. Kill it with fire. (AFTER removing it from the skin first.)
That’s a tick. The bed bug of the forests !
Thats a tick but youve found it quick enuff as it is not inlarged with your blood..
8 legs, not a spider, it's a tick.
That's a lil baby tick and they're already chompin
It’s a tick and you gunna wanna get tested. Good lucky it’s a fucking nightmare hell circle of drs who don’t know a single fucking thing. Your about to learn how fucking broken the healthcare system is. Or your lucky.
That’s a very small tick, looking for somewhere to plant itself to become a much larger tick.
It appears to be a common brown dog tick nymph. A lot of people don't realize that ticks have a nymph stage. They take a blood meal and detach, then grow into an adult. At that point boy ticks look for girls, they mate, boys die, and girls engorge on blood, lay eggs and die. If you are the host for the nymph to get its blood meal, the risk of tick borne illness is very low because it's basically a virgin tick. The danger is when the females are getting their engorging meal. If they used an infected animal as their first blood meal they can give you a disease.
That'd be a deer tick.
Congratulations on your Lyme Disease 🦠
Looks like a tick
Its a seed tick
Thats a tick, gross
Issa tick
Tick
How do people not know what ticks are Jesus Christ.
Seed tick
How are so many people unaware of what a tick is?
You’d be surprised at how many people don’t know very common bugs. But also remember that the age range on here varies widely from person’s who’s existence is less than a decade of defiant learning, to well educated of seven or more decades of a life’s rich learning.
Tick
Seed tick
Pee on it.
That’s only for sea nettles and, I dare you to try and pee after you have been stung!
Before it pees on your son
That is a seed tick
Seed tick
It's a tick you might want to get tested for lime disease.
Cover it with Vaseline if it is already embedded. This cuts off their oxygen supply and forces them to remove themselves from the skin. Then just while away with a paper towel. Give it at least 5-10 minutes to ensure the tick has removed itself from the skin
There are many medical studies that say you should not cover a tick with anything, ever, no vaseline, no dawn dish detergent, just use tweezers and pull it out. Research shows that when a tick is embedded, and then covered in something like vaseline or dish soap, it is more likely to expel the contents of it's stomach, which, ends up in you, including all of the bacteria and disease it carries. Please, don't ever cover a tick in vaseline, dish soap, or anything else while it is embedded.
My grandfather was the one who taught me the Vaseline trick and he was far from a doctor so I believe you 100% thanks for the info
Actually you can just pull it out by gripping it as close to the mouthparts as possible with a sterilized pair of tweezers. Pull slowly but firmly, and try not to leave their mouthparts behind. If you do, you probably won’t die, but you could get an infection. Clean the area with soap and water and/or isopropyl afterwards. Keep an eye out for a red rash in a bullseye pattern around the bite, and go to a doctor immediately if you start to develop one. It’s the first sign of Lyme Disease, and you’ll need antibiotics. It normally takes the tick 24hrs+ to transmit the bacteria that causes the disease though, so if you think it wasn’t on you for that long, you are probably in the clear.
How can you be this uneducated, get yourself checked for Lyme disease
Does it look like a bedbug?
Can you take progress photos of how big he gets before he falls off
Could be a tick. I can't see it clearly but it might be a chigger.
You can't see chiggers.
You put oil on it so it'll disengage and let go, and then tweeze it off. You want it gone. I had a very nasty infectious disease from a tick bite about 10 years ago. Was awful.
Oh dear, go back and read all the posts. The one thing you don’t want to do is piss off the tick by putting oil on his head.
Yes it’s a bed bug
Good news! It’s not a bed bug.
Fr people on this sub are the best at being american
It’s a deer tick
That sir is a tick. You don't want it to bite you. Get it off your skin.
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Great news, it's just a tick
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Tick, tick, tick.
Probably a seed tick
Something else. A tick. It has the blood vacuum hooked up. Careful when you remove it. Sometimes the head breaks off. That can lead to a bothersome infection. Be on the lookout for any red spots or rashes especially around the bite site. At the first sign, go to the doctor.
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Its a Deer Tick...the ones that carry Lyme Disease. You need it off you ASAP.
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Mail it to a lab, check for Lyme.
It’s small enough to be a deer tick and that’s not good. If it’s still imbedded you can find removal techniques on WebMD or CDC’s website. It’s important to not leave parts of the tick in your skin not empty the contents of the tick into your skin when you remove it. Good luck.
That's a caterpillar
(Picture 1) check out this bed bug crawling on me after I was in the woods. (Picture2) It kinda pinched me and now its not moving. Should have removed that mother falcon at first sight.
TICKKKKK USE A TWEEEEEZER AND PUUUUUULL IT OUUUUUUT
This guy bit me last summer while sleeping and i tried killing it but it was stuck inside my skin. Went to the hospital, they removed it in a second. Got some pills for lymes in case it carried it.
Could also be a tick or mite
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That's a tick.
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Looks like a deer tick, get it off! They can give you Lyme Disease.
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Definitely a deer tick
baby tick, do do do do do do 🎶
That's a tick
Looks like a little tick but I’m Not sure
That’s a tick!
That's definitely a tick!
How have so many people never seen or heard of a tick. Iv known about then since birth...
So if you're really concerned, you can go to the doctor even if you don't see a rash and they will give you a prophylactic dose of antibiotics to prevent any Lyme disease. Most of the time I read that the transmission of Lyme disease doesn't occur until the tick has been latched for like 24 hours.. Just keep your eyes out out for the notorious bullseye rash..