Summer is not only the sun, sea, beach and outdoor recreation, but also annoying insects, the most dangerous of which are ticks. Therefore, if you are going to have a picnic in the forest, be sure to make yourself this simple device from a plastic card or bottle to quickly remove the tick.
Of course, you can use tweezers or fingers, but in this case there is a chance that you will tear off the tick head, which remains in the bite. And this is just categorically impossible. You need to pull the "parasite" by the jaw (chelicera), with which the insect digs into the skin. And a homemade extractor will help you with this.
How to remove a tick in the forest yourself?
If a tick bit you in the forest and there are no tweezers at hand, and it takes a long time to get to the nearest first-aid post, then in this case you will need a home-made device from a bank card or a plastic bottle - the so-called home-made extractor. All that is needed from you is to make a small V-shaped slot in the card.
A homemade mite extractor works on the principle of a conventional nail clipper. You need to carefully insert the card under the body of the insect and pull it towards you. Tick jaws get stuck in a V-shaped slot and will be removed with 100% probability. If you don’t have a bank card at hand, use a regular plastic bottle.
How to make a homemade extractor for removing ticks in field conditions, as well as the features of using this device, see the video on the site. Write in the comments what you think about this method?
