found an engorged tick on my cat

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that's it, I'm putting my foot down - no matter how much they cry to be let out, I'm not doing it.

I found an engorged tick on Obi-Wan tonight. It was a pale grayish green. I plucked it out and he didn't cry or anything. It didn't seem to hurt. I then proceeded to torch it.

In future I wouldn't try and pull or pluck off ticks, most of the times you can leave pieces of their mouthparts in you cats skin leading to infection. Also, with some ticks there may be toxins involved, grabbing a tick may lead to some gettin into the cat.

Best way to remove is to place a drop of alcohol (rubbing alc works a treat) right next to the tick. This disturbs it and forces it to disengage and move away. Then you are free to grab the tick and do with it as you please.

Keep an eye on your cat for infection at the site of the bite. Take to vet if you see issues.

Cheers

Those things look disgusting, don't they?

Try having them on you

I worked on Barrow Island, off theNW coast of Aus, where kangaroo ticks were endemic and plentiful. Not uncommon to have a couple hanging off your legs after a days work in the field. Disgusting.

tick is awful

Grooooss. XD;; I'm glad we don't have many ticks here. But I think I'd still let my cats out.

Another way is to light a match, then blow it out and touch the tick's butt with it while it's still hot. He'll GTFO in a hurry.

Ugh! I was eating when I read the topic! I used to get ticks when I was living in the countryside during the spring and summer, but rarely to never during the fall and winter.

When my dog had them, the vet took them out with like tweezers, and kind of like a screw? They would take them out carefully, and slowly. They said it was to get the head out, as well.

One way to remove a tick is to hold a lit cigarette near it, they will
pull out on their own, yanking them out leaves the moth parts inside

My first dog had a ton of ticks when we first got him and they must have been living in our yard too because we had a reoccuring problem for a while. We always pulled them out with tweezers and never had any problems.

Sure, there are definate risks with doing so but I don't think it's quite as certain as folks make it sound.