The Original Tick Key - Tick Detaching Device - Portable, Safe and Highly Effective Tick Detaching Tool (Purple)

I just purchased my second Tick Key. Ticks are reportedly horrible this year, and we want to be outdoors a lot. I used my first Tick Key only once when my 4 year old grandson came in from the yard with a tick on his scalp. It worked wonderfully (quickly and efficiently). This experience proved to me that I needed one to keep in my purse when away from home. I don’t want to encounter a tick without this miracle gadget. It’s also nice that it is so small and flat. I am carrying it in my wallet in the coin section. Highly recommend and will be buying more for family members especially those that have kids that get outdoors.

We usually do not have ticks in Alaska but my vet told me they are getting more and more prevalent up here. Have not used it yet but it was the one my vet recomended . And love the color.

Truly excellent and extremely useful tool. I needed this years ago! Have removed multiple ticks from my pets and even one from myself and only once did not get the head. I believe this was just user error as we had it at an angle instead of flush with the cats back. Very happy with the tick key!

Best tick remover I’ve ever used on my dog. Takes everything off. No mouth parts left inside the dog’s skin.

By FAR the easiest, and LEAST PAINFUL tick removal tool we’ve ever used....we live in the hills or Southern California, and have a big backyard filled with shrubs and brush that our dogs love to just dive into when they hear the smallest of sounds (I guess they think they are hunting or chasing rodents, lizards, etc., but never catch anything). But all those romps in the bushes cause them to be HUGE TICK MAGNETS when they are out there....and so I diligently search them for ticks on a regular basis.I’m not sure what kind of ticks we have here in So Cal, but they are nasty beasts and can get to be BIG and ugly looking things I’d They well up on blood. One of our dogs once had a tick that was more about half an inch in length, and had the FATTEST abdomen I’ve ever seen (it must have been ready to drop off and lay those tick eggs). They’re not all that big (especially now that we check regularly), but they are bigger than anything I ever saw on the East Coast.Fortunately, the Tick Key makes is SO EASY to pluck them out...and after having removed hundreds of ticks with our Tick Key over the years, I’ve only once had a tick’s head “break off” and get stuck behind in the dog’s skin (that darn dog wiggled at just the wrong moment, so I pulled it at a weird angle).Basically, to use it, you slip the opening-in-the-middle of the Tick Key over the tick, and then level the tick key as parallel as you can against the dogs skin/fur. Then, gently pull the Tick Key in the direction so that the narrowing end of the Tick Key opening (which ends in a sort of “V” shape, with a very fine “point”). You pull until the V is around the tick’s head/neck (presumably right at the spot just above where its mouthparts are embedded in the skin). Them just pull it away from the dog, while at the same time pulling a bit laterally to keep pressure on the tick so it stays securely wedged inside that point of the “V” (pulling should be steadily, quick and forceful - but not too quick, since you don’t want to “yank”it).Nearly 100% of the time, I get the tick out on the very first try, and it always seems to come out alive, and in one piece (I’m not sure why - but that pressure from the V seems to cause them to release their bite, and they come out whole!).At that point, it’s wriggling unhappily (i.e., unhappy at being deprived of its blood feast on our dog!). Since squishing them causes a bloody mess (esp. once they’ve grown super big...don’t ever squish them at that size -you’ll regret it). So I usually just admire its evolutionary grossness, and the wrap it in a tissue and flush it down the toilet (without the tissue, it can sometimes float, and one managed to survive a first flush by somehow clinging to the bowl....so now they always go down the toilet in a tissue).I can’t really say enough good things about the Tick Key...we bought ours YEARS ago, and I only need to buy a new one now, since I somehow lost the old one (and so I decided to write a review given our complete satisfaction with this device that has saved countless trips to the vet to get tick heads that got stuck in using tweezers or other methods)

Hate that I’ve had use it multiple times for our dog and on ourselves… that being said, it works great!

After moving to the country we have noticed alot of ticks around our porch and through out our property. We had 1 bite early on and struggled to remove it from my 3 year old daughter. After that episode we purchased these Tick Keys to facilitate easier removal of the ticks, should we have bites in the future. Hoping we never have to use these, but we now have one in each of our bathrooms and in every first aid kit we own. The key is made from durable anodized aluminum making it very durable and easy to clean before and after use. These should stand up well for many years.** Update **We have now effortlessly removed several ticks from every member of our family. I also gave one to a friend who spends time outdoors and he has already put it to use. He said this was much easier to use than the tick removal tweezers he had used before.

I live in PA so we have tons of ticks year round now. This tool is very handy to have and helps remove the tick painlessly and without having to touch it myself. I also like that the tool comes in fun colors!

La llevé al veterinario pero tampoco le funcionó este método

No fue tan sencillo como se describe. Mi veterinaria me hizo saber que no es el mejor método para aliviar el problema.

This product is awesome for anyone that hikes with their pet or lives near long grassIt will easily remove the entire tick in seconds. No twisting motion or weird trick is required.

This works but was sent the wrong colour. Otherwise came as described.

Got this tick remover because it's extremely important to protect myself from Lyme disease. I just wish it wasn't $16.99, I thought that was way too overpriced. Other than that, I really like the item.