Health

Tick Key

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Always handy tick remover

Though I wish  my dog’s tick prevention worked 100% of the time, it just doesn’t. The Tick Key ($7) makes the unpleasant task of removing ticks much easier. I purchased the key shaped tool a year ago after noticing it by the cash register at my local outdoor store. All I do is align the larger end of the key’s opening over the tick, draw the tool toward the narrow part of the opening, and the little sucker just pops right out. My favorite canine, who always dreaded our approach with tweezers and made tick extraction an exercise in fortitude and contortionism, is not bothered by this method at all.

-- Amy Reavey 08/16/19

(This is a Cool Tools Favorite from 2012 — editors)

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