Cornish First Aid

Ticks live in grass, bushes, undergrowth...

They drop or climb on the host (the host is located with the heat it gives off).

Then they attach (in the thin skinned places), inserting their mouth-parts in the skin. They secrete substances which weaken blood capillaries ; the capillaries break, the tick sucks the blood inside.

The "blood meal" may last from one to several days.

There are male and female ticks.  After mating with the male, female ticks lay thousands of eggs and then die. From the eggs emerge larvae, which become nymphs and then adults.

Tick-borne diseases

·         in people : rickettsiosis, Lyme's disease, tick-borne encephalitis, tick-fever...
For more information about these diseases, please consult your doctor, or visit specialized sites  such as www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk

·          in animals : babesiosis, ehrlichiosis and Lyme's disease in the dog, babesiosis in the horse, haemobartonellosis in the cat, babesiosis and ehrlichiosis in the cattle.

·         For more information, please consult your vet

To Watch a video on how to use the O'Tom Tick Twister Hook, please click on the link below: