Tick Twister
Contains 2 hooks for removing ticks - a large hook for for medium and large ticks and a small hook for small and very small ticks.
How does Tick Twister® by O'TOM work?
There are two very important ways Tick Twister® by O'TOM works:
- The tick's body is not compressed while detaching it from the skin.
Squeezing or crushing the body of the tick may force infective body fluids through the mouthparts and into the wound site. - The tick is rotated instead of pulled.
When ticks bite, they insert their long, central mouth-part (called the hypostome) into the skin. The hypostome is covered with sharp, backward-facing barbs (similar to a harpoon) which help keep the tick firmly attached while feeding. The twisting motion of the Tick Twister® by O'TOM removes the tick while keeping the tick's mouth-parts intact. Pulling on a tick with ordinary tweezers can leave the mouth-parts embedded in the skin.
Tick Twister® by O'TOM is the safest and easiest way to remove ticks. ORDER Tick Twister® today!
Tell me more About Tick Twister®:
Tick Twister® by O'TOM was invented and designed by a French veterinarian in the 1990's in two sizes, one for removing very small and small ticks and one for removing medium and large ticks. They are made of injected plastic (polyoxymethylene=POM). This polymer plastic was chosen because it is recyclable, can be incinerated without pollution (no chlorine fumes during combustion) and for its solidity and resistance to ether and most solvents. Tick Twister® by O'TOM can be disinfected with regular disinfectants (alcohol is one example).
Tick Twister® by O'TOM is unbreakable, hard-wearing and indefinitely reusable.
Caution: Although tick removal with Tick Twister® by O'TOM minimizes risks, it doesn't guarantee that you (or your pet) haven't been contaminated by tick-borne micro organisms: this contamination may have occurred before the removal.