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By Janet Tobiassen Crosby, DVM, About.com Guide to Veterinary Medicine since 1999

How To How to Remove a Tick From Your Pet Or Yourself

Sunday May 18, 2008
TickThere are many ideas about the best way to remove a tick, one of the most common tricks being to put a lit match on the tick to make the tick "angry" enough to back out on its own. The truth is, this can actually make things worse; for you and the tick.

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