Tick Twister

by Tick Twister

Product Features

• Easy to use
• Safe and effective
• Specially designed notch grabs tick at skin level
• Bowl-shaped end securely contains the tick for easy disposal
• Helps reduce risk of disease

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00076NT64
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,487 in Pet Supplies (See Top 100 in Pet Supplies)
  • #8 in Pet Supplies > Dogs > Health Supplies > Flea, Lice & Tick Control > Tick Remover Tools

Product Description

Tick Twister is an easy-to-use tick remover that is safe and effective. Specially designed notch grabs tick at skin level and removes it completely in one motion. Bowl-shaped end securely contains the tick for easy disposal. Helps reduce risk of disease. Veterinarian and physician endorsed.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Much easier than trying to pry a tick out with tweezers - good price too, February 7, 2006

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DAVERAT "daverat" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tick Twister (Misc.)

This little gadget does actually work most of the time. My Vet charges $8 each for this and he can't keep them on the shelves. I can't say that the device is perfect, but it sure beats trying to get those things off any other way.

It works best when the tick is engorged (and looking like an ugly grey raisin). If the tick is still feeding and not yet fully engorged, it's a little bit harder to get off. However, even noting that, most of the time when you find a tick on your dog, it's either not bitten them yet or, sadly, has already had a feast.

The little prong device is good at sliding around the tick so that when you apply pressure, you release the whole tick and don't leave the mouth embedded in your darling doggie's neck or body. It is much better than using tweezers, a match head (heaven forbid!) or rubing alcohol.

I suggest that you keep one of these in your pet First Aid kit and also carry one with you when you go to the Dog park. it might not even be a bad idea to keep one in the car. This is the kind of device you will want to have multiples of. Buy several at once and save on shipping. You may not think you need one now, but Tick season is just around the corner. The first time you use this, you'll see the genius of it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Tool, June 4, 2006

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Linuxmon (Lex, KY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Tick Twister (Misc.)

My wife and I and our dog spend much of our freetime outdoors. This is the best tool I've ever seen for removing ticks cleanly and easily. No more pulling wads of dog hair with each tick and when you get a tick it pops them out in seconds including the head. If you ever have to deal with Ticks this is the tool to do the job.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing Special . . . there are better products out there, November 14, 2007

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Kxen (VA, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tick Twister (Misc.)

My last dog had both Lyme and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, so I am very concerned about controlling ticks. I currently have two dogs and a cat that are constantly getting ticks from playing in wooded underbrush and even going from walks along bike paths. I check them twice a day for ticks and always seem to find some. They are quite often still feeding ticks, which seem to attach more strongly than the full ones.

I've used forceps, another product called Ticked Off, and even my fingers as well as the Tick Twister to remove ticks. I would say that the Tick Twister was the most difficult for me to use and the least effective. As noted in other reviews, it does not work very well on dog ticks that have not finished feeding (which is when you want to get them). It is really useless on deer ticks, which are really tiny (I've had to pull those off of humans as well as dogs). It also isn't good for grabbing ticks that are still crawling around looking for a place to attach. Plus, my pets get impatient with having to sit still while I twist the apparatus and the ticks try to attach more firmly.

If you're looking for a better way to remove ticks, I would recommend Ticked Off. Its spoon shape makes it easy to remove unattached ticks as well as already feeding ticks. It really does work better than forceps style tweezers, but I find even those are better than Tick Twister. Fingers will do in a pinch, too. Just be careful not to get bitten yourself.