Customer Reviews

Tick Twister

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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.

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.

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.

I haven't even had this for a week, and I'm already impressed with how much easier it makes things. I have a somewhat skittish rescue dog who has a deep love of hiking and water, and who especially tends to romp around in the areas most likely to result in fleas. Tweezing or hand-removing ticks from her was kind of an exercise in zenlike patience, since she doesn't like being held still to get precise enough to remove the ticks safely.

With this simple piece of plastic, I can be distracting her with affection while I simply find my target by touch. A quick slide and twist, and the ticks have come off quite easily (and mostly alive, which is a good sign their heads are still attached).

So maybe this thing seems overpriced to be a small piece of plastic--and going strictly by materials costs, it definitely is--but it's worth every penny and more in the convenience it brings.

It really works!! Just a few days after I received it, I felt a spot at the back of my head by my neck. I was sure it was just a hard piece of skin, but when I had my husband check, lo and behold, sure enough a tick. The second one in a couple weeks. My husband, who is not good at these things at all, had it off in seconds, head and all. We were both amazed that it actually worked as was stated.

There's no need to say much about this product. Slip it around the tick, and twist. I received the product and tried it immediately on a small tick (IMO, the toughest to remove) that I had found. It took all of two seconds to get the tick. No dog squirming or anything. Buy this, you won't regret it!

I have a big tick problem here in South Georgia and continually find ticks on my beagle, but never on my lab. I researched how to remove them and only found the tweezer/match/alcohol procedure, which I really didn't want to do. After much more research I found the Tick Twister noted in different articles. As the articles stated I tried to find them locally at my area veterinarians (I called over 20) and pet stores and no one had ever heard of them & some acted/looked at me like I was crazy for even suggesting something like this product existed. Even the vets said that they just use tweezers and they'd remove them for a small price. I found them here & ordered 2 of them immediately and I'm so glad I did. They are much better than trying to get a tick out with tweezers and no fear of squeezing the tick thus infecting the person or pet. The Tick Twister is a great tool, although it took a moment to get the hang of it it then only took about 2.5 seconds to get the tick out. This time my dog didn't whimper :) I just wish all the vets offices & pet stores around here carried them. Thank you so much for a great product*****

I paid $5.00 for the Tick Twister at my vets office. I would have paid $10.00. This has been an awful year for animals as far as ticks are concerned. I take care of several abandoned cats and live near a wooded area. These cats have been ravaged by ticks this year. I was pulling them out the best I could by hand but many times the head would not come out and the animals would be left with wounds and scabs on their bodies. This tick twister is so easy to use. Just slide it over the tick and twist and pull. Very slick. Wish I had found this sooner. I hope that whatever conditions existed this year that caused such an increase in the tick population will not happen again next year.

I got my dog from a pound that did not provide much care. I found nine ticks on him right after I got him...I used this to get everyone of them off. Much easier than tweezers!!!

The tick twister shipped quickly, arrived in its original packaging, and was as described. I haven't used the product yet, but (with my job) I'm sure to soon. It looks like it will work great for my needs.

~Jenn