How to use TickTwister or TickTornado to remove an embedded tick:

1. Select the correct sized tool according to the size of the tick – the large hook for medium and large ticks or the small hook for small and very small ticks.

2. Hold the handle between your thumb and index finger and slide the fork end of the tool toward the tick until it is caught between the prongs.

3. Lift the tool very lightly and rotate in either direction several (2-3) turns. You will feel when the tick has released its mouth-parts and it is safe to pull up on the tick and Tick Twister or TickTornado tool.

How does Tick Twister OTOM work?

There are two very important ways Tick Twister works:

1. 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.

2. 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 and the TickTornado by ZenPet 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.