How to properly dispose of ticks if you find one

If you live outside the city, close to forests and fields and nature in general, chances are (depending on what country you call home) you’ll be well acquainted with ticks.

Yes, those pesky little arachnids love nothing more than feeding on the blood of mammals, birds, and just about all else they can get their tiny suckers into. And while that doesn’t sound all that dangerous on the face of it (after all, no human is ever going to die of blood loss from a tick bite) ticks do present a set of very real issues.

It’s more than likely that you’ll have heard how ticks can carry diseases that are then transmitted to humans through their bites. These include – but are not limited to – Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and babesiosis.

You might not be familiar with these illness, but trust me when I say you’re better off living without them. They can have serious, life-altering consequences if they go untreated, and the best way to tackle them is, of course, by taking precautions to never contract them in the first place.

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