By PETE ZIMOWSKY, McClatchy Newspapers, link to original post
Ticks gross you out. So, being prepared to deal with them really helps out.
The Ticked Off tool (I think it looks just like a spoon) and the Tick Key are two tools to keep in your daypack this time of 
the year. They cost less than $5 and can be found at outdoor-equipment stores.
If I had to choose between the two, it would be difficult. Both worked equally well in making the process pretty slick.
The Tick Key might have been just a little easier in snagging the tick.
We recently found a tick embedded right next to the puppy’s eye after our hike near Folsom Lake State Park in California. It was in a tricky place, but I dug out my little Ticked Off spoon from my first-aid kit and it removed the tick pretty easily. We put a little antibiotic on the wound and the puppy seems to be doing fine.
Tick tools work pretty easily because they have a little slot that takes the embedded tick from the skin right at its head, removing all the tick. It’s pretty slick.
Ticked Off is $10 at www.tickedoff.com. You can find locations to get the Tick Key at www.tickkey.com, or you can get one for about $6 on Amazon.
By the way, they work on people, too. Ugh.
