I pull them off and burn them..I like the satisfaction of watching their damn legs stick straight out and sometimes they pop. I think it would be kind of creepy to sizzle them while they're stuck!

One summer, we were supposed to do the vaseline trick at camp. I think it takes a while for the tick to decide it is smothered and get around to unhooking. The girls were never patient enough for us to get to see whether that worked and we went back to our regular methods quickly.


Zanfel sounds like a great product.
Does poison oak really have 'hairy, erect leaves'?