TICKTOX Tick Spray 40g (60mL)

Tick Tox is an Australian tick spray that kills ticks instantly by snap freezing. It works on people and pets, it kills leeches too, and one can will kill more than 60 ticks. The 40g (60mL) can is sized to live in a pocket, purse or backpack rather than in a cupboard at home - which is where a tick is never found.

Why choose a freezing tick spray over tweezers

The important principle here is kill the tick where it is rather than grasping and pulling it out. Australian allergy guidance is explicit on this point, and the reason is serious: disturbing or squeezing an attached tick can force more of its saliva into the person. In someone with tick allergy that can provoke a severe allergic reaction, and tick bites are also linked to the development of mammalian meat allergy. A tick killed in place is not squeezed.

Freezing achieves that without contact. This tick spray is delivered well below freezing, so a burst of a second or less directly onto the tick freezes and kills it instantly - no grip, no twist, no pressure on the tick's body. The supplied bookmask shields the surrounding skin so the cold is delivered to the tick and not to the person, and it is worth warning them beforehand that it may sting.

It is built to be carried. At 40g it goes in a pocket or daypack, one can covers more than 60 ticks, and it handles leeches as well - which matters on the same walks in the same country. Practise controlling the length of a squirt with the cap off before you need it on someone's neck, because a short accurate burst is the whole technique.

Key features

• Tick spray that kills instantly by snap freezing - no grasping or squeezing
• For use on people and pets
• Kills leeches as well as ticks
• More than 60 ticks per can
• Includes a bookmask to shield surrounding skin
• Spray temperature well below freezing
• 40g (60mL) - pocket, purse or backpack sized
• Australian designed

Specifications

Common uses

Bushwalking, camping, gardening, dog walking and anywhere along the eastern seaboard where paralysis ticks are active - and it belongs in the pack rather than at home, because ticks are found hours from the car. Keep the tick spray in the pack itself, not the car. Prevention still does most of the work: RID Tropical Strength repellent reduces what attaches in the first place, and Stingose Gel handles the itch from bites and stings afterwards. A sensible addition to any trekking, travel and camping first aid kit.