I JUST ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO SHARE THIS!!
Around Monday or Tuesday this week, I picked up my cat to say goodbye before I came to work and there was this HORRID FAT and NASTY tick on the back of her head... right where she can't reach all too well...
I didn't have any tick killer stuff in the house and didn't really know what to do about it but thought I'd grab the first thing I knew MAY have an effect: Tea Tree Oil. I dropped about two, maybe three drops on the bugger itself and before I could do anything further, Madam decided this was enough and took off. I resolved to check on Google for some solutions without having to go to the Pet Deli for some yeghie stuff.
When I got home, I grabbed hold of her to check, and lo and behold the tick was GONE! I inspected the spot to make sure it wasn't from her scratching and trying to get the Tea Tree Oil off, and thus breaking the body off from the tick's head... but nothing! Ticky gone!