Meet Squirt

I've just spent near on an hour trying to get tics from around the face area of one of my hogs. I noticed on the cam last couple of nights that he/she had a few, and went to try and get him/her last night, and immediately curled up so tight, I gave up. But not tonight I made a good attempt and got 15 of the bastards off. Some were huge. This hog is only little, there are at least another 6 on that I just couldn't get. I've bunged a load of oil with the paintbrush in the right sort of area and just hope maybe they will fall off, but the poor thing was so traumatised by then, I have my doubts whether it will ever come back to be honest. I've done a white humbrol spot mid-centre of the back to be able to identify if it does. Poor little bugger. I think there's a couple of tiny tics right by the eyes, there's no way I could get them, I didn't want to blind the poor thing. I should think it's feeling very seasick right now, the amount of jiggling I had to do to get it to open up. Ouch my hands are prickled to bits, but you can't use tweezers and paint brushes with gloves on. Well I can't. I don't like killing anything, but I make an exception with these sodding things (and fleas)