Tick check: Wet spring creates ideal conditions for pesky parasite.

However, if the tick has attached to the body, Cloyd said it is important to carefully remove the tick and then put it in a sealed bag so it can be identified and go to the doctor's office for evaluation. All nature-loving Kansans have likely had one common lifetime experience - crossing paths with ticks. If one finds a tick on their body that hasn't latched on, Cloyd said to kill it by firmly squishing the tick to keep it from spreading to someone else in the house. [Extracted from the article]