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My wife found a tick on one of our cats this morning under its neck and pulled it off before she told me about it. Luckily she managed to pull the whole tick off intact without the head breaking off. I have read this can give humans lime disease (among other nasty things). What is the best way to remove ticks from cats? For future reference, can cats get lime disease from ticks like humans?