[Bill Douglas]

I don't know about getting it off the cat's butt, but while traveling around Africa we used to get a few ticks abd you never yanked them off as their little biter would stay in and lead to quite a bad sickess. We burnt them with a cigarette and they let go, then we got them off. You might be taking your life in your hands getting a cigarette near your cats arse though. Maybe try a fine tipped soldering iron, gulp.