This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> While we are discussing bots, :) - can anyone clear up a "bot lifestyle" question I have? My QH came to me in the fall with legs *yellow* with bots. He is a fusspot about having them all taken off, though I've got most of them off - except for a few on long hairs under his chest, flank etc - where the bot comb doesn't work great and he can only tolerate so much fussing at one time. The local wisdom is that you worm for bots after the first killing frost. We wormed with ivermectrin at that time - and have the horses on Strongid C now.
So the question is - are those remaining eggs still viable such that I should try to get them off? Our area has very few bots, so I am motivated to try to remove all reservoirs of infestation - in addition to the health motivation for this horse. My vet did not know if these eggs are likely to hatch when it gets warm again. TIA Gail > "Jean Gayle" wrote: > >""Have you wormed for bots? Chewing is often a sign of worms migrating. For >chronic wood chewers I put a block of wood in that I choose for them."" > Gail Russell Forestville CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
