Cecil, I'm ramping up for fly season again and retrieved an email you
posted last July regarding two fly-prevention techniques. I have a
couple questions:
1. Re your mix of permethrin and mineral oil--I checked Wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_oil) to learn more about
mineral oil, and it is listed as an effective insecticide, a good
laxitive, and (when scented) is sold as baby oil. Whether or not I
want my sheep smelling like babies' butts, I was wondering if having
an oil streak on their back would cause them to be greasy or taint
the meat in any way.
2. Did you develop your own version of scarlet oil spray using
eucalyptus oil and citronella? If so, did it work and did the sheep
object to smelling not-like-sheep?
I am considering purchasing a cow rub (http://www.phwhite.com/) and
was wondering which solution you think would be the best to use with it.
Carol
At 07:59 PM 7/24/2007, you wrote:
Carol:
I use permethrin and add 1 oz to 1 qt of mineral oil and out it down
their backs. I just drill a small hole in the bottle cap and give
them a line down their backs. ...I gave the little
guy a line of scarlet spray down his back and also my 2 dogs that were
being eaten up by flies. This is 5 days later and I have no fly problem
on these animals. ... Scarlet oil has a lot
of eucalyptus oil in it. I have ordered eucalyptus oil and citronella
and I am going to try to make a spray for them.
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