Re: garlic for bugs?
This message is from: "Joe Glick" I've been feeding garlic to my horses for a number of years and would hate to do without. I start feeding it around March or April until October. I don't feed it during the winter months. I very rarely use fly spray while feeding garlic. Keep in mind that not all garlic is created equal. I buy mine from Springtime because it's the best I have found. Here is the link to their site: http://www.springtimeinc.com/ The product is called Bug Off Garlic for horses. They also have a comparison chart showing the difference between their garlic and "other" garlic. Some time ago there was a article in a popular magazine proclaiming garlic is bad for horses. The tests were done with cheap grade garlic and NOT Springtime garlic. I have a copy of a letter that Springtime wrote to the magazines' publisher asking them to do a rebuttal, which they never did. If anyone wants to read it, let me know. Joe Glick Glick Family Farm jgl...@dejazzd,com Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
RE: garlic for bugs?
This message is from: "Perry" I've fed my girls garlic for a couple of years now. I've been very pleased. I only need fly wipe around their udders, eyes and ears. Perry, Mari & Signe Mai Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
garlic for bugs?
This message is from: "lindy" I was wondering if anyone has had luck adding garlic powder to the feed to make their Fjord taste or smell "nasty" and so keep the gnats from biting. It's only just past Groundhog Day, but she's shedding now, and that means spring and bugs can't be too far off. Lindy (and Dagney)In the snowy Shenandoah Valley Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
keeping bugs off the human
This message is from: "Jo Wilgus" I came across this in my BH & G magazine. I have not yet tried it but thought I would pass it on. Clip-on fan surrounds you with protection. Go to offprotects.com Enjoy the day. Jo Wilgus Gavilan Hills, CA the temp has been perfect Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
bugs be gone
This message is from: pedfjo...@aol.com In a message dated 3/27/2009 3:38:43 PM Mountain Daylight Time, owner-fjordhorse-dig...@angus.mystery.com writes: > I'm going to disagree with you and I think many others here are > too. 1 horse is horrible, 3 is just unthinkable and this man starved seven. > Too many options these days to get rid of/help horses to let this happen. > Tar and feathers would be wasted on this man. > Thats perfect Corinne. Or maybe we could borrow Susans GRUB solution and give him a choice of either being dipped in sherds of broken glass or drowning in beer ! Lisa ** Check all of your email inboxes from anywhere on the web. Try the new Email Toolbar now! (http://toolbar.aol.com/mail/download.html?ncid=txtlnkusdown0027) Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
swallows vs bugs & surviving ring classes
This message is from: "Karen McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ronni, Since moving to central Oregon almost 6 months ago, and fearing our 1st summer bug season, I have been pleasantly surprised to find hardly any fly problems at all w/ the herd, and this is with a 80 head cow herd kitty-corner from our place, and a feed lot less than a 1/4 mi. away. But, we have swallows! Lots of them. And they don't stop at dive bombing the flying insects either. In the early morning and evening the poor cats have to hustle across the barnyard unless the want to have a 'Hitchcockian' experience. My once very allergic mare Idelle who was at various times on Pregnosone (sp) and had most of her tail and all of her mane rubbed out a year ago, just has her daily dose of garlic like everyone else, a squirt of flyspray on her belly-line and then the best thing of all I have found to combat rubbed manes, Shapley's MTG. (Oh boy is this stuff gross! I described it to my friend Jacquelyn as "a BBQ gone real bad") It leaves an oily residue that just packs on the dust + dirt, but I'd rather have to give a bath now and then than have a denuded fjord. Re. the ring etiquette thing, I do agree w/ Pat, your place *is* on the rail except to pass or avoid traffic problems. I also do allot of circling, of course out of the judges eye, and out of other competitors way, but it allows you to fall back + get a spot to show your horse. In pretty big classes while they are waiting for the class to fill and come in, I will even change gait say from a trot to wak then trot again, to gain a space. Ditto about using the corners allot or not to make up or lose ground. In ring classes you just have to usually expect a turnout or two not to be completely versed in ring etiquette, so just smile and do your best to negotiate gracefully and safely! One thing that totally bugs me though and I won't tolerate it (meaning I will definitely mention something to the rider or driver after the class) is when someone runs up behind your horse and doesn't/can't back off, or god forbid clips your heels! (This happened at Libby one year in a class w/ 20 riders - a very good reason to split a class, no?) When we showed Icelandics and fjords together in the open Turlock classes, those pesky "Icies" would not only run up your heels but come upon you on the inside rail in a mad pack of 3 or 4. Afterthe second time they did this I asked my big mare Alycia to leg yield into the rail and close them off. She was totally unfazed by them, you would have thought she was working cows...shades of NASCAR! Karen in Madras -- Ronni wrote: "I'm hoping next year will be less flies BECAUSE I've had 3 families of barn swallows hatched in my barn this spring and summer. 12 babies. I do hope they like large, juicy biting flies." The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: barter idea/ticks/bugs
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For bug control on my QH mare and foal I use 1/2 cup of avon skin so soft original bath oil, 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar, 1/2 cup water and 20 drops of 100% pure citronella oil (from a health food store). Shake the mixture as you are spraying. I just stared using this in march when she gave birth to twins and one lived. He was very tiny and week so I did research to find something safe. My vet said there was no problem in using it . Jeanie Texas
Re: barter idea/ticks/bugs
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mare and foal...I guess I would use a fly repellent ..and I am sure we did. Or fly masks, leg wraps and fly sheet..baby would have a hay day removing it all:) I just tried a new product I got from Fleet Farm..foam fly spray.went on a trail ride and did not have much fly trouble but we had a nice breeze. I did like the way I could apply w/o getting on my clothes and arms. Could easily be brought along on trail rides. We did not spray baby..he usually stood with mama swishing him with her tail Linda in MN PS .baby goat arrived yesterday.buck kid..legs like stilts and cute as can be:)
RE: barter idea/ticks/bugs
This message is from: "Debbie Shade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> One thought on the barter idea, how about a college with a equine program? My daughter is at Midway college in Kentucky, studying equine science and I think they would be very open to such an idea and you would great care and training of your horse. The instructors and students are all very dedicated horsepeople.You might also get a tax deduction. There are many equine science programs at various colleges throughout the country which you could check out. For ticks, and we have alot in the northeast, showsheen on the legs, tail and under the chin seems to help. I guess they can't get a grip to climb up. Any thoughts for bug control on a pregnant mare and once she has the foal but is nursing. My vet says stay away from the bug sprays and the big "bomber" flies are driving her crazy. Debbie in MA
RE: bugs & such
This message is from: Cynthia Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have seen two tarantulas's while in this house on the high mesa (now 19 months) both only in the space of two weeks in high summer when the males are seeking mates and they tend to travel around a bit. The first one was in the house under my computer desk and I killed (I feel forever guilty) because I hadn't seen one before and the dogs were nosing it. They are huge! The second one was in the back yard. It was kind of funny because Zack, the Giant Schnauzer, was doing his goofy number going outside and he stepped on it - never saw it at all. It kind of staggered around a bit. Zack weighs 92 lbs. This time I got the broom and got the T. to climb on it when it quit staggering around and took it to the fence and dumped it in the desert. Tarantula's are harmless if you don't disturb them. I have not seen centipedes or a black widow though Steve saw one when we were cleaning out a wood pile. I do try to keep an out for them when doing that kind of thing. I have not seen a scorpion either. We see almost no mosquitoes and the flies are few. I love it! >From Las Cruces, where is snowed yesterday morning but melted by 10 am and it is going to be 58 today so great driving weather for shaggy but heavily shedding Fjords. The Morgan is not shedding at all. = Cynthia Madden Las Cruces, NM [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
Re: Bugs and such
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peg...black lab had no clue:)
Bugs and such
This message is from: "Knutsen Fjord Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Steve, I lived in ABQ for a year. How could you forget the black widows and the occasional scorpion...? Linda W - Congratulations on getting Phelisia. I've always liked her, and know you will have many happy times together. Patti Jo is a big help, isn't she? And Phelisia's first husband sends his regards as well Linda L - great story about your does. Did Mr Black Lab ever get the picture? I have suggested that Clark's new owner put him in with the mini donkey for a while, as I think Clark believes himself to be equine, rather than goatine, and is only humoring his new mom by associating with the other goats on the place. Off now to trim Shaggy Silka's mane. Peg Peg Knutsen - Ellensburg, WA http://www.elltel.net/kffjord/
Re: 'Tis the season - for bugs that is
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My two horses, fjord included, are neat and just poop outside the stable in piles while Charlie the moose poops anywhere it will cause me trouble. I use my lawn mower tractor to clean up the dry poop in the pastures and it makes great mulch. Don't try mowing over wet stuff as it is a dirty job unplugging the mower chute. Jean Walters Gayle [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" Occupied Germany 1946 To 1949 ] http://users.techline.com/jgayle Send $20 Three Horses Press PO Box 104 Montesano, WA 98563
Re: 'Tis the season - for bugs that is
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] By manure sites, do you mean horse made or people made? I have a few horses who go in the same palce all the time and a whole lot more who just poop everywhere. I clean the paddocks every two days, should I leave a pile of amnure in a corner of the paddock for this purpose? I'd like to try something, but my manure mountain is a ways away from the barn. Kate Mom to Baldur the wonder Fjord Plus two brilliant human children
'Tis the season - for bugs that is
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, Just wanted to jot a brief note since there has been so much discussion regarding fly season. A word of caution about using garlic - I understand that, given over time, it builds up residue in horses and is actually toxic to them. I have been using fly predators for the past several years with MOST excellent results. No need for fly masks, fly sprays, chemical reactions, etc. I order them by the season and they 'magically' appear in my mail box the first of each month. They come as larvae. You let them sit in a warm place for a couple of days until they begin to hatch and them you toss them around manure sites. They are a very tiny fly that does not bother horses or humans. They seek out the nasty fly larvae and deposit their eggs in them, thus killing the nasty flies before they even hatch. The fly predators do multiply on their own, but not as fast as the nasty flies, thus the need to replenish supplies each month. I get 100,000 each month for 18-20 head of horses. The cost is $27.50 with shipping. They have several other kinds of 'friendly' bugs including the ones that get mosquitos. Sure beats fussing trying to keep fly masks on, buying and applying fly spray, etc.! If anyone is interested in finding out about these their website is www.marchbiological.com. They are in Sherwood, OR. Gayle Ware Field of Dreams Eugene, OR www.fjordhorse.com
Julie's visit, wasps and other bugs
This message is from: "Knutsen Fjord Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all ~ Julie Will left on the red-eye Jet Blue flight for home last night [Tues], and already I miss her so much! We had a wonderful time. Highlights: Julie reconnected with Erlend and Sadie and loved Ari. We visited the other Ellensburg Fjords and their humans, and had a fine dinner party with Betsy Billeter, her husband Tom Walker, Bob Envick, and his wife Barb. Aside from the corny humor, we had a great evening... We saw the sights of Ellensburg. After that 1/2 hour, we went antiquing in Leavenworth a quaint little town with a German motif and a fair amount of Fjord stuff. The next day we explored pedigrees on the NFHR site and filled in Vilde's, looked at pictures, etc. On the way into Seattle, we antiqued some more in Snohomish, the antique capitol of Washington, and visited my son Drew and his wife, Jennifer. Nice time! Julie brought the sunshine in more ways than one. By the time she left, it was clouding over, and I awoke to 3 inches of snow this morning with more coming down. Of course the four-foots love it. And our new Passat GLX AWD wagon handles the snow happily. On wasps - we get ours from arbico.com. The plugs for mosquitoes are available from Real Goods catalog or realgoods.com. Bye for now, Peg Peg Knutsen - Ellensburg, WA http://www.eburg.com/~kffjord/
Re: summer water bugs
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Denise wrote: "well i have to tell you what a fun hour i just had with my two horses when the end came all three of them were running, bucking and kicking all over the pasture, chasing eachother and having a grand old time. and i am soaked too!..." I sprayed my horses too last week when it was so hot. The heat index at our place was well over 100. Sissel was mostly soaked with sweat and breathing unusually hard. Where she was semi-dry, her coat was crusted with dirt and salt. She did NOT appreciate the water at first, but eventually learned to tolerate it, especially since there were treats involved too. Toupen just glanced at me mildly, then adjusted his butt so the spray hit him where he liked it best. Frosty and Duncan were jumpy at first, then they decided they liked it. Frosty in particular -- I couldn't get rid of him after a bit. Finn and Annie would have nothing to do with me and my hose. Since I really didn't want to stress them further in the heat, I left well enough alone. I hope they all get to enjoy the water. I'll keep working at it on those hotter-than-hot days. DeeAnna
summer water bugs
This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> listers, well i have to tell you what a fun hour i just had with my two horses. the mare loves to be sprayed down, and as you all know it is HOT! so i thought i'd go out there spray them both and come inyeah right. dancer (curly) got sprayed, went to roll, no problem. quinn (fjord) saw she was getting all the attention and placed his hucking body between us several times. so after she left i sprayed him. he went to roll. by this time she was back standing with that "spray me again" look in her eye. i obliged. she left, quinn was back. this went on four times, finally i topped off their water tank and said, "enough." of course even our dog joined in, and when the end came all three of them were running, bucking and kicking all over the pasture, chasing eachother and having a grand old time. and i am soaked too! but cool. denise
bugs
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My grandmother used to use Epson salts on plants and claimed to "physic" the bugs to death. I did spray my dog wood several years ago when we had a blight here and nothing was working. It survived when others did not. Beautiful big tree now. Jean Jean Walters Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ] http://users.techline.com/jgayle Amazon.com to order
bugs, skeets and flies, etc................
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Listers!! Couldn't remember if anyone mentioned the thin, face masks for horses (and humans, BTW) for riding and driving??? I started using them last summer and they do make a difference!! No head shaking, annoying ear twitching --- makes for a much more enjoyable ride/drive. Had to buy the x-large for "Sven" - fits his head but with his sweet little ears the mask makes him look pretty dopey as the ears are HUGE :) We don't care - comfort is more important! Also, with the masks - less fly repellent on face and ears - that is good. Carol. Have enjoyed your recent posts and they are NOT boring! Thanks for sharing. Linda in MN -- beautiful day today - more rain this week - my alfalfa field is overgrown - the neighbor is ready to bale it but can't get enough days in a row with no rain! He can put in his silo for his cows - but then I wait for baled hay till mid summer. For now I am feeding a timothy/alfalfa cube. The goats get alfalfa pellets (did not know such a thing existed!!) -- I like it - much less waste:) No, Sven does not get alfalfa - he is VERY aware that his hay is different. Sven gets to clean-up where the QH and goats eat - a little treat for him:)Bye!
Re: Bugs, weather, CDE, foal pics
This message is from: "Patryjak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello Tillie and list, Thank you for the great review! Glad to hear you are enjoying the story...having fun doing it, I imagine Lidamir having a conversation with Jord while writing... Now, about this "years" stuff...maybe, but only when it rains for a month! Have been at computer to stay dry! YeeHa! supposed to be dry today! I too enjoy everyone's sites...it is how we learned about where to find fjords in the first place and whenever anyone posts, I too look with interest, to learn about Fjords and the people I've "met" here and all the different ways to do things and the variety of activities folks participate in. Besides seeing the Fjords, it is interesting to see and hear about the clinics, shows, parades, lessons, group rides, and equipment. Way to go Lori at the dressage show! and thanks to all who put up the pictures and stories about your adventures. Hope all goes well with Emily...! Betsy in Michigan, where I think the Sun is really coming up, finally! In a message dated 6/6/2001 8:50:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Betsy, we sure enjoyed your photo's but the narration was greatest. >You have started a story that we hope will go on thru the years as >Lidamir's life goes on... >Thanks for giving us the pleasure of viewing it. I enjoy viewing all the >sites that Fjord owners let us view.
Re: Bugs, weather, CDE, foal pics
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just heard on the local weather report we have had 19 days straight of mostly cloudy weather - gezz!! Weekend promises to be nice:)
Re: Bugs, weather, CDE, foal pics
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 6/6/2001 8:50:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > http://foxfirefjords.homestead.com/Foal5.html > Betsy, we sure enjoyed your photo's but the narration was greatest. You have started a story that we hope will go on thru the years as Lidamir's life goes on. I like your site. I went to the first page and viewed it all again. You have worked hard on it and we say Thanks for giving us the pleasure of viewing it. I enjoy viewing all the sites that Fjord owners let us view. Lets see more Fjord web sites or show addresses again for the new Fjord owners on this list. I go to every site with interest. Congratulations to all who have new foals, we are waiting for Emily to bring "Bjorn's) us one this week. Hopefully!!Tillie Dun Lookin' Fjords Bud,Tillie & Amy Evers Redmond OR (541) 548-6018 http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/8589
Bugs, weather, CDE, foal pics
This message is from: "Patryjak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hiyall, We are getting Minnesotan weather a day or so later...The weather "guys" said last night that since May 1st we have had two days of sunshine. The sun came out for about 10 minutes on Monday...and the deer flies with it...swarms! It has also been really cool...highs just barely in 60's. Rain every day...Isn't this what Washington and Oregon are supposed to be like...or is that just a myth? Has made it necessary to keep moving horses around, either too much grass or really mucky or really slippery clay. Hard to lead horses around when you are slipping and sliding yourself! With no sun, nothing is drying out... Are any Fjords coming to Metamora CDE June 15, 16, 17? Sure hope it dries up some for it...I will be working cones on Saturday. Hope to see some Fjords there... For those who have never had or been around fjord foals, like us, I am trying to document Lidamir's adventures in pictures. If you would like to see visit http://foxfirefjords.homestead.com/Foal5.html http://foxfirefjords.homestead.com/Foal6.html Hard to believe she is 3 weeks old! Betsy in Michigan
Re: bugs
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 12/13/00 12:31:15 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Are the PS's as big as the T's ..? This sounds gruesome and has just destroyed any urge I may have had to visit the Baja! >> We have scorpions and tarantulas here. They don't chase you. If the tarantulas fall into swimming pools, most of us will rescue them and put them back over the wall. Same with rattlesnakes, we just leave them be and they leave us be. On the other hand, I was out most of the day and didn't wear a coat. It's just cold enough so my horses have a little energy. They're so happy and running and bucking like fools. Gail D. Vinson Las Cruces, NM
Re: No bugs, few snakes, tiny winter
This message is from: Cynthia_Madden/OAA/UNO/[EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, i'll take the centipedes. i'm still looking for a job in new mexico. the big plus - low humidity! (among other things) typing one handed temporarily. i apologize in advance for brevity & license in writing style, (9 days until cast comes off, then the therapy so i can hold reins again!) Cynthia Madden, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: No bugs, few snakes, tiny winter
This message is from: Lori Puster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Now Gail, I did live a bit north of y'all, but in my seven years in NM, I saw more than a few snows (melted by noon), quite a few snakes (bullsnakes mostly), centipeds 8" long, mosquitos all summer, and cucarachas everytime I flicked on the lights. Besides the best thing about the place is how few people are there to muck it up, so stop encouraging folks. ;) Lori P. currently in overcast Oregon, but the brand new owner of 75 acres of rolling hills just outside of Redding CA. At 01:46 PM 7/9/00 -0400, you wrote: >This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >In a message dated 7/9/00 11:30:50 AM Mountain Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > ><< I wonder if anywhere in Canada or the > States there is a place where there are no bugs, snakes, or winterLOL. >> >It's called New Mexico. We do have winter but in my half of the state we >mostly do it at night. It snows several times a year and melts by noon. >And no natural disasters to speak of. Winds can be unpleasant, especially in >spring. I grew up in Spokane where winter usually fell on a Tuesday. > Gail in Las Cruces >
Re: No bugs, few snakes, tiny winter
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 7/9/00 10:52:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << < I wonder if anywhere in Canada or the States there is a place where there are no bugs, snakes, or winterLOL. >> It's called New Mexico. We do have winter but in my half of the state we mostly do it at night. >> ROFLMAO No bugs in New Mexico??? You want to know what drove me out of that state, second only to the school system for special needs children being abysmal? CENTIPEDES. Big, honking, nearly a foot long, fast on their feet and mean and ugly. Nearly impossible to kill. . We lived in what has to be the nicest house I've lived in my whole life. I called it Centipede Palace. It was beautiful, with the great room, huge bathrooms, the sunroom, walk in pantry, not to mention the barn and arena and pastures. But funny. Those centipedes seemed to think I invited them to live there too. They'd crawl in through the vents and make me nuts. We hired exterminators to put little traps in the vents. Every month they'd clean out the vents and always find 5 or 6 of the nasties. And still, once in a while one would while it's way around the traps, into the house. Nope. OREGON is the place to be, as far as lack of winter, no poisonous snakes and no bugs to speak of. Very enjoyable. Oh, except for the big nasty horseflies, but even those can be taken care of by proper horse spray. Pamela
Re: No bugs, few snakes, tiny winter
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 7/9/00 11:30:50 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I wonder if anywhere in Canada or the States there is a place where there are no bugs, snakes, or winterLOL. >> It's called New Mexico. We do have winter but in my half of the state we mostly do it at night. It snows several times a year and melts by noon. And no natural disasters to speak of. Winds can be unpleasant, especially in spring. I grew up in Spokane where winter usually fell on a Tuesday. Gail in Las Cruces
Re: bugs/reining team
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/16/00 2:00:37 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << It must be where you were. I've never seen any centipedes here and I've lived here off and on, mostly on, since '62. >> It was. Very few of my neighbors were bothered by centipedes, but we had them up the yin yang. It was a beautiful house, I wish we had that house here in Oregon. But it had gravel all around it, with black tarp under the gravel. Perfect breeding ground for centipedes I hear. And they would come in the heating vents. Once one crawled up the shower drain as my son was taking a shower. And they challenge you when they catch you! Truly little monster bugs. Anyway, I nicknamed that house "Centipede Palace". Ah well, centipedes aside, I'm glad I lived in New Mexico for that year anyways. We found Juniper and that has made it worthwhile. She's adjusted quite well to the Oregon climate, btw. Pamela
Bugs
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/16/00 8:40:41 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << In the South, we call the bug whose bite is akin to a giant mosquto, and lives in the grass, that is so tiny you can't see them ... 'chiggers'. You know it, regrettably, for the next two weeks if you waded through a field with chiggers in the tall grass! >> I guess Albuquerque would be classified as being in the South? What was even worse than these those were those gawdawful centipedes. Now, I'd seen centipedes before, itty bitty things that are just little bugs. But in New Mexico (and Hawaii) they are 5-8 inches long, nasty and bite! While holding onto you with their ugly little legs. And worse, they seem to be heat seeking little missiles that actually target you and are just the devil to kill. Pamela
Re: Bad bugs
This message is from: "B. Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Mary: That's a nice area. My sister lives in Wenatchee, and they had lots of ash there, too! It must have been awful. I heard a rumor that the mountain is still grumbling once in a while. Is that true? Bonnie Monthly Horse articles, Horse Portraits, Oil Paintings, Prints, Books http://www.hendricksgallery.com What's a Cerbat Horse? Check it out at the site below http://members.xoom.com/BHendricks/Gallery1.html - Original Message - From: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 8:34 PM Subject: Re: Bad bugs > This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > --- "B. Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This message is from: "B. Hendricks" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > What volcano are you by? > > We live northwest of Mount St. Helens in western Washington state. We > are near enough to be in the "ash zone" during eruptions, and were > camping at Mr. Rainier the weekend (Memorial Weekend, 1980) that it
Re: Bad bugs
This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- "B. Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: "B. Hendricks" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > What volcano are you by? We live northwest of Mount St. Helens in western Washington state. We are near enough to be in the "ash zone" during eruptions, and were camping at Mr. Rainier the weekend (Memorial Weekend, 1980) that it erupted the second time. We drove home in ash, and later mud (ash + rain = slimey mud) the consistency of fresh cow pies!! Mary > Ahhh, most of us live dangerously, don't we? > Tornadoes, earthquakes, black > widow spiders (I killed two yesterday), > rattlesnakes, scorpions, hurricanes, > lightning storms, spiders of any kind (arghhh!), > Lyme disease carrying > ticks, come to think about it, we are pretty > adaptable critters, aren't we? > Bonnie > Monthly Horse articles, Horse Portraits, Oil > Paintings, Prints, Books > http://www.hendricksgallery.com > What's a Cerbat Horse? Check it out at the site > below > http://members.xoom.com/BHendricks/Gallery1.html > > > - Original Message - > From: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 2:49 PM > Subject: Bad bugs > > > > This message is from: Mary Thurman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > You said it! Exactly why I stay put right here - > no snakes, scorpions, > > huge hornets, etc., etc., etc. AND I'll take our > "mountain" and its > > explosive nature any day over such things as > tornadoes, hurricanes, > > droughts, and blizzards! When someone asks me how > I can live here > > "with that volcano in your backyard" I usually > reply that it beats > > tornadoes or earthquakes - or hordes of people - > which the asker of the > > question usually thinks nothing of living with. > To each his own, I > > guess. > > > > Mary > > > > > > Jean Gayle > > > Aberdeen, WA > > > [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" ] > > > http://www.techline.com/~jgayle > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Denise Delgado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Sunday, June 13, 1999 7:07 PM > > > Subject: Re: Bad puns > > > > > > > > > >Subject: Bad puns > > > > > > > > > > > >> This message is from: "Knutsen Fjord Farm" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > either... > > > >> > > > >> Jean Gayle, you're wondering where summer is. > Go > > > sideways in Washington > > > >> state till you cross the Cascades. We're > keeping > > > it over here. Sunny, > > > >> sunny, sunny! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > === > > Mary Thurman > > Raintree Farms > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > _ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > === Mary Thurman Raintree Farms [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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This message is from: "B. Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What volcano are you by? Ahhh, most of us live dangerously, don't we? Tornadoes, earthquakes, black widow spiders (I killed two yesterday), rattlesnakes, scorpions, hurricanes, lightning storms, spiders of any kind (arghhh!), Lyme disease carrying ticks, come to think about it, we are pretty adaptable critters, aren't we? Bonnie Monthly Horse articles, Horse Portraits, Oil Paintings, Prints, Books http://www.hendricksgallery.com What's a Cerbat Horse? Check it out at the site below http://members.xoom.com/BHendricks/Gallery1.html - Original Message - From: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 2:49 PM Subject: Bad bugs > This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > You said it! Exactly why I stay put right here - no snakes, scorpions, > huge hornets, etc., etc., etc. AND I'll take our "mountain" and its > explosive nature any day over such things as tornadoes, hurricanes, > droughts, and blizzards! When someone asks me how I can live here > "with that volcano in your backyard" I usually reply that it beats > tornadoes or earthquakes - or hordes of people - which the asker of the > question usually thinks nothing of living with. To each his own, I > guess. > > Mary > > > > Jean Gayle > > Aberdeen, WA > > [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" ] > > http://www.techline.com/~jgayle > > -Original Message- > > From: Denise Delgado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sunday, June 13, 1999 7:07 PM > > Subject: Re: Bad puns > > > > > > >Subject: Bad puns > > > > > > > > >> This message is from: "Knutsen Fjord Farm" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > either... > > >> > > >> Jean Gayle, you're wondering where summer is. Go > > sideways in Washington > > >> state till you cross the Cascades. We're keeping > > it over here. Sunny, > > >> sunny, sunny! > > > > > > > > > > > === > Mary Thurman > Raintree Farms > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >
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This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Jean Gayle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: "Jean Gayle" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Okay Peg, you keep the summer AND the rattlers, > scorpions, black widows, and > other creepy stuff. all we have to put up with here > (besides copious > waterfalls and wild tides) are those nasty earwigs> > Ouch, ouch :) Jean, You said it! Exactly why I stay put right here - no snakes, scorpions, huge hornets, etc., etc., etc. AND I'll take our "mountain" and its explosive nature any day over such things as tornadoes, hurricanes, droughts, and blizzards! When someone asks me how I can live here "with that volcano in your backyard" I usually reply that it beats tornadoes or earthquakes - or hordes of people - which the asker of the question usually thinks nothing of living with. To each his own, I guess. Mary > > Jean Gayle > Aberdeen, WA > [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" ] > http://www.techline.com/~jgayle > -Original Message- > From: Denise Delgado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sunday, June 13, 1999 7:07 PM > Subject: Re: Bad puns > > > >Subject: Bad puns > > > > > >> This message is from: "Knutsen Fjord Farm" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > either... > >> > >> Jean Gayle, you're wondering where summer is. Go > sideways in Washington > >> state till you cross the Cascades. We're keeping > it over here. Sunny, > >> sunny, sunny! > > > > > === Mary Thurman Raintree Farms [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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This message is from: "Turcotte, Dianne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What is the number for Whitman? I want to get some of this stuff. Thanks, Dianne > -Original Message- > From: Jean Ernest [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 1:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: BUGS ! > > This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > In Micahael Plumb's "Horse Journal" they picked CLAC 86, from Whitman as > their top pick for a repellant fly spray and the best buy. "It was the > most effective repellant we looked at, actually keeping flies from > landing, > and it was also one of the lowest priced. It's a bonus that it's made from > all natural ingredients, which are harmless to and ideal for those who are > chemically sensitive." > > I just called Whitman this morning and orderd two of the 1000ml > concentrate > which dilutes 7 to 1 with water. Cost was $29 per bottle (plus shipping > of course). I'm hoping it will work on mosquitoes up here in Fairbanks, > as > they are already out (the slow moving "bombers" that overwinter) > > If you have a tack store near you that is a Whitman dealer they might > carry > it. I'll let everybody know if it works. > > The other option is GARLIC.. feed your horses garlic powder (or fresh > garlic) .SPRINGTIME (1-800-521-3212) sells "bug off" garlic for horses Or > make a garlic spray by processing several bulbs in the blender, add water > and strain out the pulp and then dilute. Add some vinegar also. I don't > know proportions, just sort of guess. You can spray all around the > stalls, > barn, yard, etc with this to repel the flies, etc. > > Jean in Fairbanks, Alaska, another sunny day, 50 degrees and the snow is > mostly gone. The corrals are even beginning to dry up! (at least no > standing water) > > >Fly season is almost here, and in Maine hords of black flies too. Are > >there any good "natural" fly repellants that work well for horses? > > Jean Ernest > Fairbanks, Alaska > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 4/22/99 11:52:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Also do those "masks" that I've seen horses wearing work well? We use them and they do work. As long as your horse doesn't mind wearing it. My sister's Morgan pulls his off if it has ear attachments, but will wear the eye shield no problem. I use skin so soft and vinegar for fly spray. In CT we have the house flies and deer flies, with the lovely addition of mosquitos. SSO and white vinegar works well, you can also add cider vinegar to their feed or water. I tried that last year but my appy mare wouldn't eat it. My fjord eats anything, so I'll try that with him this summer. You could also get a sheet made from the same mesh as the masks for really sensitive horses. Doesn't hold in the heat and does seem to help a little. Good Luck! Kate
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This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Two or three Tbls. of Apple Cider vinegar added to feed works very well to reply flies. It takes a few days of feeding it, I usually start with 1 Tbls and work up to three< before it starts to work. You'll know it however because you will smell the vinegar in your horses sweat and on his skin.
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This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In Micahael Plumb's "Horse Journal" they picked CLAC 86, from Whitman as their top pick for a repellant fly spray and the best buy. "It was the most effective repellant we looked at, actually keeping flies from landing, and it was also one of the lowest priced. It's a bonus that it's made from all natural ingredients, which are harmless to and ideal for those who are chemically sensitive." I just called Whitman this morning and orderd two of the 1000ml concentrate which dilutes 7 to 1 with water. Cost was $29 per bottle (plus shipping of course). I'm hoping it will work on mosquitoes up here in Fairbanks, as they are already out (the slow moving "bombers" that overwinter) If you have a tack store near you that is a Whitman dealer they might carry it. I'll let everybody know if it works. The other option is GARLIC.. feed your horses garlic powder (or fresh garlic) .SPRINGTIME (1-800-521-3212) sells "bug off" garlic for horses Or make a garlic spray by processing several bulbs in the blender, add water and strain out the pulp and then dilute. Add some vinegar also. I don't know proportions, just sort of guess. You can spray all around the stalls, barn, yard, etc with this to repel the flies, etc. Jean in Fairbanks, Alaska, another sunny day, 50 degrees and the snow is mostly gone. The corrals are even beginning to dry up! (at least no standing water) >Fly season is almost here, and in Maine hords of black flies too. Are >there any good "natural" fly repellants that work well for horses? Jean Ernest Fairbanks, Alaska [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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This message is from: "B. Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi! I've used the fly masks with great results. The horses seem to love them and understand also. They can see well with the masks on, and their eyes are free of pesky flies. They last a long time, too, unless a colt with nothing better to do decides to eat Mom's. Bonnie Hendricks Gallery Horse Portraits, Oil Paintings, Prints, Books http://www.hendricksgallery.com http://members.xoom.com/BHendricks/Gallery1.html -Original Message- From: Don & Jane Brackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 3:52 PM Subject: BUGS ! >This message is from: Don & Jane Brackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Fly season is almost here, and in Maine hords of black flies too. Are >there any good "natural" fly repellants that work well for horses? I >use a great one made for people that has eucalyptus and rosemary in it >but am hesitant to use any herbal mixture on my mare without the >knowledge of horse sensitivities. Also do those "masks" that I've seen >horses wearing work well? > >The saddle problem I've been having is partially fixed. I found that I >did indeed put more pressure in my right sturip than the left. >Concentrating on stretching that left leg down helped alot. I think that >some off horse strengthening excersizes on my left side would help too. >Still slipping some, but I think it's Osa's round shape. I'll try >another pad or girth too to see if that will help until she is trimmed >down. Thank you all for the great suggestions. > >Jane >
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This message is from: Don & Jane Brackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fly season is almost here, and in Maine hords of black flies too. Are there any good "natural" fly repellants that work well for horses? I use a great one made for people that has eucalyptus and rosemary in it but am hesitant to use any herbal mixture on my mare without the knowledge of horse sensitivities. Also do those "masks" that I've seen horses wearing work well? The saddle problem I've been having is partially fixed. I found that I did indeed put more pressure in my right sturip than the left. Concentrating on stretching that left leg down helped alot. I think that some off horse strengthening excersizes on my left side would help too. Still slipping some, but I think it's Osa's round shape. I'll try another pad or girth too to see if that will help until she is trimmed down. Thank you all for the great suggestions. Jane
