Re: [IceHorses] Ivermectin
janice trivia, no exaggeration: When a river floods, fire ants cling onto one another and go with the flow so they can migrate as a nest to a new spot. An old man told me when he grew up in Elba Alabama a big flood came and his parents owned a store downtown so they all gathered with many townspeople on the second floor as the river broke some dike and came roaring through downtown. It went on all day and he said he saw globs of fire ants as big as automobiles floating down mainstreet. I just kept thinking of that over and over when that woman we rescued stali and svertla from told us how Stali was a real stinker when the river flooded and came through the little roundpen they were kept in and was up to their chins and how traumatic it was for HER to go out there and try to get them out. I didnt even own a halter or leash! she said, just still so upset that those horses had been such a HUGE inconvenience for her I had to go out in my nightgown! she cried. I'm sorry, but no river floods these days without you knowing about it days in advance... I still want to burn her house down or HEY, this would be cool, if I could somehow find a way to fill an automobile size container with fire ants and while she's sleeping at night just open it so they will fall out and swarm around her in her bed... (when even one fire ant bites its like burning fire and you get a little sore there that takes days to heal) i think in hell she will be in the fire ant corner along with ted bundy and Hitler. but maybe the water moccasins and alligators floating thru ate the fire ants. Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
Re: [IceHorses] Ivermectin
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:39:54 -0800 (PST), you wrote: Jeffersequine.com has ivermectin for $2.89. Good grief. We have to pay around £8 - $16 - for it over here. Mic Mic (Michelle) Rushen --- Solva Icelandic Horses and DeMeulenkamp Sweet Itch Rugs: www.solva-icelandics.co.uk --- Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes
RE: [IceHorses] Ivermectin
Good grief. We have to pay around £8 - $16 - for it over here. Wow. When we first got horses, we had to buy the brand name, Zimectrin if we wanted to use ivermectin, because there weren't many generic brands (any? - maybe it was still under patent?) and we had to pay about $13-14 per tube if I remember right. The price has gradually dropped, and really dropped over the past 3-4 years - no reason not to worm regularly now when wormers are down to $3 per tube. I do use either Zimectrin Gold or the other one marketed towards tapeworms (Equvalen? It's early so I could be wrong!) as one type in my rotation, and it's still more expensive - at least it's only once per year...and even it's not $16 per tube! Karen Thomas, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.32/1131 - Release Date: 11/14/2007 4:54 PM
RE: [IceHorses] Ivermectin
Our bots just came later this year at 4200 feet. I think they were waiting for the heat to pass. We got them in late Oct. Funny, the bot flies are placing the eggs further up on the horses-upper legs, and shoulders. Cherie Western North Carolina Lilja, Roka (Icelandics) and Tyra (Fjord)
RE: [IceHorses] Ivermectin
Our bots just came later this year at 4200 feet. I think they were waiting for the heat to pass. We got them in late Oct. Funny, the bot flies are placing the eggs further up on the horses-upper legs, and shoulders. Do you have fire ants at your elevation? I'm only grabbing at straws, but someone pointed out that a lot of good bugs (like the real lady bugs) have almost disappeared from our area since the fire ants started migrating into the area. This is only a theory about the bots though, a rumor, started by me! Karen Karen Thomas Wingate, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.32/1131 - Release Date: 11/14/2007 4:54 PM
RE: [IceHorses] Ivermectin
Do you have fire ants at your elevation? No fire ants, but yellow jackets galore! Cherie
RE: [IceHorses] Ivermectin
Jeffersequine.com has ivermectin for $2.89. Judy I still rotate with an ivermectin product, but has anyone else noticed that the number of botflies has dramatically decreased the past couple of years? I literally haven't seen any bott eggs this year, and only a few last year. (Last year wasn't this dry, so I don't think it's the drought.) Is this just regional? Karen Karen Thomas Wingate, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.31/1129 - Release Date: 11/13/2007 9:22 PM
