Re: [IceHorses] Re: dreamhorse...now internal insect repellants

2007-09-26 Thread Nancy Sturm
We had frost two nights this week and it's supposed to be 86 degrees this afternoon. The horses are growing winter coats. As much as I hate winter, I'll be glad when the warm weather ends. Hunter had a few bot eggs on his legs the other day. I haven't even seen bot eggs for years. I thought th

RE: [IceHorses] Re: dreamhorse...now internal insect repellants

2007-09-26 Thread Karen Thomas
We've been fly free for about two weeks now (maybe more)...we've already had a couple of hard frosts and the flies are gone. I only found one bot egg on Dagur tonight and it might have been one I missed when the farrier was here... My goodness, frost already? We're still i

Re: [IceHorses] Re: dreamhorse...now internal insect repellants

2007-09-25 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 25/09/2007, Ann Cassidy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are pretty lucky here, the short fly season is beginning and should > stop after the first freeze which could come anytime from now to Nov > sometime. We've been fly free for about two weeks now (maybe more)...we've already had a couple of

Re: [IceHorses] Re: dreamhorse...now internal insect repellants

2007-09-25 Thread Ann Cassidy
I know people that put apple cider vinegar in the horse troughs and say it really works. I am not sure whether it discourages the mosquitos etc from breeding and growing in the water or it does something to the horses. We are pretty lucky here, the short fly season is beginning and should stop aft

Re: [IceHorses] Re: dreamhorse...now internal insect repellants

2007-09-25 Thread Laree Shulman
Plus there are some schools of > thought that plants from the allium family (includes leeks, onions and > garlic) are actually poisonous to horses (it's certainly a proven fact > that they are in large qualtities). That's interesting, Mic, because I know onions are a definite no-no for dogs -- L

Re: [IceHorses] Re: dreamhorse...now internal insect repellants

2007-09-25 Thread Mic Rushen
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:59:40 -0500, you wrote: >I will have to try garlic granules. I tried garlic cloves raw and >they acted like I had tried to poison them. I have tried garlic (granules, powder etc) added to feed in the past and have never found it made the slightest bit of difference to the

Re: [IceHorses] Re: dreamhorse...now internal insect repellants

2007-09-25 Thread Janice McDonald
I will have to try garlic granules. I tried garlic cloves raw and they acted like I had tried to poison them. Janice-- yipie tie yie yo