Posted 2015-08-01 10:03 AM Subject: Fly allergy......
Cake eating bull chaser
Posts: 3787
Haven't been here for a while ! Seeking information on horses that develope an allergy to fly bites. My 6 yr. old filly is getting terrible welts from the bites and has rubbed her hair off on her jowls ! Is there any natural remedy? We don't have a big fly problem here, but she is pretty sensitive to the bites. Any ideas would be welcome. I spray her daily with fly spray, and limit her turn out, otherwise she is in her stall with a run. I'm going to try "swat" on her jowls today. Any body else had experience with this ?
My 9 year old got allergic to fly bites and blew up like a blow fish. Took her to the vet and they gave her steroids and, antibiotics, and a shot for her allergies. She's still healing after 3 weeks.
Posts: 13315 Location: East Tennessee but who knows?!
I have been hearing good things about Bug Check but haven't tried it yet. I have seen good results off of garlic though as far as repelling flies. Vinegar will help the skin to heal. Itch Magick will help the itchiness.
Endure fly spray works great ..have to use daily even though it says it will last 7 days or more it doesn't lol...and then smart pak makes a supplement for horses sensitive to bugs n flies that isn't too pricey with garlic n other stuff in it seems to help a lot ...a friend of mine uses it with good results...i just keep mine hosed down with endure :)
Fly allergy......
