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Location: Seward, Nebraska | Another question I was told way back when not to fly spray where your saddle gos before you saddle up as it can cause it to "burn" but is this still the case? Wondering if I should hose them off before I ride tonight as I soaked them in fly spray this morning |
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | goldy8988 - 2015-05-31 1:54 PM
Another question I was told way back when not to fly spray where your saddle gos before you saddle up as it can cause it to "burn" but is this still the case? Wondering if I should hose them off before I ride tonight as I soaked them in fly spray this morning
I've heard this too. I don't know if it's true so I always spray after saddling. |
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| I spray mine with Pyranha and ride. Never had a problem. Tip for keeping deer flies off while riding.,......... Put a couple of small tree limbs in your bridle. The hose will look like it has antlers. Pine seems to work best but anytning will do. You can stick some in your breast collar too for lower protection. This actually works. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | streakysox - 2015-05-31 2:29 PM I spray mine with Pyranha and ride. Never had a problem. Tip for keeping deer flies off while riding.,......... Put a couple of small tree limbs in your bridle. The hose will look like it has antlers. Pine seems to work best but anytning will do. You can stick some in your breast collar too for lower protection. This actually works.
I ride in fly masks when the deer flies are bad. |
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Location: Where I am happiest | Look to see if you have a Vector Control where you live. Most places do and your tax dollars is what funds vector control. Their job is mosquito abatement!! Call them and have them come out and spray your property. It is no cost to you as again, it is funded by tax dollars. They can also treat your ponds, and or supply you with small fish that eat/live on the mosquito larvae. Also make sure you are dumping and changing out the water in your water troughs every 3 days and police your property for any other sources of stagnant standing water, ie; old tires, old buckets behind the barn, old flower pots, ect. Those little squigleys you see in your water troughs are mosquito larvae and they only take 3 days to hatch. |
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Location: Seward, Nebraska | Great tip did not know that thank you |
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Location: California | Our Vector Control says the only "small area" sprayings theydo Iis recreational areas and special events :(
Whats the name of the mosquito dunks you put in the ponds? Do they hurt the horses? |
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Location: mi | My guys all live in fly sheets when the mosquitos come out. I by the ones that are made with the super fine holes sstack sells a mosquito mesh one. THis year I opted for their ripstop type of fly sheet when I needed to replace some and so far these are holding up well and much cheaper. I also do the neck covers don;t do any with belly bands the buckles are too heavy and it will slip to one side all the time and then I simply spray their bellys and even over the sheets across their backs a bit with off before they go back out after evening feedings. I have spraying with Off for years and never had any problems with it and it gives them relief for several hours. WAY better then any flyspray out there.
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| For standing water we use common cooking oil. As long as the pond, puddle has as slick on top they dont hatch. It helps around the yard and is safe to use. Not practical for large areas but works great in the yard.
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| We spray malathion around the WET areas (though not in the horse pasture) of our property, along the creek banks, anywhere there is standing water around our property. It seems to keep the mosquitoes at bay pretty well. :) |
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