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| Is there ANYTHING that'll keep them at bay? I watch my horses run around every evening trying to get away from them. I tried fly spray with no luck. I know to worm them with ivermectin. They are covered in bot fly eggs. I feel miserable for them. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | Ha! I was about to post the same question. Those bot knives dont work.
Can't wait to get some great suggestions here!!! :) |
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Location: Here | yellow bottle Pyranha fly spray twice a day just slows them up this year. They are out of control here...  |
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| Haven't tried this but I would think those fly boots would help considerably. |
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Location: Here | streakysox - 2015-10-12 8:40 PM Haven't tried this but I would think those fly boots would help considerably.
Mine are getting eat up in the flanks. I have fly sheets on the older ones but the poor babies... |
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Location: Oklahoma & Texas | Endure fly spray works |
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| SG. - 2015-10-12 8:58 PM
streakysox - 2015-10-12 8:40 PM Haven't tried this but I would think those fly boots would help considerably.
Mine are getting eat up in the flanks. I have fly sheets on the older ones but the poor babies...
I have one fly sheet on my old broodmare. She is allergic to mosquitoes. Botflies don't seem to be bothering her. I buy Piranha aerosol by the case. That seems to help a little but not much. |
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| We were talking about bot flies this past weekend. Our area seems to be missing them this year. So far (knocking on wood) we haven't seen any eggs on any of 12 horses. I don't know if they're going to be late, or not at all? Our weather here was ideal this summer for all other flying insects so I don't know what's up with the bot flies, but I am considering it a huge blessing so far.
I've tried fly sheets and fly sprays over the years and nothing helps much that I can tell. The little doohickies made for trimming face whiskers work really well to remove the eggs, but they are pricey-ish. |
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Location: Missouri | I remove BOT fly eggs DAILY! They are horrible up here and nothing works. I thought someone once told me vinegar but I may be wrong.... anyone know of this trick? |
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Location: CTX | I hope someone has the magic trick and willing to share, because they are bad here this year.  |
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Location: Bandera, TX | mlh0972 - 2015-10-13 7:32 AM I remove BOT fly eggs DAILY! They are horrible up here and nothing works. I thought someone once told me vinegar but I may be wrong.... anyone know of this trick?
What do you use to remove them?
Also, in how many weeks from them laying the eggs should one worm the horse? Ivermectin, right? |
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Warrior Mom
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| To remove them I use a slick n easy grooming block and some elbow grease. They are so bad this year here I've never seen it so bad. I'll get the eggs removed and the next day they are covered up again. |
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Location: Washington | I dont have any tricks to keep them away but what I do to get them off is run clippers WITH the hair and it gets them right off. Now this might be hard this time of year with them getting furry but summer months, one swipe over an they are gone. This was my trick when showing in 4H years ago when the horses were always clipped. |
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Location: Southern Indiana | The grooming blocks work awesome to remove bot eggs. I have never noticed bot flys around here. My horses don't get the eggs either, I had an outside horse a few years ago that did when I brought her home. Wormed her and of course she had bots. |
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| Lopin' Leopard - 2015-10-13 8:23 AM
I dont have any tricks to keep them away but what I do to get them off is run clippers WITH the hair and it gets them right off. Now this might be hard this time of year with them getting furry but summer months, one swipe over an they are gone. This was my trick when showing in 4H years ago when the horses were always clipped.
This! Or a pocket knife works to scrape them off too. |
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Location: In a happy place | GoMistyGo - 2015-10-13 8:01 AM mlh0972 - 2015-10-13 7:32 AM I remove BOT fly eggs DAILY! They are horrible up here and nothing works. I thought someone once told me vinegar but I may be wrong.... anyone know of this trick? What do you use to remove them?
Also, in how many weeks from them laying the eggs should one worm the horse? Ivermectin, right?
Go Misty I use the bot knives. What I have found is you need about 5 of them. I start out using one and if it starts to not work I grag another. I regularly rub them on my pants leg. It is a matter of using them enough to learn the angle to hold them for them to work. I don't know why changing every so often but it does. I used to scrape 7 horses a day so I did quite a few. I did this faithfully for about 3 years and if finally got to where it was an oddity to see a bot fly. Wish there was something simpler but I haven't found it. Hey while I have your attention did you get a colt at the THE sale? What did she go for?
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| apparently we don't get bot flies in our area...but WE DO NOW!! My horses have them and all the people that have lived here for years say we haven't had them in like, 30-40 years. Wonderful. I hosed my horses' legs off and scrubbed with Betadine, let it sit on them for about 5 minutes and then rinsed. Most of the eggs had started to detach and they came right off with the blade of my pocket knife. I have also heard if you put MTG on them it will kill them and they come up, but I haven't tried it, and since my horses are in a dry lot and in the sun I know that MTG can sometimes burn. Good luck, they are nasty buggers and I shudder thinking that I might have to do this routine daily like some of you all do constantly. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | sorrel horse ranch - 2015-10-13 9:42 AM GoMistyGo - 2015-10-13 8:01 AM mlh0972 - 2015-10-13 7:32 AM I remove BOT fly eggs DAILY! They are horrible up here and nothing works. I thought someone once told me vinegar but I may be wrong.... anyone know of this trick? What do you use to remove them?
Also, in how many weeks from them laying the eggs should one worm the horse? Ivermectin, right?
Thanks Linda! I am not gifted enough to use a bot knive... Will try the grooming block later.
i didn't go to the sale. I just dont have the financial and mental capacity for another one. Sale results are not posted yet... |
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| SG. - 2015-10-12 9:28 PM
yellow bottle Pyranha fly spray twice a day just slows them up this year. They are out of control here...
We have had a lot of horses come up allergic to this fly spray.... Ones that aren't allergic to any other.
We use Endura fly spray and it works awesome on these flies, then we have some fly traps in the stalls and sitting on every few posts out in the pasture (lol we have a LOT of bugs). They are all full and need changed in only 3 days. Majorly helped the problem |
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| 100% SAFE PLACE FROM B0T FLYS ...
Inside your barn or a run-in-shed ...
Bot flys and horseflys use the sun as a GPS in order to fly ...
they will not fly into a shaded barn
This works on the areas you mist it on ... but you have to be careful on misting too much of your horse since it has an oily base and sun can overheat your horse ...
Mix an ounce of strong iodine (5-6% strength) with a qt of cooking corn oil ... in a spray bottle ..
VERY LIGHTLY MIST the legs and knees to prevent biting and where you already see bot eggs ... the very light mist of oil will also suffocate the eggs and hatching larvae ...
AGAIN MISTING DOES NOT MEAN WETTING DOWN AN AREA ... ALL YOU WANT IS A SHEEN ... IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO SPRAY JUST A LITTLE ON A HAND TOWEL AND WIPE THE AREAS LIGHTLY ...
This mix is also good for everyday scritches, scratches, cuts and scrapes ... spray a little on the spot and rub it into the hair with your finger ...
HAVE FUN .. |
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