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Location: Seward, Nebraska | does it have t be the apple cider vinager with the mother or is cheap stuff ok? |
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Location: SE MI | goldy8988 - 2011-06-30 8:59 AM does it have t be the apple cider vinager with the mother or is cheap stuff ok?
I use the cheap stuff, and it works.. And to the poster above, no, it doesn't seem to burn. |
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Location: Queen of Yesteryear ~ Oklahoma Outback | Make your own waxed thread/speedy stitcher string....in the fabric notions dept (Walmart of course) they sell a sml round plastic box of beeswax....it has slots to run your thread or string thru to coat with the bwax... take the string from your feed sack tops and draw it thru the slots multiple times, then roll up the newly waxed string on a spool or old pill bottle...
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| I have a older mare who is very sentitive to flies....I feed her a supplement with garlic in it & this year I am using Spalding fly predator, which has helped the flies over all. She is on an acre of pasture and when in her pen I keep it clean. The problem is the few flies around go right to her front legs and make them bleed and swell up :( Does anyone have a home remedy like maybe a paste I can put on her legs to keep the bitten flies away!!  |
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Location: Way down yonder in the indian nation~Oklahoma | bambigirl - 2011-07-10 1:38 PM I have a older mare who is very sentitive to flies....I feed her a supplement with garlic in it & this year I am using Spalding fly predator, which has helped the flies over all. She is on an acre of pasture and when in her pen I keep it clean. The problem is the few flies around go right to her front legs and make them bleed and swell up : ( Does anyone have a home remedy like maybe a paste I can put on her legs to keep the bitten flies away!!
1- 20 ounce bottle Aloe Vera Gel (I use generic)
1 -12 ounce bottle of EXTRA THICK hand lotion (any cheap kind will work, thicker the better) OR 1 large tube of Corona salve (lotion is cheaper and works just as good)
4 ounces of Hydrocortizone CREAM
4 ounces of triple antibiotic CREAM
1 ounce of oil of citronella (ask for this at the pharmacy, if you cannot get it, you can use 2T of Skin so soft bath oil)
Mix this stuff all together and put back in one of the large bottles (if you get one with a pump on it, all the better) slather this on the effected areas twice a day... the flys tend to pick on skin that is extra dry, because dry skin is easier pickin's to them... if you keep this on the parts that are oozing, leaving a thick scum over it, it will help heal whats there, and prevent more bites from happening.
I have a horse that is also extremly allergic to fly bites and mosquito saliva. His midline was raw most of the time from so much torture from the bugs... I've been using this all summer and he is good to go... still not much hair regrowth, but he's not raw and oozing either. I sure hope this will help your mare!!!
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| Iam using acv and pepper and it is working really good. The only bad thing is I can't keep it on her legs....so your stuff sound like it will stay on better....thank you very much....... |
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Location: MN | For dry cracked hooves mix equal parts pine tar, turpentine and linseed oil. Brush on 2-3 times a week...making sure to brush it well into the hairline. |
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Location: Texas | canrunner - 2011-06-29 10:37 PM OK I have been reading thru this and does anyone have a good home remedy for rope or string burns on the back of the front foot. we just thought we had all the hay strings picked up and still haven't found it. I have been spraying his foot down really well 2X a day and pitting pink crud on it but it just isnt healing as quick as I know it can.
I know for people, hemeroid (spelling?) ointment works to take the burn/soreness out.... |
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Location: IOWA, still waiting on the short bus!! lol | I like to use wd-40 on the feet to tuffen them up, just spray on the bottom before you ride,
I dont use it all the time, but have had good luck,
also us wd for cockaburs, takes them out of tails,
without pulling alot of hair out,
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| How do you save this thread so I can come back to it later? |
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Location: Missouri | Home Remedy for deep cuts that are difficult to apply stiches in:
I have seen and personally used this many times and have recommended it to many of my friends and seen it work on their horses as well.
1. 8oz Vaseline (or cheaper kind) - Keeps the wound free of dirt and moisture while it heals.
2. 8oz Honey
3. 8oz Adolf's Meat Tenderizer (eliminates proud flesh and keeps it from forming)
4. 8oz Cod Liver Oil (found in the baking/spices isle)
Stir all these together and use gloves. The cod liver oil will stick in your skin for a while if you are not careful. Clean wound good with cool water and apply using a soft bristle paint brush. Apply every day for five days. Do not wash once applied. After 5 days rinse out and start the process over. Do not wrap! The wound will start to heal from the inside out and leave no scar and no white hairs.
I had a red roan mare that got ran into a fence. She had sliced her leg from her hock down into her hoof all the way around. It was a flab of skin just hanging on. I wrapped that one piece for a small while to give it a chance to reconnect. Applied this everyday. Never once saw a vet and she healed with a single scar! Can't even tell the incident had occured.
It smells horrid, but it really does work and recommend it to anyone with a nasty cut.
I have also heard that WD-40 works wonders if sprayed on sore muscles. Haven't tried it yet! |
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Location: Oklahoma | For THRUSH (in the hooves), use straight Tea Tree Oil. Be sure to get a PURE concentrated brand - not the cheap stuff.
Kills the thrush in a matter of days.
If the thrush is in a hard to access area (i.e. down in a crack or side of the frog), I fill a little 1 cc syringe (WITHOUT a needle attached) and squirt the Tea Tree Oil into the crack. The tip of the small syringe fits into hard to access places very nicely.
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| get some reducine. its mess but get a small paint brush and brush his soles and frog. works great. |
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Location: CA | bambigirl - 2011-07-10 1:38 PM I have a older mare who is very sentitive to flies....I feed her a supplement with garlic in it & this year I am using Spalding fly predator, which has helped the flies over all. She is on an acre of pasture and when in her pen I keep it clean. The problem is the few flies around go right to her front legs and make them bleed and swell up : ( Does anyone have a home remedy like maybe a paste I can put on her legs to keep the bitten flies away!!
Brewers Yeast will keep biting flies, mosquitoes and ticks away. :) just top dress your feed.. they eat it up. Works on dogs with flea problems too. I |
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| For Summer itch-- or "Scratches"--
Purchase HiYield Captan Rose Fungus powder.
Mix it just like it says on the can--
Wet the horses skin-- and then brush in the mixture.
The problem will be gone quickly..
It's cheap and awesome... |
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| IDK What Oregano Oil is but wish I had some a month ago! Posting a response to all in a minute... |
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| SKM - 2009-04-20 9:17 AM Since I get tired of posting the abcess cure, I thought a thread for home remedies that work was in order. I'll start:
Sidekicks Mom - 2009-04-16 5:59 PM This recipe needs to be a sticky because I get tired of posting it!
1 cup Ice Tight (or some other packing mud).
1/3 cup Iccathamol
1 TBS Epsom Salts
1 tsp Alum (pickling spice)
Mix in well ventilated area. Slap on bottem of foot. Put newborn baby diaper on and duct tape the crp out of it.
Change every 24 hours. The longest I have seen it take to work is 48 hours.
how many applications does this make? just one application to one hoof?? so would u have to make a new batch every 24 hrs?? |
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| where the heck do you get iccathamol and alum??? |
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| rodeolife - 2011-12-22 3:18 PM where the heck do you get iccathamol and alum??? Iccathamol from TSC or feed store, its the black drawing type salve Alum from grocery store, in the baking section for canning pickles etc,,,
ETA: I made a batch and done 1 hoof 3 or 4 days (can't remember exactly)
cleaned, applied, wrapped, repeated every 24 hours
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Location: Buried under a mountain of homework.... | Anybody have anything for winter use on Rain rot? I am assuming that is what this is... Patches of about an inch with no hair left and a scaly, dry look to the skin...We have some fungicide and it works but takes days and it is a bit pricey...I tried Listerine to the sites watered down some and bathed them in it before it got cold...But just wanted something for spots. It is not ring worm.. Just thought I would add that, some are in lines not always circular patches...I think they rub on the fence or trees and cause these but not sure...
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