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Location: oklahoma | LMS - 2011-02-11 9:38 AM Big Guy - 2011-02-10 8:33 AM aquinnell - 2011-02-10 8:18 AM I may have to try some of these!! Im sick of un-knotting manes lol
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That's when I found the silicone spray-no dirt, looks shiney and lasts a looong time with just one good dose. I think I used it the last time in November on my gelding and I can still finger comb through it-even with all the snow, ice and wind making all kinds of tangles. I'm not kidding-try it, you'll never use anything else ever again. Oh and I hardly ever wash my horses mane or tail.
OK What is the slilicone spray called? |
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Location: TN | you know, it would be really cool if we could do a "cookbook" if we could get enough home remedies to make one! That would be awesome.  |
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Location: PA |
want your palomino to shine?.... baby shampoo and yellow original listerine. mix 2 parts shampoo 1 part listerine and wash your palomino, the gold will sparkle and the white will blind.
upset/sour horse tummy? think maybe you have ulcers? try a little bit of baking soda. (not for long term use and consult a vet if you think its ulcers)
need a liniment? rubbing alcohol
want to clean some silver on your tack? (if its not too tarnished) use a pencil eraser.
cleaning your leather tack? murphys oil soap - warm water - and scrub it (use an old toothbrush for tooling). dry - then apply neatsfoot oil to make it shine (will darken light leather)
your horse blanket filthy but hot water not cutting it? use baking soda
oops ran out of electrolytes - use some table salt to hold you over
fly spray- mix in spray bottle - 1 part acv - 1 part skin so soft - 1 part water and shake
detangler - i like the creamy baby oil from the dollar tree - or mix skin so soft and water.
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Location: North Dakota | freetorun - 2011-02-14 12:30 PM LMS - 2011-02-11 9:38 AM Big Guy - 2011-02-10 8:33 AM aquinnell - 2011-02-10 8:18 AM I may have to try some of these!! Im sick of un-knotting manes lol
WD 40
That's when I found the silicone spray-no dirt, looks shiney and lasts a looong time with just one good dose. I think I used it the last time in November on my gelding and I can still finger comb through it-even with all the snow, ice and wind making all kinds of tangles. I'm not kidding-try it, you'll never use anything else ever again. Oh and I hardly ever wash my horses mane or tail.
The silicone spray we buy is at Walmart is a red and black can in the automotive section-didn't see a brand name but "silicone spray" is in larger letters. |
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Location: your guess is as good as mine | We use Listerine in our feed room in the summertime to keep out mosquitoes, flies, & moths...just pour it in a big spray bottle & spritz the feed room when we first go in at night. Smells better than commercial fly sprays & the best part is it doesn't matter if it gets on hay or feed.
We also keep a bottle outside the doors we use at the house to keep bugs from getting in when we open the door. |
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Location: Lexington, Ky | Dellas Speedy Devil - 2009-04-20 3:38 PM This isn't really a home remedy, but its cheap...lol. Theres a blue spray can in the ethnic hair isle, I forget the name of the stuff, but its an oil based spray. WORKS WONDERS. Just spray it in the mane and tail and the tangles come right out!! I use a ton of it. You can get it at the Dollar Store for a couple bucks (this is where I get all my grooming stuff!!! haha)
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| ropin2turnin3 - 2011-02-11 8:40 AM the mouth wash baby oil and conditioner is the best mixture ever.........I have used it for years. You can buy the cheap stuff at walmart or anywhere. Helps tangles like you would not believe, the shine is beautiful, leaves the hair soft and believe it or not it has helped with thickness and length since I have been using it. And depending on what you but the smell is fantastic and leaves no oily residue......I could just keep going. You gotta try it! (oh and it also keeps the nat eggs out of the mane and tail in the summer :) 1 part conditioner 1 part mouth wash 1 part baby oil
Do you think it would be OK to add a little fabric softener for bad static???? |
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Location: where dreams do come true | Leg Tightening Linament
(in a 1 gal jug mix)
1/3 - Listerine
1/3 - Rubbing Alchohol
1/3 - Absorbine
Homemade Poultice:
1) Mix Epsom salts with enough warm water to make a paste
2) Kaopectate mixed with enough flour to make a paste
3) Baking soda mixed with enough witch hazel to make a paste
4) Table sugar mixed with enough Betadine to make a paste
Sore/brusied soles:
Table sugar mixed with enough Betadine to make a paste (place in microwave 45 sec and let set 1 min before applying) Place mixture in soles cover with foil then with vet wrap
Colicing/tying up horse:
pour 1/2 cup of liquid Turpentine into a disposable cup and place cup under horses belly i ininto
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Location: tx | Remedies from the old guys-they work!
For cuts use 'unrefined honey' & wrap, once the wound stops seeping make a mixture of powdered sugar and water to make thick paste-and cover wound, do not wrap. You can actually see it healing every day! And there's no infection-honey has a natural antibiotic. Also, gave it to a filly in her feed, she ran a post in her-from the under side of girth area to all but coming out the front of her neck-it missed all arteries, put 1/4 to 1/2 cup of 'unrefined honey' in her feed-with in 30 days it was healed and hardly any scaring on the outside-the vet was blown away! Unrefined honey is honey that has not been processed it's not the honey you buy for on your biscuits..
Cider vinegar-can be used with heat & ice. For leg brace-old time racehorse people used this: cut a paper bag in strips or a leg wrap & soak it in 'Cider Vinegar' place it on the leg-cover with saran wrap, leg wrap, polo wrap. Will pull out all soreness. This is also good on human burns & bruises-it pulls out soreness & if done soon enough after a burn the burn will not blister and there will be no scarring.
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castor oil for scar tissue, wind puffs, can soak polo wrap and wrap it or paint on every day IT WORKS
clean trax, soak for abcesses, it kills the bacteria
white vinegar, use for unruly manes and tails
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Location: Driving, Grooming, or Saddling for a Kid! | I need a good linament to rub on my old man's legs after a run! |
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Location: Blissfully happy Giants fan!!! | So I used the conditioner, mouth wash and baby oil on my horse's tails and there has been an immediate difference. I love that remedy!!!! |
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Location: Alberta Canada | whenever one of my horses would come up with an abcess all i do is clean it out real good then mix sugar and iodine together and cover the inside of their foot and wrap with duck tape!! then re wrap every second day it draws it out quickly |
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| I recently had a veterinarian tell me to use sauerkraut on abcesses. He said to pack the hoof with it, then wrap with a diaper/duct tape or vet wrap. Have any of you ever heard of, or used it for abcesses? |
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I've used sauerkraut for scratches, but never an abscess.... works great though. |
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Love the Worn and Ugly (Saddles)
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| TThis is a great liniment that jzthoward gave me the recipe for ....
From : jzthoward |    | Here is my recipe for homeade linament. Best to sponge it on because in a sprayer the salt clogs it up. It is safe to wrap with and is GREAT for swelling or stocking up.
In a gallon jug put about 2 inches of epsom salt in the bottom, then add:
1 bottle white alcohol
1 bottle green alcohol
1 bottle witch hazel
1 bottle white vinegar
1 bottle absorbine
1-2 tsp alum(find in the spice section of grocery store/walmart)
Fill the rest of jug with water and shake well before each use.
If you don't shake it well you will see some salt residue on your horse but it won't hurt anything.
This linament is pretty much all I use except for bigeoil and bigeoil gel.
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What size bottles of each item??? |
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Love the Worn and Ugly (Saddles)
Posts: 1937
| I'm not sure what size the original person used, but I just bought the regular size bottles of each. It ended up being about 1 1/2 gallons total. |
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Location: North Dakota | So is there a homemade hoof oil/conditioner out there? For dry hooves? |
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Location: Way down yonder in the indian nation~Oklahoma | I really like the Melaleuca Tea Tree products, and try to use them instead of chemicals as much as possible... here are a few of the recipe's that I like~
Dry Cracked Hooves
Mix one ounce of Sol-U-Mel blended into 32 ounces of water in a spray bottle. This is a very effective spray for dry hooves. Spray the hoof walls and soles area twice a day until symptoms improve, then spray as needed to maintain.
Fly Control for Stall Area/Trailers
This is a strong solution for the worst part of fly season.
2 Tablespoons Tough and Tender
2 capfuls of Renew Bath Oil
1/2 capful of Sol-U-Mel
5-10 drops of T36-C5 Tea Tree Oil
32 ounces of water
Combine in a spray bottle. Spray barn area, hallways, feed rooms, or the interior hauling compartment in your horse trailer. Spray everyday for one week to establish a base of the oil on surfaces... spray once or twice per week to maintain effectiveness. This works on face flies, horse flies, and black house flies. (I keep a bottle by my backdoor to spray before I go inside... ) The more you use this the more effective it is at keeping the area free of flies.
You can also mix 1/4 cup of Tough and Tender with 1/4 cup of Sol u Mel and 1/4 cup of Renew bath oil in a gallon of water. This spray is more effective the more you use it because the oil accumulates over time so you need to have some patience in the spring. You have to start off spraying more often. This mix can also be used to repel bugs off of you. Don't use this spray near the eyes.
Fly/Mosquito/Tick/Gnat Repellant
Mix 1/3 of a bottle of T36-C5 with 32 ounces of water in a spray bottle. It is very effective insect repellant and costs approximately $2 per bottle as opposed to $10 for most chemical fly solutions.
Horses have been known to have allergic reactions to mosquito saliva. You can load a horse with the diet supplement ProVex until the symptoms improve, then administer a maintenance dose to manage the condition.
Girth Itch and Rain Rot
Fill a 16 ounce bottle with water and 2 teaspoons of Nature's Cleanse. Spray this on areas that are affected by girth itch, rain rot, or other fungicidal or pesticidal skin irritations. No rinsing is necessary. Two applications will usually completely clear up even serious problems.
Thrush
Two teaspoons of Nature's Cleanse combined with 16 ounces of water is a very effective treatment for minor thrush. In more severe cases, increase the Nature's Cleanse to 3 teaspoons with the 16 ounces of water. Spray on the hoof sole and wall twice per day. Soaking for 30 minutes for more severe cases. In 48 hours there should be no sign of thrush. To prevent the return of thrush or for dry hoofwalls and heels, spray with this mixture when the hoof is trimmed or cleaned. This will instantly deoderize the smell of thrush.
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