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fly spray -hair loss

Postby onalimb » Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:15 am

no luck with fly sprays.. Last year my foals couldent take it they started losing ther coat ,same problem this year I even used a diffrent brand. any natural helpers out there that won't cause hair loss
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Postby Intrinsic Worth » Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:35 am

I mix vinegar with some garlic and it works as a natural fly repellant. It's also very good for their coats.
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Postby Karie » Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:11 pm

Onalimb- What kind are you using that is causing a hair loss??

I use Be Free of Flies and it seems to work as well as any I have seen..
I also use Replex and like it too....

Are the gnats still driving your horses nuts?? I haven't noticed them as bad the last 2 days but before that OMG... my horses didn't want to go outside!

One of the warmbloods was jumping the fence to get away from them!
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Re: fly spray -hair loss

Postby Green Hills » Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:39 pm

onalimb wrote:no luck with fly sprays.. Last year my foals couldent take it they started losing ther coat ,same problem this year I even used a diffrent brand. any natural helpers out there that won't cause hair loss


Have you tried the SSS from Avon? Works and smells ok too. Also...Equyss Marigold Spray works really really well.
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Postby yukidragon » Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:41 pm

hair loss with our horses is rain rot.
Fly spray takes hair off, shew thats some bad stuff your using.
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Postby Karie » Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:29 pm

Green Hills- What do you mix the SSS with? I have 3 bottles sitting here and I cant remember what I was supposed to mix it with?
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Postby louis finochio » Wed Jun 15, 2005 6:12 pm

Mix pennyroyal oil and anise oil in your hand sprayer and the fly will head out of town fast.

Use pennyroyal oil in your bath water and the flys will be history.
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Postby Green Hills » Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:19 pm

Karie wrote:Green Hills- What do you mix the SSS with? I have 3 bottles sitting here and I cant remember what I was supposed to mix it with?
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I just mix it with water so that it's not so sticky. I'm sure there's probably a better way. But that works for me...smells good too.
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Postby TBLADY » Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:25 am

I have to ask...what is Pennyroyal oil?

If your horses have reactions to fly sprays...are you sure its the sprays and not a sun burn? I know with Absorbine the Sun will burn a horse some times who is wearing absorbine. Try applying a spray on sun screen and then the fly spray. You may also want to try a feed through fly contol suppliment. Though it won't keep the flys off of your horses it will cut down and the fly population!
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