Our mare is getting eaten alive by the mosquitoes this summer. We have been using "Mosquito Halt" but it isn't doing the trick. She has big swollen welts all over her body. They don't seem to bother her too much or be too itchy when we're brushing or riding her, but I would think she has to be uncomfortable. We have also tried the fly sheet but she doesn't like it and tries to rub/roll/shake it off. It makes me nervous that she might catch her hoof/leg in the straps and hurt herself. She is better with a fly mask so we use that daily.
I would make sure she has had her shots since you say she is getting eatten by them sont want her to get westnile!!! The only thing I kno is Fly spray!
Yes, she had her West Nile in early June. We now know that we can never slack on that one!! I think we're just going to put extra fly spray on until the skeeters die down and hope for the best. Poor thing, she had welts all over!! Of course it has been a yucky, rainy, cold spring/early summer here in the PNW so the skeeters have been horrible!
Our horse can come and go from her paddock in/out of her stall and she has turnout on acreage every afternoon for a few hours. Unfortunately, there is a retaining pond just outside one of the pastures with plenty of standing water.
Fly sheets, bug spray. We our in mosquito country here and they have been more and more nasty each year. I have heard adding garlic to their daily grain helps keep mosquitoes away. I have never tried that theory.
Here there is this pot of stuff, whatever it is that is animal safe that you can hang around horse shelters and watering areas. They produce a lot of smoke which keeps flying bugs, specifically mosquitoes away. Again something I have not tried, just heard about.
Bronco is my weapon of choice and find it works fantastickly well on my horses.
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