Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: fly predators and QUESTION for all
Deafening silence from the Pacific Northwest. :)
Since we suffer with so much rain, overcast sky, and mud, we are
blessed with very little fly problem, at least on the western side of
the Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges. If we had flies, too, I'd be
feeling like Job by now! We just try to keep the poop removed, and
when flies do get thick, we use Eqyss Marigold spray. Smells very
nice, although the alpacas hate being sprayed. We don't have much
need for fly predators, either, although I hear they work well. I'm
all for them and would certainly give them a try if we had a need for
them.
Heather
On Mar 12, 2009, at 9:21 PM, LunarStruck@
> Don't you just love those neighbors? I swear, they must PLANT those
> burr
> bushes right next to our pastures. LOL My horses always used to
> stick their
> heads over and get them all in their forelocks and manes until I
> put up the
> top hotwire, that was the best thing I ever did.
>
> I wait until the Avon Skin So Soft is on sale or get it at the
> swapmeet,
> then I buy up a bunch and add it to my horses' flyspray too. You
> just put some
> lightly on your hands and rub it in and on the alpacas' ears and
> around their
> eyes. I think it is much less irritating than flyspray for their
> eye areas,
> but I never put it closer than an inch to their eye just in case. I've
> never had an animal have a problem with it. It works great on
> biting knats and
> no-see-ums, too.
>
> One of my horse friends told me to rub a dryer static sheet in the
> alpaca's
> fleece or on the horses before a trail ride and it worked on the
> trail ride,
> but I haven't tried it on the alpacas yet. Its easier to spray them.
>
> QUESTION: What type of flyspray do you guys all use in your automatic
> flyspray systems? Does it get on their hay?
>
> SUSAN OLSON
> Alpaca Loco
> Riverside, CA
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