Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: fly predators
i looked at the website and i don't know if that would work for my alpacas, i don't have nice smooth pasture and they are out in the brush all spring, summer and fall - the boots might get caught up on something - i'm planning on leaving their fibre on from the knees down to give them some protection.
Wendy
DreamWeaver Alpacas
BC
www.dreamweaveralpa
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From: rollinridge
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:06 AM
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Re: fly predators
Fly boots are like wrap around fly masks for the legs with two velco straps. Made the horses look like they were wearing knee socks. They worked GREAT!!! We picked them up at our local tack shop but you can get them online - we didn't get the expensive ones (they can cost up to $80! We spent like $20) Here's a like to some that look like them (and they're re'usable - hose them off)
http://www.smartpak
Ridgley
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> hi Ridgley - what are fly boots?
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> We used DE last year but just sprinkled on the manure piles - it didn't seem to make much difference - this year i am going to feed it to the alpacas and see if that helps.
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> i've tried fly spray, wipes and roll-on. Nothing seemed to last for long. Does anyone use the alpaca fly-masks i've seen advertised?
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> Wendy
> DreamWeaver Alpacas
> BC
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> From: rollinridge
> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:17 AM
> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Re: fly predators
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> Glad you brought that up :-) (one of my future questions). We tried them for the first time last year with our (2) horses and my husband and I kept asking each other all summer long whether we noticed any difference. (As we shovelled the manure). We're in NJ. We have friends in MD that say they're wonderful which is why we tried them. But I really don't think it helped. Their website says it can take a couple of years for them to really "kick in" - but I think I'll stick with my fashionable fly boots.
> Can alpacas wear things like that?
> Ridgley
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> > Spring is upon us, and I was curious to hear if anyone has used fly
> > predators to control their fly population? If so, how did it work? When
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