Cow drench or repellant on horses

[poiuytrewq]

My horse is being driven insane by flies and i wondered about cow fly repellant. was talking to a farmer today who told me about pour on stuff which lasts 6 weeks- any one know can it be used on horses? Or have any good econimical reccomendations? Its got to the point i thing riding may be a problem.

 

[westernriderH]

we use the same stuff that the farmer uses on his cows...it's strong though, i wouldn't recommend it for fine/sensitive horses. i think it's called flypor

 

[jrp204]

I have used a pour on but it does leave an oily line where you apply it for quite a while, we use the deosan stuff now. in a little tin, dilute it and keep in a 5l plant sprayer, seems to work ok and fly rugs. I think we're lucky, being by the sea we tend not to get horse flies etc,.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Interesting Thanks, The farmer has his vet visiting tomorrow and was going to mention it to him. My horse unfortunatly is both fine and sensitive hence the need to find something that really works well- he is being bitten to pieces.
Weirdly though after 18 years of horsey-ness I have never ever been bitten by anything which always made me quite smug-- Up until last night that is, maybe we have an exceptionally nasty fly family around this year!!

 

[Donkeymad]

As your horse is fine and sensitive, I wouldn't really advise sing a cattle poor-on. Deosect is a very good spray though and can be applied just once every four weeks, although we find in bad times applying three weekly is beneficial.

 

[Patches]

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I have used a pour on but it does leave an oily line where you apply it for quite a while, we use the deosan stuff now. in a little tin, dilute it and keep in a 5l plant sprayer, seems to work ok and fly rugs. I think we're lucky, being by the sea we tend not to get horse flies etc,.

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Do you mean Deosect?

Deosan is what we use to clean/disinfect the milking jars with on a wash cycle after milking.