Midges out already!

[druid]

It's only blooming Febuary and I saw a cloud of midges today

Poor Bob is slatehred in NetTex summer slave and is wearing his sweetitch hoody under his t/o - it'll eb like this until blooming September now!!

How are all you other owners of sweetitch prone horses surviving?

 

[tinker512]

I noticed that aswell today

they'd only just gone away as well

 

[sleepingdragon10]

Poor Bob!!
Midges around here too, bloody annoying...pony was getting p!ssed off swishing them away earlier

 

[Chex]

I've not seein any yet, but not been out at dusk yet. Chex poor mane is still bald from last years midges!

 

[air78]

We've got them!

 

[rrose]

we have loads about

 

[dwi]

Couldn't believe it coming back from our hack today, poor thing was shaking her head like mad

 

[spooks]

what product ,apart from fly rug/boet etc, do people recommend usuing for sweetitch? our welshie got it for the first time last summer and obviously want to make her as comfortable as possible this summer..she will be living out from april til october

 

[ru-fi-do]

My shettie had his sweet itch rug on and lots of fly spray for the first time Friday, bloody things i hate them! Even worse when the fields are wet and warm they go everywhere.

 

[hussar]

According to the sweet-itch website, if the temp is above 12 degrees C the midges will be biting; below that and they're simply present.

We've had up to 11 degrees this week ...

 

[ru-fi-do]

I like to be safe than sorry, the sun on the damp grass here on friday was very warm and humid, ponies were getting very irritated. Was dreading this time of year but going to start as i mean to go on as when i got my son's shettie last year he was in a terrible state, now i want to try and prevent it more than ever.