[horse_crazy]

How do you all take care of flys whe you have a foal. The fly spray we use says not to use until after so many months of age. (I think last year i cheated...and used some on our colt, and nothing happened...he was a little older though...about 2 months or so.) We just had a filly born(last night),and is their anything safe to use on her, once the flys and mosquitos start coming out? Any opinions/suggestions would be appreciated!

[Cyn]

fly preditors!!!

[lablover511]

Whenever our mare had her last foal, the flies were terrible!! Since all of the horse fly sprays do warn you not to use them until after the first few monthes with the foals, we simply used human bug repellant products on him. I know that you can get some great fly sprays that are made for hunters and fisherman that I am sure would work fine, or you could always use the regular Avon bug sprays since they are oil based anyway! Hope this helps and congratulations on the new foal!

[spyro1]

There are all natural fly sprays on the market I would check into them. Also, keep stall clean, clean, like 2 or 3 times per day. Run a fan to keep the air circulating, makes it harder for the lil biters to fly. Avon Skin So SOft mixed with water is also great stuff. I would avoid spraying mares teats, babies face, but dont' see a problem with it on the foals body/legs.

[horse_crazy]

Thanks! We dont spray around the udder, to avoid it getting ont heir, and the foal suckling, and the foal getting the nasty bug spray in their mouth. We always have fans going in the barn, as you stated to keep the air circulating. We put up those sticky bugs staps, and that traps alot of the flies. Our stalls are cleaned everyday,a nd we put stall deoterizer(spelling?) ont he wet spots. We keep the manure pile all the way in the back of the property to avoid flies and mosquitoes near the horses. The water troughs/buckets are cleaned very often, agan to avoid the bugs,a nd to keep them clean and fresh,w ith cool water.
So basically I think that we are doing everythig right, Ill look into the avon skin so soft, maybe that will work on the little filly(and the 2 other foals, once they are born)

lablover511: Thanks, shes really a sweet filly,a nd we have determined that she is a red run. At first we though chestnut,a s she still has a chestnut appearance, but she has a dorsal, so shes red dun!

[Khafona gurl]

horse_crazy:
How do you all take care of flys whe you have a foal. The fly spray we use says not to use until after so many months of age. (I think last year i cheated...and used some on our colt, and nothing happened...he was a little older though...about 2 months or so.) We just had a filly born(last night),and is their anything safe to use on her, once the flys and mosquitos start coming out? Any opinions/suggestions would be appreciated!

Well you can get this roll on fly spray for around their eyes and you could squrt some fly spray on a towel then rub it on them with that?

Khafona gurl
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[harli36]

Depending on how bad the flys are and how much the foal is kept in a stall you might also want to consider temporarily screening in the stall.
Congrats on the new addition!

[Abberz]

You might try avon skin so soft, it is really mild and is good at keeping flys off for a little while (it does wear off quickly). I'm not sure if it would be too dangerous on a foal, people use it on babies all the time...