i need to know a way to keep bot flys away from laying eggs on our horses and if they do lay eggs how do i get the eggs off.
2006-06-16 11:44:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
If you worm your horse with an effective wormer, (i.e. Ivermectin products work great!) you will loosen these critters from the stomach lining prior to their ability to mature. They will pass through your horse harmlessly, and end this dangerous cycle.
With the advent of Ivermectin, bot removal is a relatively easy task in our equine friends. Make sure if you haven't wormed your horse for bots up to this point, that you do so 30 days after the first killing frost in your part of the country. No further eggs will be laid on your horse, as the adult flies will have frozen to death. Immediately, after the first killing frost, make sure that you remove the bot fly eggs currently present on the hairs of your horse. This will allow the bots that have burrowed into your horse's mouth to have time to migrate to your horse's stomach where the Ivermectin will effectively eliminate these parasites. (Keep in mind that Ivermectin will kill some of these burrowed larvae in the mouth.) This will break the reproductive cycle of this taxing parasite. Once you have removed all of the eggs which will prevent your horse's intake of new parasites, and have used a boticide, i.e. Ivermectin, 30 days after the first killing frost, your own personal farm's problems have been solved for the year.
a bot comb will get the eggs off the horses hair.
2006-06-16 11:50:43 · answer #1 · answered by Kismet 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well start off with knowing how to get them off. Buy a bot comb or egg knife.
(stateline tack 3.29 http://www.statelinetack.com/global/search/search_results.jsp)
Use that to cut off the bot eggs. Then google easy ways to prevent bot flies. They shouldn't really be a pest but they can be harmful if you let them live there long. They are hard to spot on lighter colored horses. check for white spots. Check your horses legs EVERY DAY until you find a solution!
Good Luck
2006-06-16 15:45:54 · answer #2 · answered by Cowgirl8 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answer above is a great one, to which you can add a nice fly spray and there is also a bot block available out there somewhere out there. It is a nice way to scrape off the eggs. Prevention is the key!
2006-06-16 11:59:32 · answer #3 · answered by M B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just get a good paste wormer that kills any bot eggs that the horse may eat and u won't have to worry about anymore
2006-06-16 12:11:40 · answer #4 · answered by fast lane 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have spray to put on the horse for that, I found some in wal-mart (Can't remember the name.) . You have to scrape the eggs off with a flat edged knife because they stick on them really good.
2006-06-16 11:48:11 · answer #5 · answered by Snuffy Smith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fly spray (or wipe) to prevent and a bot fly knife to get them off.
Also fly masks, sheets, and leg guards are also available.
2006-06-16 22:16:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
djmasseeh21 stupid answer if not serious stay off...don t waste our time...SO...back to happyscrappycat question where do adult bot flies live? Do they have a nest so they can be killed before they lay eggs on the animals?
2015-09-08 10:34:04 · answer #7 · answered by Kimberly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where the heck do oyu live, I thought bot flys only lived in africa.
2006-06-16 11:47:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get rid of the horses.
2006-06-16 11:58:28 · answer #9 · answered by djmasseeh21 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋