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Discussion on Easier botfly egg removal?
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36541
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Posted on Friday, Jan 7, 2005 - 1:43 pm:
Hi everyone. The last discussion I found on this subject was 9/00. I know of the knife and stone for removal but now with two kids under two I need to move faster! Haven't they invented a spray or salve that will cause those sticky suckers to DrOp right off? We do have a man on the moon AND an International Space Station! Stacy
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Chrism
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Posted on Friday, Jan 7, 2005 - 2:17 pm:
As long as your worming program is regular and covers bots, the removal of bot eggs is mainly for appearance.
I use a lava stone which works quickly and effectively. It is the same type of stone used to grab loose hair off of a dog's coat. I don't use a bot knife at all.
Be sure to press fairly hard with the lava stone when you are dragging it across the hair with bot eggs.
One stone will last several years.
Cheers.
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DrO
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Posted on Saturday, Jan 8, 2005 - 1:00 pm:
I have read that sponging down the infected areas with very warm water will get the bots to hatch out making removal easier over the next few days. I do not have any more details (do you need to do this more than once?) and have not tried this so let me know what happens.
DrO
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Jlhill7
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Posted on Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 - 8:50 pm:
I am not very smart when it comes to horses. But I went out to my horses tonight and they have little yellow lice looking things on them. From what I guess it is bot fly eggs. Do these need to be removed and is there anything else that I should be aware of?
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Vickiann
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Posted on Thursday, Sep 22, 2005 - 10:37 pm:
There is a fly spray I've seen in catalogs in the past that you can spray onto the eggs that is supposed to kill them. It is more expensive than regular spray and I only seem to buy it in the years I have no bots! It is very strong and smells almost like flea killing chemicals. I've seen and used the stones, bot knives and some stuff you can dump on before using the stone ("remover")that is supposed to make them come off easier, but that just seems like some kind of silicone spray, like Show Sheen so would improvise rather than purchasing that product again. I have read both to sponge and NOT to sponge them with warm water because that will make them hatch faster, but not necessarily prevent ingestion. Standing and watching a bot fly, they seem drawn to darker colored horses as their first preference and suspect it is because of the heat absorbed by the dark coat color. When I get the eggs on my boys I scrape them off with the stone and also make sure to use an Ivermectin wormer for my next worming or two.
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Jlhill7
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Posted on Friday, Sep 23, 2005 - 12:06 am:
Okay all I just wormed them with Strongid which does not cover bots. When should I worm them again with Ivermectim?
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Eoeo
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Posted on Friday, Sep 23, 2005 - 12:19 am:
Wait until after the first hard frost if you are in an area that has all four seasons. Warmer climates I am not familiar with. EO
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DrO
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Posted on Friday, Sep 23, 2005 - 8:30 am:
Hello Leona,
Since Strongid does not kill the larval forms of any of the the parasites. As this is a important component of the parasites life cycle, we don't recommend its routine use. Check out these 2 articles:
1) Equine Diseases » Colic and GI Diseases » Parasites and Worms » Bots (Gastrophilus spp)
2) Care for Horses » Deworming & Parasite Control » Overview of Deworming.
DrO
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Vickiann
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Posted on Friday, Sep 23, 2005 - 11:44 am:
In central Florida our bot season seems to start in October and we would worm with the Ivermectin the following worming or two. When done properly, bots will disappear from a farm unless there are other horses near that do not practice good control.
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Jgordo03
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Posted on Friday, Sep 23, 2005 - 3:53 pm:
I was just thinking about asking the same question Vicki asked. Do you think some kind of oil would smother them? Like Olive or Apricot kernel oil? It wouldn't hurt the horse to ingest the oil, and I would think the bot egg would need air to hatch.
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DrO
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Posted on Saturday, Sep 24, 2005 - 10:19 am:
Apricot kernel oil(?), how about something cheap like mineral or baby oil? Others have written this works but I have not seen any research or other proof.
DrO
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