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| Health Care: Fly Control |
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| Homemade Fly Spray Ingredients: 3 tablespoons Eucalyptus Oil 1/2 cup Hair Conditioner (Suave works best) 1/2 cup Baby Oil 1/2 cup Skin So Soft (optional) 1 cup Pine Sol (original formula) Instructions: Fill the remainder of a 32 oz bottle with water. |
| Natural Insect Repellent Ingredients: 1/2 cup Citronella 1/2 cup Mineral Oil 1/2 cup Cider Vinegar 3 cups Distilled Water Instructions: Mix together and shake well. Spray body of horse and wipe on face with cloth. Do not get into eyes. |
| Dawn Fly Spray Ingredients: 15 oz Water 5 oz Commercial Fly Spray (any Brand) 5 oz Vinegar 2 oz Vegetable Oil 2 oz Green Dawn dish soap Instructions: Mix and use. |
| Skin So Soft Fly Spray Ingredients: 1 oz Citronella Oil 2 oz Skin So Soft or Coat So Soft 1 cup Cider Vinegar 1 cup Water Instructions: Mix in a 20 oz Spray bottle |
| This is a section that I did not want to put on the site. I did because I wanted this site to be a place where we can freely share all equine related recipes, not just ones I like. Personally I do not like many of the fly spray recipes. 1. Some of them have ingredients like Pine Sol, which is toxic and was never ment to be used on an animal that will lick and bite on itself. It was never meant to be on skin for a period of time. 2. Soap, wither it is dish soap or shampoo will dry out the coat and skin if left on. 3. I have seen some horses break out from some homemade fly sprays, even if they had no toxic ingredients. You always need to test a recipe on a small area of the horse before you apply it to the whole body. 4. In my area most of these recipes do not work well enough to pass my tests. I have had much better luck with store bought sprays then homemade sprays and in many cases the store bought is cheaper!. Remember to TEST the recipe on EACH horse before you apply it. While I have tested some of these recipes I have not tested all due to my opinion of them being toxic and my allergies to some ingredients in them. This is a use at your own risk site, I give no guarantees. |
| Lemon Fly Spray Ingredients: 500ml (2 cups) light Mineral Oil 125 ml (1/2 cup) Lemon Juice 10 ml (2 teaspoon) Citronella Oil 10 ml Eucalyptus Oil 10 ml Lemon Dish Soap 125 ml Glycerin (optional) Instructions: Mix in a spray bottel and spray away! An easy do it yourself fly spray that is relatively inexpensive. This spray attracts dust so do not use it before a show. |
| Eucalyptus Fly Spray Ingredients: 1 tablespoon Eucalyptus Oil 1-2 tablespoons Citronella Oil 1 tablespoon Camphor Oil 1/3 - 1/2 cup Hair Conditioner 1/3 - 1/2 cup Baby Oil 1 cup Pine Sol (original formula) Instructions: Fill remainder of 32 oz. bottle with water. If you decide to play with the recipe, remember that you must have an emulsitier to break down the oils. Mis the ingredients into a solution and enable you to spray this as a fine mist. Pine Sol as a lot of emulsitier, the hair conditioner has some too. |
| Mosquitoes Ingredients: 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract 1 cup Water Instructions: Mix and wipe or spray on horse. |
| Spider Repellant for the barn or house Ingredients: Lysol Instructions: Mix Lysol and water. The mixture does not have to be very strong. Wash down walls, ect. One application should last all season. |
| Oils that Repel Insects Try mixing some of these in with your fly mixes. Peppermint oil, Cintranella, Lemon Grass, Pennyroyal(fleas), Tea Tree Oil(ticks, leeches, and lice), Lavender. |
| Fly Trap Ingredients: 3 cups Water 1/4 cup Sugar 1/2 cup Vinegar Instructions: Mix ingredients. Place in a jar or can with holes in the lid. Place were needed. |
| Plants that Repel Insects Flying insects Basil Bay Leaves Cloves Lemon Basil Tansy Pyrethrum Shoo-Fly Plant Fleas and Ticks Fleabane Daisy Rosemary Pennyroyal |
| Roll- On Fly Repellant Mix your favorite homemade fly repellant or use your favorite store bought kind and put in an empty clean roll-on deodorant bottle. |
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| Amish Fly repellent Use De-lice and springle on topline, lasts 2-3 weeks. |
| Fly Spray for Horse and Human Ingredents: 3 oz Skin So Soft 1 oz Citrnela Oil (Health Food Store) 12 oz White Vinegar 12 oz Water Directions: Mix in gallon jug and wipe or spray on. |
| Fly Spray Ingredents: 1 part Dawn 2 parts Apple Vingar 1 part Water 2 tsp per qt of Liquid Vick Directions: Put down in last and don't shake. |