The bugs are BAD… fly sheets??

[ButtonHerder]

So. It’s summer, yay!!! But the bugs have returned yet again. Fly spray isn’t 100% effective, and I can’t afford to buy 5 bottles a week.
I would get them all fly sheets, but I do NOT want to blanket in the winter because they all get nice and fluffy. My question is, will them wearing fly sheets most days affect their hair so I have to blanket them in winter?

And also, any ideas for keeping the bugs off my geldings sheath?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Alaskan]

I tried several different kinds of fly spray.... one with high levels of permethrin worked well.

What is the active ingredient in the one you are using? The "natural" ones and "non-toxic" ones did nothing.

I never used sheets.....

@Mini Horses ? @Baymule ?

 

[Mini Horses]

Pyranha was best spray I ever used. Next the permetherins. You can buy a concentrate of permetherins for under $10 and mix with water. Makes a lot!

I never used fly sheets but, they're light weight and won't make you blanket in winter.

 

[Baymule]

I didn’t use much fly spray on my horses.

 

[ButtonHerder]

This is the stuff I use. https://greenhawk.com/en/no-fly-zone/17549-absorbine-ultrashield-ex-fly-repellent-refill-950-ml.html

I tried several different kinds of fly spray.... one with high levels of permethrin worked well.

What is the active ingredient in the one you are using? The "natural" ones and "non-toxic" ones did nothing.

I never used sheets.....

@Mini Horses ? @Baymule ?

It says it has permethrin in it

 

[Alaskan]

This is the stuff I use. https://greenhawk.com/en/no-fly-zone/17549-absorbine-ultrashield-ex-fly-repellent-refill-950-ml.html

It says it has permethrin in it

I would have thought that would work well...

Maybe try what @Mini Horses suggested?

 

[ButtonHerder]

I would have thought that would work well...

Maybe try what @Mini Horses suggested?

It does work okay, I just do nt want to buy a bottle every week. Maybe I’ll buy fly sheets next year.

 

[Sabrina]

So. It’s summer, yay!!! But the bugs have returned yet again. Fly spray isn’t 100% effective, and I can’t afford to buy 5 bottles a week.
I would get them all fly sheets, but I do NOT want to blanket in the winter because they all get nice and fluffy. My question is, will them wearing fly sheets most days affect their hair so I have to blanket them in winter?

And also, any ideas for keeping the bugs off my geldings sheath?

Thanks in advance!

I like my fly sheets very much. It eliminates my having to use tons of awful chemicals on my kids every day. The sheets I have go all the way up to their ears and then they wear their masks. For the tummies and sheaths/teats I use SWAT. I slather it on where they get bit on the girthline and between the hind legs. One application lasts about a week (give or take if it's really hot and they sweat it off).