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Ear Tip Flies
The stiff erect external ears of my Chow mix seem to leave her more
susceptible to biting flies (they look like ordinary houseflies) than my other seven dogs, none of whom have this problem. The last inch of her ears have skin damage and partial hair loss. What can I put on her ears to protect them ? It needs to be something with an odor and taste the other dogs will consider unpleasant . Joe |
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Ear Tip Flies
I use to have this problem and
at the time I owned horses so I used fly spray every day. It worked well Nicki Joe Johnston wrote: The stiff erect external ears of my Chow mix seem to leave her more susceptible to biting flies (they look like ordinary houseflies) than my other seven dogs, none of whom have this problem. The last inch of her ears have skin damage and partial hair loss. What can I put on her ears to protect them ? It needs to be something with an odor and taste the other dogs will consider unpleasant . Joe |
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"Nicki Sinclair" wrote in message
t... I use to have this problem and at the time I owned horses so I used fly spray every day. It worked well Nicki Thanks for your reply. By "fly spray" do you mean a fly repellant spray, or an insecticide approved for contact with dog skin ? Joe |
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On Wed, 30 May 2007 21:52:07 -0500, "Joe Johnston"
wrote: "Nicki Sinclair" wrote in message et... I use to have this problem and at the time I owned horses so I used fly spray every day. It worked well Nicki Thanks for your reply. By "fly spray" do you mean a fly repellant spray, or an insecticide approved for contact with dog skin ? Farnam makes a goop that you can apply to areas such as ear tips on dogs. It's called Flysaway and is similar to the product they make for the same use on horses. We used it with success on a Siberian Husky that came to us with flybitten ears. Mustang Sally |
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"sighthounds & siberians" wrote in message ... Farnam makes a goop that you can apply to areas such as ear tips on dogs. It's called Flysaway and is similar to the product they make for the same use on horses. We used it with success on a Siberian Husky that came to us with flybitten ears. Mustang Sally Thanks for the info. Joe |
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sighthounds & siberians wrote: It's called Flysaway and is similar to the product they make for the same use on horses. We used it with success on a Siberian Husky that came to us with flybitten ears. Hey! Me too!! Do you have my dog? -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community |
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sighthounds & siberians wrote: Quite frankly, I wish I did right now. Mukluk is an only husky, which he hasn't been (here, at least) for 9 years, and he misses his Queen. Very lonely. Honestly, I miss her and I never even met her. She sounded like a hell of a dog. On the subject of Mukluk, we apparently will have no Siberian coat-blowing last year. We had to shave him down because of a persistent staph infection, and although he looks beautiful and fluffy and feels nice and soft, and was plenty warm for the winter, he doesn't really have an undercoat. It's odd, like a genetically re-engineered husky or something. Hmmmmm. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community |
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"sighthounds & siberians" wrote in message: Farnam makes a goop that you can apply to areas such as ear tips on dogs. It's called Flysaway and is similar to the product they make for the same use on horses. We used it with success on a Siberian Husky that came to us with flybitten ears. The flies are always bothering Khan's pointy-uppy ears on our hikes, but leave Pan's floppy ears alone. I've been using Avon Skin So Soft or a home made potion of rosemary/lemon. Both are reasonably effective, but don't last day hikes. Where do you find Flysaway? Feedstore? And, is the 'goop' messy to apply/clean-up? What with Khan's allergy to water, I don't want to try to wash his ears every time we go hiking. Suja |
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"Suja" wrote in message ... "sighthounds & siberians" wrote in message: Farnam makes a goop that you can apply to areas such as ear tips on dogs. It's called Flysaway and is similar to the product they make for the same use on horses. We used it with success on a Siberian Husky that came to us with flybitten ears. The flies are always bothering Khan's pointy-uppy ears on our hikes, but leave Pan's floppy ears alone. I've been using Avon Skin So Soft or a home made potion of rosemary/lemon. Both are reasonably effective, but don't last day hikes. Where do you find Flysaway? Feedstore? And, is the 'goop' messy to apply/clean-up? What with Khan's allergy to water, I don't want to try to wash his ears every time we go hiking. Suja You just have to accept that your big macho dog will have bunny pink ears. Seriously, though, you can get Flysaway or Swat at the feedstore, tackshop, Southern States. Beth |
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