Best road to remove bots?
Just bought a gelding whom is covered with bots. Have wormed with Ivermectin would like some concept to make it easier to remove the many bots. Have used the razor but within are so many. Have any of you found something to use before scraping to fashion them easier to remove?
Here is a pic of him
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll259...
I would just use a bot gouge and a block
http://www.uksaddlery.com/usrimage/bot%2...
http://www.crowstonstack.co.uk/active_im...
anything I couldn't get with them would be a fingernail job.
If he's that desperate invite a few friends round to help as it's tedious work.
Get yourself a bot removal kit from your local feed or tack store, and use the bot knife and the lube to do this- it will spawn the job much easier and faster. Bots are a problem with my horse, too- I spend time every fall removing them, and I use a bot cut to do the job. You'll want to worm your horse again in a month or so, to make certain that the bots inside him get killed and don't continue to grow, or they will turn into worms. Next time you worm, I'd use Ivermectin or Quest, or Ivermectin mixed next to a proven boticide such as pyrantel pamoate ( the active ingredient in Strongid T and in the Heartguard pills which are given to dogs to prevent heartworm disease) to be certain you get any remaining survivors from the first worming. Good luck- I hope this helps.
Answers: Here is a great link that can give you all the info you stipulation.
Good luck
http://www.equi-therapy.net/equi-therapy...
A bot block and bot knife. Start with the block and finish up next to the knife. I've used a small flea comb (for cats) in the past too which worked pretty okay. If he has them in his mane you might be able to remove them next to your fingers but otherwise you'll be stuck cutting them out with scissors.
I had a friend who's horse have bots and bot eggs all over her horses legs, go to a regular tack store or on line and buy a bot block reomes them in haste and easy. Here is a picture of a bot block,
http://www.croftequestrian.co.uk/images/...
i use headlice combs. if you can go and get them where you are, get the ones with metal teeth that are as close together as possible. next just comb it through and they all come off together.
they arnet expensive and i chew over they're the best things for the job. good luck.
Bot block and a bot knife. Besides, the time you spend with your horse will be well worth it. Play some music, sing and a short time ago love your horse up!
Bot blocks, you can find them at your local tack store. That and razors is all I own used. If there is a high concentration use the bot block. Then the razor for verbs up.
Luck.
Have you considered clipping him ?
That would do the trick.
on my horse i use a magic block.
you would be able to get one of these from a local store which have horse supplies for around $10 - $15.
What worked best for us was boss lice combs and vegetable oil. We put the oil on their legs and comb them out...seemed to remove they a bit painlessly.
Another option that is VERY cost effective is instead of paying $5.00 for one at a tack store, move about to Smart and Final or another resturant supply store and get a big shedding block/bot block (Get the black ones) called Grille Blocks and cut it with a shedding blade to 2" widths for your horse for roughly 1/2 the price of one in the feed/tack stores!
