According to Dr. Pritt, for the most part, eating a bug isn’t cause for worry. In general, your body will digest arthropods, which include arachnids like spiders, mites, and ticks, and insects such as gnats, flies, mosquitoes, fleas, and bedbugs, Read more…
Horseflies are dangerous for horses because they carry equine infectious anemia, but they are not very harmful to dogs. If a dog gets a horsefly bite, the resulting welt will need to be treated like a cut and cleaned. A Read more…
Flies can provide a nice game of catch for some dogs, and they’re plenty safe to eat. Stinging insects, on the other hand, can “bite back” if bitten, causing irritation and swelling—or worse if a dog is allergic. But flies Read more…
If your dog has sustained any open wounds or sores, clean them daily with soap and water then protect them with an antibiotic ointment to prevent infection. As much as possible, keep your dog indoors until the wounds heal completely. Read more…
You can use apple cider vinegar for horse lice to help remove the eggs from the hair. Just like with humans, you must first kill the lice, so I recommend following the steps found here. Does vinegar kill lice on Read more…
You may not know it, but vinegar helps retain that glow on his coat. After working up a sweat—from a long walk or an exercise, wipe a mixture of water and apple cider vinegar over his coat using a sponge, Read more…
Call the vet if your horse has… Fever (Temp > 101.5ºF adult, >102ºF foal): Temperatures over 103 F indicate a serious problem, and your horse should be placed in a cool area with fans and hosed off until the vet Read more…
The position of the trap is very important. Horseflies and wasps like humid areas in the grass or close to water. It is important to make sure that horses or other animals cannot get to the horsefly traps. They can Read more…
croup. The croup is the area from the highest point of the hindquarters to top of the tail. It is sometimes called the rump. What is the hindquarters of a horse called? hindquarters: the large, muscular area of the hind Read more…
Treatment. The wisdom of using rest and fluids in cases of the common cold also applies to horses. To encourage water consumption you might need to supplement the horse’s food or offer an additional water source with salt (1-2 tbsp/day Read more…