If you don’t like to ride with a fly mask on your horse, you know how serious
and annoying a problem face and ear flies can be on trail. Sprays and wipes don’t work
well to repel all flies, and they lose effectiveness quickly
when the horse sweats.
For an effective repellant mixture for your horse that stays in place and also provides a
physical barrier to biting gnats, try mixing 9 teaspoons of petroleum jelly
with 1 teaspoon of concentrated (2.5%) permethrin and half a teaspoon of
Campho-Phenique, available at any drug store. Apply a thick layer on and just
inside the ears, around the eyes, and around the nostrils. This mixture also
works well on the belly.
Stumble It!
