Recipe for fly spray

beckyp · 06-18-2009, 04:36 PM

I may have missed a thread about this sometime,but does anyone have a recipe for fly spray that one can make and use? I have tried various products through the years since we got horses and know that i have heard that you can make your own that is safe to use.

horselady · 06-20-2009, 06:19 PM

1 part skin-so-soft from avon, 1 part vinegar and 1 part water with some drops of eucalyptus oil .
1 part meaning 1 cup and drops of oil.

I have found Pyrahana spray in a yellow bottle works very well

evelynwolfe · 09-30-2009, 11:31 AM

I know that this is very late...but we use something a bit different that works well for ticks and mites too
1/3 Skin So Soft
1/3 White Vinegar
1/3 Dawn dish washing liquid
We use this on the horses and on ourselves and have never had a problem with ticks, mites, or flys.
In the barn we use a pinesol water mixture like you would for cleaning. Flys HATE it for some reason and right after spraying in the aisle way the flys clear out.

Tre · 10-12-2009, 06:03 PM

whole cloves of garlic in the bottom of a spray bottle
a cup of cider vinegar
a cup of water
citranella

leave over night for the garlic to drown and that always seems to work pretty well for me, very pungeant when you 1st spray but soon dies down

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06-18-2009, 04:36 PM
beckyp Seasoned Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: utica,ky Posts: 4,471	Recipe for fly spray I may have missed a thread about this sometime,but does anyone have a recipe for fly spray that one can make and use? I have tried various products through the years since we got horses and know that i have heard that you can make your own that is safe to use. __________________ If not at home try the barn.

06-20-2009, 06:19 PM
horselady Kid Safe Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: albany new york Posts: 6,428	1 part skin-so-soft from avon, 1 part vinegar and 1 part water with some drops of eucalyptus oil . 1 part meaning 1 cup and drops of oil. I have found Pyrahana spray in a yellow bottle works very well __________________ www.rainbow-horse-retirement.com We love and take care of your companion for the remainder of his lifetime

09-30-2009, 11:31 AM
evelynwolfe Halter broke Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Southern IN Posts: 184	I know that this is very late...but we use something a bit different that works well for ticks and mites too 1/3 Skin So Soft 1/3 White Vinegar 1/3 Dawn dish washing liquid We use this on the horses and on ourselves and have never had a problem with ticks, mites, or flys. In the barn we use a pinesol water mixture like you would for cleaning. Flys HATE it for some reason and right after spraying in the aisle way the flys clear out. __________________ Sell the cow, buy the sheep, but never be without the horse. ~ Irish Proverb

10-12-2009, 06:03 PM
Tre Newborn Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: nottinghamshire Posts: 7	whole cloves of garlic in the bottom of a spray bottle a cup of cider vinegar a cup of water citranella leave over night for the garlic to drown and that always seems to work pretty well for me, very pungeant when you 1st spray but soon dies down