Carly Rae
Well-Known Member
Hello.
We have this tree in the horse yards, every year Itchy grubs breed and breed on it, literally thousands, and then they spread all through the sheltered area, all over fences, in water troughs. Then they go to my Nans greenhouse, our garden sheds, the carport, our storage containers and so on.. Dad JUST built a 20 000 dollar shed, the itchy grubs have spread all through it and Dad is highly allergic to them, so we have to try kill them off.
So my question is, since they are in my horses yard where I lock them up, can they hurt/have an affect on the horses?
When we got my dog Lacey in 2010, every year she would tear her nose apart, just kept scratching til it bled, then it would scab up and she would tear it off again, it wasn't pretty. It irritated her that much she would lay under the car and tear the grass up while growling. It took us 5 years to realize what was going on. At first we thought the cat scratched her and left some irritation. But the cat passed away, the next year it came back, we thought maybe sunburn or something. But we found that EVERY time we saw an itchy grub on the tree, it was the start of Lacey's irritation.
So now we treat Lacey's nose and we are trying to kill off the grubs. This year we got to them really early, killed them all off. So we thought the job was done, a couple weeks went by and we hadn't checked it, went down and there were thousands. But we have kept up with Lacey's nose with cream the vet suggested to us.
I went off topic there.
This is Lacey's nose from the other day. It is nothing compared to the years before. We hope that next year we can get in fast and kill them. Or find some kind of protectant for the tree. Not only do they breed on the tree, they kill it.
Any Suggestions?
We have this tree in the horse yards, every year Itchy grubs breed and breed on it, literally thousands, and then they spread all through the sheltered area, all over fences, in water troughs. Then they go to my Nans greenhouse, our garden sheds, the carport, our storage containers and so on.. Dad JUST built a 20 000 dollar shed, the itchy grubs have spread all through it and Dad is highly allergic to them, so we have to try kill them off.
So my question is, since they are in my horses yard where I lock them up, can they hurt/have an affect on the horses?
When we got my dog Lacey in 2010, every year she would tear her nose apart, just kept scratching til it bled, then it would scab up and she would tear it off again, it wasn't pretty. It irritated her that much she would lay under the car and tear the grass up while growling. It took us 5 years to realize what was going on. At first we thought the cat scratched her and left some irritation. But the cat passed away, the next year it came back, we thought maybe sunburn or something. But we found that EVERY time we saw an itchy grub on the tree, it was the start of Lacey's irritation.
So now we treat Lacey's nose and we are trying to kill off the grubs. This year we got to them really early, killed them all off. So we thought the job was done, a couple weeks went by and we hadn't checked it, went down and there were thousands. But we have kept up with Lacey's nose with cream the vet suggested to us.
I went off topic there.
This is Lacey's nose from the other day. It is nothing compared to the years before. We hope that next year we can get in fast and kill them. Or find some kind of protectant for the tree. Not only do they breed on the tree, they kill it.
Any Suggestions?