| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name
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| 953.1 | No Bug Lights | MED::D_SMITH |  | Wed May 24 1989 10:57 | 5 | 
|  |     
    
        Your bug light will most likely attract your neighbors mosquitos
        too. They should be happy about that. It won't help you much
        though!
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| 953.2 | Avon Skin-So-Soft | ASABET::HUDSON |  | Thu May 25 1989 07:00 | 9 | 
|  |     Not sure if this can be used when nursing, but how about trying
    the Avon Skin-So-Soft?  It comes in a spritzer so it can be sprayed.
    I heard of a few people use it on their horses and I know it works
    on people.  Has a nice smell instead of the other bug repelents.
    
    P.S. My riding instructor uses it when she gets her horses ready
    for show, it gets rid of the pitch from the pine trees.
    
    Cindy
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| 953.3 | Repel-X | DELNI::KEIRAN |  | Thu May 25 1989 08:04 | 4 | 
|  |     I talked to my vet last night and he suggested Repel-X because
    its a water based spray and you can mix it either mild or strong.
    
    Thanks!
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| 953.4 | "SSS/Apple Cider Vinegar/H2O" | MED::D_SMITH |  | Thu May 25 1989 08:33 | 11 | 
|  |     
    
      The SSS should be diluted with vinegar and water. The stronger
      you want it, the less water you add.
    
      Apple cider Vinegar alone is a good bug repellant and I found to be
      recommended by many. I feed A.C.V. to my horse. Half cup per feeding.
      Keeps the bugs away, gives a beutiful shine and a higher level of
      energy.  
    
      
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| 953.5 | SSS???? | WAV14::BETZL |  | Thu May 25 1989 11:32 | 6 | 
|  |     Could you please tell me what the SSS is, I have never heard of
    this and  would like to try it.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Lori
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| 953.6 |  | MED::D_SMITH |  | Thu May 25 1989 13:02 | 8 | 
|  |     
      The SSS is Avon's Skin-So-Soft (regular scent). It is around $8.00 
      for 8 onces. It can only be purchased by Ding Dong, Avon calling REP.
    
      This is discussed  in note 578.20, although I have been using
      Apple Cidar Vinegar instead of white vinegar. Add more or less
      water depending on the desired strength.
    
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| 953.7 | SSS | WAV12::BETZL |  | Thu May 25 1989 13:59 | 9 | 
|  |     Thanks,
    
    I do have SSS, I have been using it for two years, it works ok!!!
    I am going to try using the ACV in the feed, do you just pour it
    over the grain at each feeding???
    
    Thanks again for the info.
    
    Lori
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| 953.8 | SSS andACV | MRMFG1::E_BARKER |  | Fri Jun 02 1989 13:34 | 9 | 
|  |     I ve been using SSS for some time now and found it works good for
    half and hour or so, but not much longed.. Tried ACV in the grain
    but found the horse would not eat the grain at bottom of bucket
    that was soaked in ACV.
    
    
    
    
    
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| 953.9 | Slowly, step by step, " by " | MED::D_SMITH |  | Fri Jun 02 1989 14:14 | 18 | 
|  |     
    The ACV should be added in very small quantities to start. Most
    horses will reject the taste at first but will become attached
    to it in time. Ours did! Mine did not like the taste of 
    source at first. He would take a mouth full and start spitting 
    it out. He finally found it to be tasty. Like any change in diet, slow...
    
    I started mine out with just a few drops. See how he/she reacts.
    Each day add a bit more and soon over a week or two you should be
    able to feed the full dose of a half cup or so per feeding. Some
    horses need more, some less. You will see many things from this.
    1) Very shiny coats (always a plus).
    2) Increased level of energy (without the added weight).
    3) Very few bugs (thay will find a better tasting meal elsewhere).   
    4) Good dust control if don't feed sweet feed (good for heves).
    
    Again, the key is start slowly, and build up to what he or she needs.
    
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| 953.10 | Eating Chemicals? | DELNI::CSILVA | I finally got a PONY of my OWNY | Tue Jun 06 1989 09:04 | 6 | 
|  |     What does ACV stand for?  Dosen't anyone worry about the possible
    side effects of feed-thru chemicals?  Just dosen't sound safe...
    maybe it's the old biology/chemistry major in me...
                          
    Do you know what chemicals are used?
    
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| 953.11 | What feed-thru-chemicals? | MED::D_SMITH |  | Tue Jun 06 1989 09:10 | 9 | 
|  |      
     RE:10
    
     ACV-Apple Cider Vinegar
    
     Feed-thru chemicals? What feed thru chemicals are you talking about???
    
     Dave'
    
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| 953.12 | Sorry about that chief... | DELNI::CSILVA | I finally got a PONY of my OWNY | Tue Jun 06 1989 15:29 | 8 | 
|  |     Ohhhhhh... so that's what ACV stands for.
    
    Sorry, guess I've become "drain bamaged" from to many days at school.
                              
    I thought you may have been referring to those feed-through type
    food supplements that are supposed to make the manure less attractive
    --to flies, that is.  They always worried me because they never
    really list the ingrediants.
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| 953.13 | Apple cider vinegar is used in Poland | WEDOIT::NANCY |  | Mon Jun 12 1989 13:54 | 12 | 
|  |     
    Apple cider vinegar (brown vinegar) has been fed to horses in Poland
    for many years. My husbands' grandmother used to tell him about
    the horses her family raised in Poland and how good this "brown
    apple cider vinegar" was for keeping the digestive tract of the
    horses in good shape. She would talk of how shiny her horses coats
    were and she talked of it as a prevenative medicine against colic 
    especially when there is dust in their hay.
    
    		    Nancy
    
     
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