This is so obvious its a DUH moment... but now that Teev is gone and
I see just a normal amount of gnats swarming Trausti it is oh so
clear... once a horse rubs an open sore, it attracts gnats, which
causes them to rub more open sores, which attracts more gnats. I see
now if I had an area with absolutely nothing to rub on I might coulda
had a better chance with Teev... and karen and I were talking on the
phone about this... so many say to stall a horse at the worst gnat
hours, but if you stall a horse, he has plenty to rub on! So once
they are in rub mode, thats like throwing brer rabbit in the briar
patch... But i see now Teev was attracting double gnats, which made
his problem so much worse... and some smelly good lotions for skin
sores attract gnats even tho they soothe the skin, so doesnt really do
much good. i got a sulphur salt block yesterday, suposed to repel
gnats, we'll see if they like it.
Janice
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even good horses have bad days sometimes.
