Steps To Prevent Your Horse From Getting West Nile Virus - Magnetic Insect Screen
There are healthier, greener solutions for a bug-free indoors. Here are seven great tips you can use this summer and beyond to keep the mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches, ants, bees, and so on, from invading your home.
Use a bug repellent like Mosquito Halt Repellent Spray for Horses. Just as DEET works for humans, this spray keeps mosquitoes as well as other biting insects off your horse. It can give you another level of security against the West Nile Virus carrying mosquitoes that you will not get without using it. Since mosquitoes are most active at night or at dusk, it is recommended to use this spray at those times.
Horses are highly susceptible to the problems the virus causes. Once a horse is infected, there is no treatment other than support for its symptoms. Sometimes, the horse may die from the virus. However, if it survives, most horses make a full recovery.
The perchers include species like the cardinals, buntings, many native sparrows, English Sparrows, jays, grosbeaks and most blackbirds. These birds are able to perch at hopper style bird feeders or tube bird feeders with perches. In nature these birds feed up off the ground, but perch in an upright manner while they feed.
The West Nile Virus causes encephalitis or inflammation of the brain. A horse that has contracted the virus might show signs of a fever, overall weakness, confusion, stumbling, lack of coordination, irritability, jumpiness, muscle twitching, and occasionally partial paralysis. Some horses show no signs of the virus, which can make detection difficult. In addition, fever by itself is not always a good sign.
The scratchers are birds such as the quail, doves, towhees, juncos, White-crowned Sparrows, thrashers and others who normally feed by scratching in the leaves or on the ground for the seeds they eat. Platform type wild bird feeders are the best for these birds as they accommodate their scratching instinct and present a much more comfortable feeding environment for them.
1) Do not leave food exposed. That means store all food, including pet food, in closed containers. While serving or eating, put a lid on the serving dishes, and afterwards, put leftovers away as soon as you finish eating. Wipe up spills and rinse out the kitchen sink. Wash dishes immediately or put them in the dishwasher and close the door. You will attract fewer pests if you do not tempt them with tasty treats!
4) Keep garbage cans lidded and clean. Whether inside or outside your home, keep that garbage can tightly closed. Also remember to wash them frequently to get rid of odors that attract the pests.
4. A platform type feeder to accommodate the scratchers.
With this information in hand I would recommend the following feeders to accomplish the goal of the attracting the most birds species possible:
Use a bug repellent like Mosquito Halt Repellent Spray for Horses. Just as DEET works for humans, this spray keeps mosquitoes as well as other biting insects off your horse. It can give you another level of security against the West Nile Virus carrying mosquitoes that you will not get without using it. Since mosquitoes are most active at night or at dusk, it is recommended to use this spray at those times.
Horses are highly susceptible to the problems the virus causes. Once a horse is infected, there is no treatment other than support for its symptoms. Sometimes, the horse may die from the virus. However, if it survives, most horses make a full recovery.
The perchers include species like the cardinals, buntings, many native sparrows, English Sparrows, jays, grosbeaks and most blackbirds. These birds are able to perch at hopper style bird feeders or tube bird feeders with perches. In nature these birds feed up off the ground, but perch in an upright manner while they feed.
The West Nile Virus causes encephalitis or inflammation of the brain. A horse that has contracted the virus might show signs of a fever, overall weakness, confusion, stumbling, lack of coordination, irritability, jumpiness, muscle twitching, and occasionally partial paralysis. Some horses show no signs of the virus, which can make detection difficult. In addition, fever by itself is not always a good sign.
The scratchers are birds such as the quail, doves, towhees, juncos, White-crowned Sparrows, thrashers and others who normally feed by scratching in the leaves or on the ground for the seeds they eat. Platform type wild bird feeders are the best for these birds as they accommodate their scratching instinct and present a much more comfortable feeding environment for them.
1) Do not leave food exposed. That means store all food, including pet food, in closed containers. While serving or eating, put a lid on the serving dishes, and afterwards, put leftovers away as soon as you finish eating. Wipe up spills and rinse out the kitchen sink. Wash dishes immediately or put them in the dishwasher and close the door. You will attract fewer pests if you do not tempt them with tasty treats!
4) Keep garbage cans lidded and clean. Whether inside or outside your home, keep that garbage can tightly closed. Also remember to wash them frequently to get rid of odors that attract the pests.
4. A platform type feeder to accommodate the scratchers.
With this information in hand I would recommend the following feeders to accomplish the goal of the attracting the most birds species possible:
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