Help! Goats under attack!

[AmyB]

Hi, all;

I'm from Mississippi and I thought I understood mosquitoes, but here in California my goats are being assaulted by mosquitoes every evening. I probably swatted 20 or more tonight and I didn't come close to getting them. Do mosquitoes carry any diseases to goats like they do to us and to dogs? Is there something I can do to help lessen the attacks?

Thanks!

[Nanno]

Have you tried mosquito repellant? Anything safe for humans or horses should probably be safe for goats. I don't know if goats are susceptible to things like West Nile, but even if they aren't at risk of disease you certainly don't want them being eaten alive.

[Dave-Trinity-Farms]

lots of products to help repel them.

[Huckleberry]

We live less than a mile from a large shallow lake and have a million of these pesky things. We spray the goats down with a Manna Pro Fly and Mosquito Spray. It's work good and is cheap at Wal-Mart.

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Also, we shampoo our goats with Mane and Tail in the summer because some shampoo has stuff that keep the critters off for several weeks. Plus, they love a good rub-down-shampoo....tails a swish'n