Description
Natural Support for Horses During Fly Season
Warm weather brings longer days, greener pastures—and unfortunately, flies, mosquitoes, gnats, and other biting insects. Besides being irritating, these pests can cause horses to stomp, swish their tails, shake their heads, lose focus during training, and spend less time grazing comfortably. For some horses, repeated insect bites can contribute to skin irritation or seasonal itchiness, making effective fly management an important part of everyday horse care.
Bug Banish is an excellent choice for:
- Horses on pasture
- Horses living in high fly-pressure areas
- Performance horses distracted by insects
- Trail horses
- Senior horses
- Horses with seasonal insect sensitivity
- Boarding barns
- Multi-horse operations
Natural Ingredients That Help Support Fly Control
While topical fly sprays, masks, and sheets are valuable tools, many horse owners also look for ways to support their horses from the inside out. Bug Banish was created as a natural feed-through supplement featuring garlic, dried apple cider vinegar, yeast, and premium milled flaxseed. Rather than acting as an insecticide, the goal is to make horses less attractive to biting insects over time as these ingredients become part of the horse’s normal diet.
Garlic has long been used by horse owners as part of seasonal fly management. Dried apple cider vinegar is another traditional ingredient commonly included in equine feeding programs during warmer months. Together, these ingredients provide a natural option for horse owners who prefer to complement topical protection with nutritional support.
Made fresh with premium ingredients and no fillers, Bug Banish reflects the Equine Challenge philosophy of using purposeful ingredients without adding unnecessary extras. It’s a simple way to support your horse throughout fly season while fitting seamlessly into a balanced nutrition program.
Seasonal Support During Fly Season
Bug Banish is designed as a seasonal support product rather than a vitamin and mineral supplement, it contains no unnecessary nutrient overlap. This makes it easy to feed alongside your horse’s regular forage-specific vitamin and mineral program from Equine Challenge without duplicating nutrients.
For the best results, Bug Banish should be fed consistently before insect populations reach their peak. Daily feeding allows time for the garlic and apple cider vinegar to become part of the horse’s regular nutritional program. Many horse owners begin feeding several weeks before spring and continue throughout the summer months. Some states such as Florida, Arizona and California require Bug Banish be fed year round.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. Bug Banish is not an insecticide. It is a natural feed-through supplement formulated to help make horses less appealing to flies, mosquitoes, gnats, ticks, chiggers, and other biting insects over time.
Because it is a feed-through supplement, Bug Banish should be fed consistently for several weeks before peak fly season to allow the ingredients to become part of your horse’s normal nutritional program.
Bug Banish is best used as part of a complete fly-management program. Combining nutritional support with fly sprays, masks, clean stalls, manure management, and other practices typically provides the best results.
Bug Banish contains garlic, dried apple cider vinegar, yeast, and premium milled flaxseed in a simple formula with no unnecessary fillers.
Yes. Because Bug Banish is not formulated as a complete vitamin and mineral supplement, it can be fed alongside your horse’s existing Equine Challenge forage-specific nutrition program without unnecessarily duplicating vitamins and minerals.
Pair Bug Banish With Good Fly Management
No single product can completely eliminate flies, and the most successful approach combines multiple management practices. Regular manure removal, reducing standing water, maintaining clean feeding areas, using fly predators where appropriate, installing fans in barns, and using fly sheets or masks can all help reduce insect pressure. Feed-through nutritional support works best as one component of an overall integrated fly-management plan. Integrated pest management is widely recommended as the most effective long-term strategy for reducing fly populations around horses.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry location away from direct sunlight. Keep tightly sealed.
