Poll
Creepy Crawlies
Do you do anything to keep pregnant mares away from caterpillars on your farm?
Total votes cast: 447
Comments & Write-in Answers
all the caterpillars they want
5/19/2008 7:08:37 AM
I do not have trees with caterpillars anywhere that my horses can get to in the pasture fields.
5/18/2008 4:10:16 PM
Don't have caterpillars to keep her away from in the first place.
5/18/2008 3:44:11 PM
I dont mind I never knew that it was important to notice!
5/18/2008 12:04:56 PM
And you'd better not take any chances!
5/18/2008 1:32:39 AM
the place i board/work is not a breeding facility
5/17/2008 3:59:36 PM
When my mare was in foal, we removed trees the caterpillar nests were attracted to.
5/17/2008 2:47:06 PM
live in SE B.C. and don't seem to have a problem with them
5/17/2008 9:41:07 AM
I live in the desert.
5/17/2008 5:08:12 AM
I'm not having any new foals with the market and prices of fuel, feed, etc.
5/16/2008 5:03:03 PM
We don't have caterpillars here in our part of AZ
5/16/2008 4:36:52 PM
I don't breed my mares!!
5/16/2008 4:30:57 PM
My pregnant mares graze in a field with no trees.
5/16/2008 2:57:37 PM
We dont have many trees
5/16/2008 2:54:26 PM
we don't have any
5/16/2008 1:06:18 PM
don't have mares
5/16/2008 11:34:07 AM
It's just not a problem here, but if it were I would take action.
5/16/2008 10:47:36 AM
eliminate cherry trees and remove nests
5/16/2008 10:43:19 AM
We do not have many trees on our farm, none by pastures
5/16/2008 7:20:35 AM
i burn any and all caterpillar tents and destroy all of the ones we find on trees and ground
5/15/2008 11:30:55 PM
maintain a dry lot, muzzle if in pasture to prevent grazing, feed hay from reputable dealers
5/15/2008 11:06:21 PM
i'm not a breeder and have no mares
5/15/2008 9:38:44 PM
Don't have them here
5/15/2008 8:18:30 PM
We don't have caterpillars in Southern California
5/15/2008 8:04:26 PM
I d/n breed.
5/15/2008 5:22:35 PM
No caterpillars in our area (desert)
5/15/2008 4:39:36 PM
tent catapillers not in CA
5/15/2008 4:08:49 PM
cut any cherry trees down around pastures
5/15/2008 3:53:31 PM
Never heard of them, I don't breed my mares. It's my part in the prevention of unwanted horses.!
5/15/2008 3:43:06 PM
Everyone on the farm is charged with finding tent caterpillars early. When found, we deal with them.
5/15/2008 3:29:16 PM
These don't reside in Alaska
5/15/2008 12:37:17 PM
we don't have caterpillars in their pastures
5/15/2008 10:46:33 AM
I don't have problems with caterpillars.
5/15/2008 10:25:52 AM
I don't breed my mare
5/15/2008 8:56:02 AM
No mares on our property
5/14/2008 11:19:08 PM
dont have mares. never will
5/14/2008 10:16:51 PM
no bred mares
5/14/2008 8:20:34 PM
don't have any pregnant mares
5/14/2008 5:45:43 PM
my chickens won't even eat them. they don't even try to peck at them
5/14/2008 4:58:56 PM
no caterpillars in this drought stricken west
5/14/2008 4:45:45 PM
We do not breed -- there are enough horses already.
5/14/2008 4:21:21 PM
I understand they are problematic but not frequently seen in my area.
5/14/2008 3:01:22 PM
do not have pregnant mares
5/14/2008 2:16:15 PM
We have no caterpillar problems where I live in CA.
5/14/2008 1:55:21 PM
No pregnant mares on my farm!
5/14/2008 1:48:53 PM
No pregnant mares and live on West Coast
5/14/2008 1:44:50 PM
although I don't have any mares on my property I do have these pests removed
5/14/2008 1:04:52 PM
Have no problems with caterpillars
5/14/2008 12:53:33 PM
We have removed all cherry trees from access.
5/14/2008 11:54:55 AM
no mares in foal
5/14/2008 11:24:46 AM
I do thinks to keep the caterpillars from the mares
5/14/2008 11:14:52 AM
I will not breed any horses
5/14/2008 10:56:00 AM
Not a breeding facility, no preganant mares on farm
5/14/2008 10:21:44 AM
Don't have any pregnant mares.
5/14/2008 10:19:17 AM
We don't have a caterpillar problem at my farm.
5/14/2008 9:46:34 AM
Don't have breeding mares.
5/14/2008 9:35:37 AM
i have never had a pregnant mare
5/14/2008 9:03:55 AM
we dont have caterpillars here thank goodness
5/14/2008 8:08:01 AM
Never had problems with caterpillars and mares before and have raised foals for 27 years
5/14/2008 7:25:23 AM
I've removed trees from my pastures that attract them and cut out the tents at first notice.
5/14/2008 7:20:09 AM
2006 lost a foal due to MRLS in Virginia. Didn't think it could happen to me since I knew about this
5/14/2008 5:49:17 AM
I spray with a bacteria that consumes the catepillars but is harmless to animals and birds.
5/14/2008 1:57:56 AM
None in our area. Have never seen them
5/14/2008 1:48:53 AM
i like horses
5/14/2008 1:21:18 AM
I haven't seen a caterpillar since we moved to the desert outside Phoenix, AZ!
5/14/2008 12:38:15 AM
burn the nests cut down cherry trees
5/14/2008 12:23:14 AM
Dont have any mares on farm but do have caterpillers so we spray with herbal insect killer
5/14/2008 12:08:47 AM
caterpillars aren't a problem in my area
5/13/2008 11:36:38 PM
I've never heard of this condition until now, will look into it as I would like to breed my pony.
5/13/2008 11:07:53 PM
don't have pregnant mares
5/13/2008 11:06:11 PM
Never knew there was a problem!!
5/13/2008 10:44:38 PM
We don't have either...caterpillars or pregnant mares
5/13/2008 10:35:50 PM
I just found some today in an apple tree. I manually pull them off and put them in soapy water.
5/13/2008 10:27:27 PM
We do not have any mares on our farm
5/13/2008 10:15:49 PM
Dont have any pregnant mares on the farm
5/13/2008 9:54:07 PM
Don't have any pregnant ones, but when I did have one, no I didn't
5/13/2008 9:53:46 PM
Carefully burning the nests helps to cut down on numbers
5/13/2008 9:25:06 PM
squish the catapillers
5/13/2008 9:19:39 PM
not to do so is utter foolishness!
5/13/2008 9:18:37 PM
This wasn't known when I had pregnant mares, but I would take steps now.
5/13/2008 9:06:43 PM
remove host trees from within 50 feet of fences
5/13/2008 8:57:08 PM
I have bred some very rare foals and I need to keep my mares and other stock safe from vermin.
5/13/2008 8:30:37 PM
No pregnant mares
5/13/2008 8:26:54 PM
I don't breed horse- please ADOPT
5/13/2008 8:22:45 PM
We do not have thowe kind of caterpillars in our area
5/13/2008 7:52:49 PM
don't have pregnant mares...or caterpillars
5/13/2008 7:51:52 PM
we don't breed
5/13/2008 7:42:10 PM
I am in the pacific northwest, do we have them here?
5/13/2008 7:36:33 PM
We do not have a catapillar problem
5/13/2008 7:14:13 PM
I burn every nest I find, Always have.
5/13/2008 6:47:01 PM
Live in Southern CA. Don't have them
5/13/2008 6:42:36 PM
No caterpillars on my property.
5/13/2008 6:36:44 PM
"No breeding" where i keep my mare but, i would quickly remove her from the danger, burn the nests!
5/13/2008 6:25:54 PM
Thanks for alerting northern Vermont
5/13/2008 6:19:33 PM
no pregnant mares in herd
5/13/2008 6:10:32 PM
caterpillars - give me a break - do we look stupid - it's a coverup by the mfg. of west nile vaccine
5/13/2008 5:52:32 PM
Not a ptoblem in our region
5/13/2008 5:50:28 PM
Don't have mares, don't have caterpillars (desert).
5/13/2008 5:40:35 PM
we don't have that big a problem with them
5/13/2008 5:24:22 PM
kill ALL catepillars!
5/13/2008 4:58:42 PM
no tent caterpillars in Utah
5/13/2008 4:45:08 PM
DO NOT HAVE A BREEDING PROGRAM
5/13/2008 4:42:48 PM
We live in Az. and don't have many caterpillars.
5/13/2008 4:07:27 PM
Not a problem in northern Canada
5/13/2008 4:06:42 PM
I don't breed my horses.
5/13/2008 4:01:30 PM
We don't have them in our area
5/13/2008 3:45:09 PM
I don't breed or have caterpillars so the topic is moot regarding such.
5/13/2008 3:39:34 PM
don't have any mares
5/13/2008 3:16:04 PM
cut the nests out and burn them.
5/13/2008 3:08:06 PM
Have a gelding and AZ does not have that many caterpillars, or lat least where I board
5/13/2008 2:49:53 PM
I inspect all trees and bushes on my place and destroy the caterpillars.
5/13/2008 2:49:52 PM
I have no preganant mares
5/13/2008 2:39:12 PM
no pregnant mares
5/13/2008 2:38:46 PM
Only have geldings
5/13/2008 2:23:07 PM
Destroy any web nests seen usually on tree branches
5/13/2008 2:18:56 PM
i fed fastrack to all of my horses during the mrls outbreaks and suffered one early fetal loss.
5/13/2008 2:17:37 PM
I removed/relocated all cherry trees; I prune overhanging limbs regularly & remove caterpillar nests
5/13/2008 2:16:41 PM
I don't breed my horse
5/13/2008 9:52:57 AM
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