I never would have believed this would work well, if I hadn't tried it recently myself. Ron's gelding got loose and in with my stallion and got the crap beat out of him. He had over a dozen cuts and scrapes from teeth and horseshoes, and one really deep bite wound to his rear flank area. The bite wound probably could have been stitched up, it was so bad. But the muscle tissue was gone, like a chunk of meat missing, so it needed to heal from the inside out. Because my vet is "user-friendly", I called him and described the injuries and told him what products I had on hand to treat it with. He told me to just hose off the horse to wash away the blood and "just get some transmission fluid (the red kind) and squirt it on the wounds every day or so". OMG! He swears by this, and said not only would it help heal up the scrapes, cuts and one deep bite wound to a muscle, but it also helps keep the flies from the horse. So I gave it a try, and it WORKS! The horse didn't seem to mind the transmission fluid in open wounds (I thought it surely would sting) and flies avoided the wounds as long as the fluid was on them. The scrapes and cuts all scabbed over quickly, and that one deep bite wound (about 4" in diamater and a 2" deep) has healed up from the inside-out in 3 weeks! To make the application less messy, I poured the transmission fluid into a squirt bottle, and just squirted each wound every day or so at feeding time. There was NO infection, and the deepest wound healed from the inside out, instead of just scabbing over and abscessing. I was concerned that flies would get in that deep wound and lay eggs, but that didn't happen either. Don't ask me why it works, or how the chemicals in it don't cause damage or how it fights infection or repels flies from bothering open wounds, because I haven't got an answer. But I can't dispute the results I got, and I sure can't beat the simple remedy or the price. Jacquie

This isn't necessarily a remedy, but for years I have used solid Crisco (shortening) rubbed in my horses ears to take care of the flies that bite inside their ears. It is non toxic and softens up the ears as well. Also I use baby oil to get the tangles out of the manes and tails of my horses. These are simple things, but there might be someone out there that doesn't know. Also, if your horse reacts to spraying them with a spray bottle use a weed sprayer to apply organic fly spray. It doesn't make the same noise the spray bottles do so your horse doesn't react from the sound. I've had horses for over 20 years and never thought of getting a 1 gal sprayer to use just for the fly spray until this year....lol So, call me slow!

WE HAVE MORE REMEDIES I KNOW , MOST OF THEM WORK TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't consider this necessarily "old fashioned", but it has been around for as long as I have been riding which is longer than I am willing to admit. If you have a horse with a sensitive stomach or you know there is a change of feed coming you can add Epazote leaves and Fennel powder to their base feed. The leaves can be dry or fresh. You can grow them yourself or buy through a herb or spice store. Epazote is what is used in cooking Mexican food to help reduce gas production, Fennel powder acts as a lubricant to the digestive track as well as an anti-spasmotic. It is easy, inexpensive and the horses will clean it right up. Epazote loves hot weather and a $2.99 plant will grow into a bush within a year. If you feed fresh I find the horses do better if I cut it up, because the stalks can be a bit thick. Hope this helps a horse or two.

Ntcowgirl......the missing ingredient in your remedy is gunpowder....now I don`t thnk the layperson should be messing around with gunpowder....but it works and it is used in several other remedies.

here's the scoop: doc roe, from up in jeffersonville was the one who told me about it. he said to take a fifth, or quart of whiskey, (i guess depending on how big the horse is), and just pour a bunch of black pepper in it, and then pour as much of it as you can down the horses throat. after that, just walk the horse around for about a half hour and by then the horse should be passing gas and or having a bowel movement. there was one more ingredient he said to put in it, but it was so long ago that i can't remember what it was. we've used it twice, and it worked both times. if it is a horse that has colicked before and done it again, they probably have chronic colicker on their hands and would do themselves well to get rid of it as soon as possible. i won't promise you it will work, or work every time, but like i said, we've used it twice and both times it worked. doc roe didn't say how much pepper to use...he just said to pour a bunch of it in there. i have no idea what the pepper does, but obviously the whiskey makes them drunk, or at least somewhat tipsy, thus relaxing their gut allowing everything to work somewhat as it's supposed to. doc roe passed away a long time ago, so we can't find out the rest of it. i hope this helps you or who ever it is that has the problem. later dude

I was told by a good friend that the best, sure-fired remedy for colic is whiskey and black pepper mixed. Might be hard to get down so a tube could be handy for that. I don't know the mixture or amount but could find out if anyone is interested.

PLEASE SEND ALL YOUR OLD FASHION REMEDIES !!!!!!! hope we get some good ones !!!!! everyone has great ideas please send as many as possible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!