Mini Horses
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ME too....and his house and herd. So sad, that water was not good there. Wish we could just know they were safe somewhere.
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ME too....and his house and herd. So sad, that water was not good there. Wish we could just know they were safe somewhere.
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Pretty sure GB is in his early 70s. Wish he'd pop on with an update of status. Hope they're well and find good things when they're able to get home.
Bruce
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Oh my!
I have a tip for you: Castor oil. Dab a little on the wart a couple of times a day and it will slowly go to wart heaven. No pain, no blood, no scar. Worked on a 1/4" high wart on my thumb that Compound W took down to skin level (with pain, blood, damage to surrounding skin where the W got on it). Soon as I stopped C-W, it rose right back up to full height. A month after starting the CO it was totally gone, no evidence it ever existed other than the damage caused by the C-W.
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Thanks Bruce, I had no idea... Gotta get me some castor oil.
So I got the major portion (worst part/longest unmowed) of the back pasture done today. I hope to finish it up tomorrow and go back over what I mowed a week ago as it already needs it again. Need to mow inside the yard fence as well, front and rear. Was a pretty nice day here today. Got a little warm late afternoon but there was a nice breeze all day. The deep grass was still wet, even at the end of the day. Tomorrow is supposed to be right about 80-81 degrees, so again, not too bad. With a breeze it won't be bad at all.
So I have this like 13 pound bag of fire ant poison pellets that I put between my feet on the mower deck while I was mowing. Every time I found a nest, I'd sprinkle some on it. It says to not disturb the nest and to irrigate or water it in after application... Sorry... neither of those is gonna happen. Hope it works with the heavy dew we've been having.
I used to have large warts on my hands when I was a young guy. I used to cut them, rip them out with my fingernails, used CW, like you. Eventually they went away but the CW never really worked for me either. Now they sell this liquid nitrogen in a can and you can freeze/burn them off. I've never tried it, but did have a dermatologist at the VA burn off some skin tags with liquid nitrogen... It really does burn! It didn't cause them to freeze and break/fall off. It basically killed the cells and they blistered then dried up and fell off. Took several weeks.
So I got the major portion (worst part/longest unmowed) of the back pasture done today. I hope to finish it up tomorrow and go back over what I mowed a week ago as it already needs it again. Need to mow inside the yard fence as well, front and rear. Was a pretty nice day here today. Got a little warm late afternoon but there was a nice breeze all day. The deep grass was still wet, even at the end of the day. Tomorrow is supposed to be right about 80-81 degrees, so again, not too bad. With a breeze it won't be bad at all.
So I have this like 13 pound bag of fire ant poison pellets that I put between my feet on the mower deck while I was mowing. Every time I found a nest, I'd sprinkle some on it. It says to not disturb the nest and to irrigate or water it in after application... Sorry... neither of those is gonna happen. Hope it works with the heavy dew we've been having.
I used to have large warts on my hands when I was a young guy. I used to cut them, rip them out with my fingernails, used CW, like you. Eventually they went away but the CW never really worked for me either. Now they sell this liquid nitrogen in a can and you can freeze/burn them off. I've never tried it, but did have a dermatologist at the VA burn off some skin tags with liquid nitrogen... It really does burn! It didn't cause them to freeze and break/fall off. It basically killed the cells and they blistered then dried up and fell off. Took several weeks.
Alaskan
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is castor oil the same as cod liver oil?
I got a couple to go away with cod liver oil... but took a couple weeks.
my mom got rid of one by covering it with duct tape for a full month. It was a nasty one on her thumb.
we sure are a hoot
CntryBoy777
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No @Alaskan they are not the same....Cod Liver oil comes from a fish's Liver and Castor Oil comes from a plant. Castor Oil is also known in the south as "Spring Tonic" and will "Clean ya Out"......
Mike CHS
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That was my Grandma's cure for everything but I don't remember if it worked or not, just that we had to take it.
Bruce
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Presumably duct tape works to remove warts and my doctor actually suggested trying it. But this wart was right in front of knuckle on the palm end of my thumb and there was no way to get the duct tape to stick. Not even with a bandaid to try and hold it on. If one's wart is "bandage coverable" you could put some castor oil on the pad part and have it in contact with the wart for extended periods.
I'm guessing you already knew the answer to that one. One original purpose for castor oil was as a treatment for diarrhea as @CntryBoy777 said. Another was oil in WWI 2 cycle aircraft engines. It is anti inflammatory, antimicrobial, analgesic. Doesn't smell or hurt. I have no idea if it tastes good, bad or not at all because I only used it on my wart.
I had to have the grocery store order it, they said they used to stock it but no more. If more people knew all its "off label" properties, I bet it would be more popular. Though my chickens haven't had a problem, CO is great for scaly leg mite issues as well. The oil smothers them and its properties help the tissue/scales heal. WAY better than slathering petroleum jelly on it. That will smother the mites ... and collect every bit of dirt and small bits of shavings around and do NOTHING to help heal the damage that was done. In fact I suspect that by keeping air away from the skin, it actually makes it harder to heal.
Yeah I have become a Castor Oil "evangelist" and I do not (knowingly) own stock in any company that makes or sells it
I'm guessing you already knew the answer to that one. One original purpose for castor oil was as a treatment for diarrhea as @CntryBoy777 said. Another was oil in WWI 2 cycle aircraft engines. It is anti inflammatory, antimicrobial, analgesic. Doesn't smell or hurt. I have no idea if it tastes good, bad or not at all because I only used it on my wart.
I had to have the grocery store order it, they said they used to stock it but no more. If more people knew all its "off label" properties, I bet it would be more popular. Though my chickens haven't had a problem, CO is great for scaly leg mite issues as well. The oil smothers them and its properties help the tissue/scales heal. WAY better than slathering petroleum jelly on it. That will smother the mites ... and collect every bit of dirt and small bits of shavings around and do NOTHING to help heal the damage that was done. In fact I suspect that by keeping air away from the skin, it actually makes it harder to heal.
Yeah I have become a Castor Oil "evangelist" and I do not (knowingly) own stock in any company that makes or sells it
Alaskan
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funny!
I grew up in Texas, and had to take cod liver oil every winter... was it every night? once a week for a month?
dunno..
I remember the taste
I grew up in Texas, and had to take cod liver oil every winter... was it every night? once a week for a month?
dunno..
I remember the taste
Baymule
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Cod liver oil has high amounts of vitamin D.
Joe, you sure lead a fun life. Goat milk with a foot print in it, fahr aints, poison ivy, warts, incessant mowing, more goats and more mowing. And lets not forget yummy frozen lasagna!
Joe, you sure lead a fun life. Goat milk with a foot print in it, fahr aints, poison ivy, warts, incessant mowing, more goats and more mowing. And lets not forget yummy
frozen lasagna!- Status
