Pour on question

[bird dog]

A question for you folks that use a pour on for fly or lice control. On light weight calves do you use a regular pour on type auto fill gun? My problem is that the regular gun dispenses such a large volume that it is hard to work with just the small amount of fluid that is requrired on a three weight calf. It works good for 20ML on a cow, but needing just 5ML on a calf I really need a smaller nozzle to get it to spread all the way from the face to the tail. Thanks in advance.

 

[faster horses]

Check out the applicator on Cylence. I think it will go down for dosage needed.
Cylence is a great product, btw.

 

[TCRanch]

The applicator gun I use dials down to 10ml. If I need to spray a small calf, I just don't squeeze it all the way.

 

[GoWyo]

I kept an empty Dectomax jug and put my pour on lice dope in it and use the Dectomax gun for metering.

As an aside, the Dectomax gun and tubing make a great siphon to get diesel out of your pickup tank if your tractor inconveniently runs out of diesel.

 

[bird dog]

Well thanks for the responses but my question is not being understood. Let me try again.

What I am having trouble with is the small amount of pour on liquid required will not go far enough using the gun. I can dial it down but too much comes out at once. You can't hardly feather the trigger down to get a small stream.

I used a syringe today to try to make it easier to get a better coverage but that is kind of messy. With lice, I am trying to get some on the forehead and up the back . 6ML just doesn't go very far especially with the calves having a winter coat.

 

[GoWyo]

You could add mineral oil in equal amount to the pour on, shake well and then double the amount you put on the calf.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

I really don't think it needs to spread out. It's not like "if you miss a spot, the lice will live." No, it gets in the animal and makes the animal the killer. - if I understand it correctly.

 

[gcreekrch]

A little extra won't hurt them.