How do you get rid of charlie horses? What causes them?
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As others have suggested, this is often caused by low blood potassium levels, and can be 'cured' by increasing your potassium intake. BUT, it could also be a sign of low calcium, and either condition can be an indication of early kidney disease. See your doctor.\n\nAlso, if you are taking certain medications, they could be causing it as well. Prednisone, for example, is a common culprit of depleting calcium and potassium, and diuretics are bad for depleting potassium.
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There are many different reasons for this.  One reason can be from low potassium.  Potassium is important for muscle function and a low level of potassium can cause leg cramps.  Sometimes eating banannas help because banannas are high in potassium.  There are a lot of reasons though for Charlie Horses.  If you have a problem with them, you should see the doctor so he can figure out if there is something wrong.
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Run it empty with one cup vinegar.  That should solve your problem.
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You can get some cottonballs and coat them with peppermint oil (in the cooking section with spices) and put them in places where rodents come in and in the places they would hide. It will run them away without toxins and no stinky dead rats to deal with later!
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vaseline and folic acid. The pharmacy will fix you some for about 5 bucks. they did for me. I was impressed. I"m not sure what the folic acid does exactly, but it worked for me. In fact, it stopped it from getting out of hand. I got rid of the start of one in about 2 days.
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No solution.  They have to heal on their own.  Just keep appying topical ointments to relieve some of the itching. Hillbilly remedies like clear nail polish don't work. Air has nothing to do with it.  They have embedded themselves in the skin.  They will die and fall out after several days.
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The best idea is to find the hole it used to get in, then you can install a one-way trap door (most pest-control places can do this) to get rid of them.  You will have to make sure all possible entrances are taken care of, squirrels are very crafty and persistent.  Seal up all the holes.\n\nIf you can't do this, there is still one alternative.  Most pest-control stores will also sell little poison food pellets.  Make sure you put them in the wall / attic and that no pets have access to those areas.  It is regrettable, but to protect your house and property (and to be able to sleep nights without that scratching) you have to do it.\n\nAs a longer-term alternative.  Owning an outdoor cat seems to drive them away fairly well.\n\nGood luck.
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Possibly dehydration.  Stress can also cause them and it is a pain to get them to go away.
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it stops the horse rearing by applying pressure to the tongue.\nFollow this link:\nhttp://www.uksaddlery.com/item587.htm
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take the ball out of the bottom of the mouse and clean the runners, they get crap stuck round them. just scrape it with your finger nail and blow it out.
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It sounds like spiders. \n\nspray it with water & vinegar to wash it away.
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udder balm helps to get rid of them, you can get it at the pharmacy or at at feed store..coco butter helps too.. or keeping lots of lotion on them helps too.. good luck !!
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Tea Tree oil works great to get rid of them.
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Set some ground pepper around their area and they'll stay in...if you want to kill them I swear by Windex or if you have a baby and worry about fumes try pure vinegar and it'll work, too!
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Here's some software that I use to get rid of stuff like that-\n\nwww.ccleaner.com\n\nIt's freeware and does a pretty good job!\n\nHope this helps
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Call the vet, and wait until the kids are at school.  The vets have a painless, bloodless injection.\n\nAlso, call a disposal service or have a hole dug and waiting.  It would be more traumatic to come home and see the horse dead!