March 12, 2007 @ 10:27 pm
Worming Horses
A regular worming programme for horses is extremely important. There are a wide range of wormers available including paste, powders, pellet, liquids and these are either general multi-wormers or specific wormers. We usually use different wormers every 2-3 months during the year to ensure a good coverage.
If horses are not regularly wormed there can be problems with poor general condition but it can also be fatal. I was quite young when a friend’s horse died and it was found to be a worm-related problem. So I was convinced at an early age that this was very important.
I usually use the syringe paste varieties which are administered through the corner of the horse’s mouth. This looks quite straightforward but if it’s not done correctly you can find yourself covered in a thick white paste. A couple of mine weren’t impressed by the taste and would spit as much of it out as possible given half a chance.
When doing some research on wormers, I was surprised to find an Easy Wormer device to prevent horses spitting out the paste. So I wasn’t the only one to have this problem. Maybe the manufacturers need to come up with a horse-friendly flavour. Horses are great mint lovers (one pony I had would actually chase you across the field if you had polo mints in your pocket) so I think they should start there.
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