When do you deworm your horse?

Chester · 10-16-2007, 04:24 AM

This doesn't apply to those who have their horses in barns and don't do the actual day to day care of their horse. It applies to those who do the hands on horrid day to day stuff like deworming their horse.

I have noticed that most of the people who do not keep thier horse in their backyard, and even most of those who do deworm at feed time.

They go out, catch the horse, give it a groom, toss a rug on and fight with the horse to get a wormer tube into it's mouth. Then they give it a nice big bucket of feed before departing. So in my observation people worm at feed time. Effectively, they get the paste into the horses gut then fill it with feed. Result, horse with feed and worming mix being churned around in gut together.

I do it slightly different. I miss the fight part. I put the paste into the horses feed and let them eat it. This goes into the smaller feed of the day.

End result, horse with feed and worming mix being churned around in gut together.

belle4 · 10-16-2007, 04:53 AM

My horses wouldn't touch feed with wormer in it.

Your method would not work for me at all.

Glad you found an easier way.

oldhorsehome · 10-16-2007, 04:59 AM

The ones that will take the tube in their mouth get it that way. The others get it in their feed. No point fighting, IMO.

PeggySue · 10-16-2007, 05:17 AM

SL I deworm in the middle of the day NOT AT FEED TIME

I grew up with the withhold feed stuff so even though now I can feed with the wormers I just don't old habit...

I walk out with lead rope toss it over horses necks and pop them with dewormer

jeda_horse · 10-16-2007, 06:18 AM

Dont have a specific time. Sometimes it is before feeding. Sometimes it is midday.

Just depends when I have a spare few minutes! (My horses are all good to worm, though Pumba gives me the saddest face ever after I do it lol and makes me feel really bad I just squirted yucky tasting stuff i his mouth and mopes around for about 10 mins before he forgets wha happened)

Madick · 10-16-2007, 06:32 AM

I deworm during the evening, beween meals, at a time where the stable is quiet. No fighting, horses are calm and accepts the deworming with minimal fuss.

CRAZYEVENTER28 · 10-16-2007, 07:57 AM

I do board my horse but it is up to us boarders to deworm our own horses. We are given guide lines of what months our horses are do for the deworming. They encourage us boarders to get as involved as we can!!!!
I deworm my gelding with paste the first weekend of the month that it's do and it's usally mid-day. He gets a few carrots afterwards because he's good about taking it, never really fights or spits it out. I hang out with him and then turn him back out.
They don't use in-feed wormers that I know of, I'm sure if we asked them to and provided it they would.

tbtrainer · 10-16-2007, 08:15 AM

I have always been taught that it is best to deworm a horse on a relativly empty stomach... I will deworm mine about 2 hourse before feeding. I'm not sure how that applies to the daily wormers though!

pittmd · 10-16-2007, 10:29 AM

I have done a couple of different things to deworm them. First time I put molasses on the tube and got them to open up long enough to get the paste in. The last time I did it I used IverEase On-Feed Dewormer. They ate it right up!

Dawn · 10-16-2007, 01:38 PM

I can guarentee mine wouldn't eat it on their feed. And you can't let them eat anything for about 30 minutes afterwards either as they'll just take whatever it is and roll it around in their mouth to spit out the dewormer that they're still hiding in there.

Imo, the simplist way is to train your horse to accepted paste drugs and 'just do it'. The ones that follow it up with feed would likely be suprised with how much the horse manages to spit back out.

10-16-2007, 04:24 AM	#1
Chester Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: inland of the coral sea Posts: 10,122 Images: 777	When do you deworm your horse? This doesn't apply to those who have their horses in barns and don't do the actual day to day care of their horse. It applies to those who do the hands on horrid day to day stuff like deworming their horse. I have noticed that most of the people who do not keep thier horse in their backyard, and even most of those who do deworm at feed time. They go out, catch the horse, give it a groom, toss a rug on and fight with the horse to get a wormer tube into it's mouth. Then they give it a nice big bucket of feed before departing. So in my observation people worm at feed time. Effectively, they get the paste into the horses gut then fill it with feed. Result, horse with feed and worming mix being churned around in gut together. I do it slightly different. I miss the fight part. I put the paste into the horses feed and let them eat it. This goes into the smaller feed of the day. End result, horse with feed and worming mix being churned around in gut together. __________________ Aussie Aussie Aussie OI OI OI "We're all members of the outback club, we don't back down and we don't give up" Lee Kernaghan "Good friends are worth more than money any day" Adam Brand Is it full moon time again? Did the cereal truck overturn and fruitloops got spilt?

10-16-2007, 04:53 AM	#2
belle4 Senior Moderator Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 9,392 Images: 445	My horses wouldn't touch feed with wormer in it. Your method would not work for me at all. Glad you found an easier way. __________________ "Never has an adult stood so tall as they were when they bent down to help a child....." (from my friend Sandra)

10-16-2007, 04:59 AM	#3
oldhorsehome Senior Member+ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 1,938 Images: 302 Blog Entries: 7	The ones that will take the tube in their mouth get it that way. The others get it in their feed. No point fighting, IMO. __________________ Bumper sticker of the year: "If you can read this, thank a Teacher and, since it's in English, thank a Soldier!!! "I've been Goosed!" Member COL Club- hand over the Oil of Olay and nobody gets hurt! I've been snowballed!

10-16-2007, 06:18 AM	#5
jeda_horse Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: QLD, Australia Posts: 5,448 Images: 393 Blog Entries: 28	Dont have a specific time. Sometimes it is before feeding. Sometimes it is midday. Just depends when I have a spare few minutes! (My horses are all good to worm, though Pumba gives me the saddest face ever after I do it lol and makes me feel really bad I just squirted yucky tasting stuff i his mouth and mopes around for about 10 mins before he forgets wha happened) __________________ ~ T H O R O U G H B R E D S ~ County Renegade Fyrefly Throw your heart over the fence and you horse will go after it... R.I.P Rusty

10-16-2007, 07:57 AM	#7
CRAZYEVENTER28 Full Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 75	I do board my horse but it is up to us boarders to deworm our own horses. We are given guide lines of what months our horses are do for the deworming. They encourage us boarders to get as involved as we can!!!! I deworm my gelding with paste the first weekend of the month that it's do and it's usally mid-day. He gets a few carrots afterwards because he's good about taking it, never really fights or spits it out. I hang out with him and then turn him back out. They don't use in-feed wormers that I know of, I'm sure if we asked them to and provided it they would. __________________ If god had created anything more beautiful then the horse, he'd kept it to himself!!!!

10-16-2007, 06:32 AM	#6
Madick Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Abq, NM / Sweden Posts: 701 Images: 37	I deworm during the evening, beween meals, at a time where the stable is quiet. No fighting, horses are calm and accepts the deworming with minimal fuss.

10-16-2007, 08:15 AM	#8
tbtrainer Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 6,375 Images: 354	I have always been taught that it is best to deworm a horse on a relativly empty stomach... I will deworm mine about 2 hourse before feeding. I'm not sure how that applies to the daily wormers though! __________________ Guess What??? SPLAT! you have just been snowballed! "I've been Goosed!" *In my experience, the best way to slow down a runaway horse is to bet on it...*

10-16-2007, 10:29 AM	#9
pittmd Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Pine Island, Minnesota Posts: 395 Images: 12	I have done a couple of different things to deworm them. First time I put molasses on the tube and got them to open up long enough to get the paste in. The last time I did it I used IverEase On-Feed Dewormer. They ate it right up!

10-16-2007, 01:38 PM	#10
Dawn Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 31,292 Images: 1386	I can guarentee mine wouldn't eat it on their feed. And you can't let them eat anything for about 30 minutes afterwards either as they'll just take whatever it is and roll it around in their mouth to spit out the dewormer that they're still hiding in there. Imo, the simplist way is to train your horse to accepted paste drugs and 'just do it'. The ones that follow it up with feed would likely be suprised with how much the horse manages to spit back out.

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