wormers???

[jaydevon]

which wormer would you all suggest for this time of year, have just move my 2 boys in with a small heard that isnt the best managed land, my chesnut has had bot eggs on leggs the grey none?

[nutkin]

I would worm for tapeworm at this time of year and then worm for bots in December/January time as worming for them now may not prove to be effective as the flies are still prevalent and still laying the bot eggs.By waiting til December/January you will kill all the eggs that the horse swallows.

[jaydevon]

they havnt been on a worming program.. chesnut is new, land they are kept on i know a few years ago had redworms present , land owner at time didnt worm her horses and it was a full on livery yard, she now uses equimax, but having a look into it im thinking equest is a better option

[nutkin]

In that case I would do an equest Pramox.That will be effective to get rid of the small redworm,tapeworm and bots.

[jaydevon]

In that case I would do an equest Pramox.That will be effective to get rid of the small redworm,tapeworm and bots.

yep thanks have just got hubby to check to c if my local store stock it!

[artemis]

Ditto,, but try the internet - much cheaper!

[martini55]

http://www.wormers-direct.co.uk/ is great for buying wormers :)

[jaydevon]

my local store cahrges 19 quid for it... internet cheapest is 15... will get form store as am going to buy clippers tomorrow and food anyway... want to worm at the weekend when i can keep an eye on them both as one of them was ill to the point of collapse 1 1/2 weeks ago!

[Gill]

If your horse is unwell I would be careful worming and not recommend E Pramox. Normally I think you should worm count first as if the horse has a heavy burden you need to worm with care, but of course the post strike makes that difficult this week. (expletives deleted!)
My choice would probably be a combi like Eqvalan duo or Equimax, then use Equest next time(in about 10 weeks time) to treat encysted redworm.

[jaydevon]

am debating worming him a tall at the moment, tonight he was looking a tiny bit tucked up for my liking watched him very carefully for a while and he totally normal, but then had a friend put her hands over him (shes a healer) without saying anything and it was near dark and she picked up a bit of heat each side of flanks.... also noticed hes been dropping he willy out a lot recentley, am going to put him in tomorrow and monitor pee poor ect