worming help?

[missymoo24]

Hello need advice on worming as I get my new horse on saturday and I'm a bit unsure of how to go about his worming routine his wormed on a regular basis but when he comes to us he will be turned out with 2 other mares who are'nt mine and they are due to be wormed they are currently in another field and when my new horse comes they will be moved into a new field should he be kept in for the reccomended 48 hours?and if I cant get the other oweners to worm their horses is their a routine I can follow that will still protect my chap?

[skewbald-mad]

have you thought of worm counts? not to do any advertising here but i used westgate labs (gill from here) and got one done. Before i got kaiser home i was going to stick to the equest/pramox year planner but then once i got him home i realised it would be like filling my baby with drugs even if they didnt need them.

i got a worm count done and he was clear, no eggs seen, so i would have wasted money and risk my foals health just to give him a wormer he didnt need.

the 2 kaiser is in with are due to be wormed again in spring, however i will be doing another worm count and if it is clear i will only be worming for tapeworm as , from what i believe that is the only one they cannot see in a count!

[kerrymaid]

I agree, I have a worm count kit which if you google you can easily buy, ylou just send a sample of pooh off and they send back the results.

I worm once a year as suggested in the kit, but all other times I use the worm count, it will recommend then if you need to worm or not.

I also didnt want to fill my horse with unnecessary drugs, id worm when you get your horse, but after that I would use the worm count kit. Good luck x

[missymoo24]

The worm count kit sounds good in theory but would this work if the owener of the other 2 mares didnt worm her's as she is a little lax,and I have tryed to talk to her about it but their is only so much u can say with out over stepping the mark if you know what I mean.;)

[skewbald-mad]

i can see that may be a problem, i havent told y/o about my plans yet, im hoping if he see's kaiser is worm free he would have the sense not to tell me to worm him anyway, but we shall see

[missymoo24]

Its weird I never had to worry about worming b4 because my mom sorted it all out and now im just getting back into it I feel lost:confused:,I've emailed some companys about the programes they offer and ill wait and see what they say thanks for your help guys:D:D

[Gill]

A good choice for a new horse is Equest Pramox which will cover encysted redworms and tapeworms. However, a worm count first is still very useful as if your horse has a heavy burden by any chance, then you might like to treat it in a different way so as to not cause problems.
The other owners really should get on board so you can all worm (or count) together. Worms are too important to mess about with.

[Jobi-Wan Kenobi]

I'd look at giving a double dose of strongid-p (or pramox as above) to any newcomers and then worm counting.

Can you not offer to collect the poo samples off the other mares and do all the donkey work for the other owner if she gives you the money. Tell her it will work out cheaper in the long run, that normally works :D