Name that worm!

[Iron Maiden]

Today I was sweeping the poo out of Mrs P's stable when I came across this charming specimen (it's about 6 inches long)

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o233/rancidprong/worm001.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o233/rancidprong/worm002.jpg

:eek:

She was wormed on Saturday - all the horses in her field are on a worming programme - so I presume that this is what's killed it, but I'm a wee bit alarmed that such a big thing managed to develop inside her despite the regular worming. Is this a sign that perhaps it's not effective for her? I confess to being a complete numpty on the subject of worms, all I know is that it ain't no tapeworm :o Anyone know what it is? Roundworm?

I'm going to get a worm count done, but does anyone else have any thoughts or advice? Thanks!

[Gill]

Its a roundworm, parascaris equorum, usually only found in foals, unwormed youngsters and neglected older animals.
Looks as though your wormer has worked anyway!

[julia gulia]

I think you should name him Wilbur the worm.
Yuch :eek::p

[coyote]

peter,
robert,
trevor,
paul,
boris,
mike????? :D:D:D:D

[mogadoga]

Can no one be mature about this. Its obviously a girl and shes called Ruby Roundworm.





Couldnt resist!

[flintybaby]

We wormed our ponies last week too and we found the exact same worm in one of our girlies poos too!

[Trixie]

flintybaby, either your mistaking one worm for another, or that's a very busy, well travelled worm. It may be a relative which would explain the family resemblance, you know, cousin or auntie :D

[Iron Maiden]

I shall call her Dusty because she went in the bin :rolleyes:

I think YO is going to talk to the vet just in case there are signs of resistance to the wormer we use developing. I'm just hoping this is a 1-off, Mrs P has been out & about quite a bit of late & could have picked something up away from home. I guess it would be scarier of Dusty had her whole extended family with her when she fell out of Mrs P's bottom :eek:

[Lauran]

Maybe it's the day-before-a-bank-holiday fever but I was ROLLING on the floor with laughter reading this thread. I don't normally find worms funny but I was seriously close to tears. Thanks for the giggle guys!

Iron Maiden...all amps should go to eleven and hope no more of Dusty's relatives appear!

[mogadoga]

I shall call her Dusty because she went in the bin :rolleyes:

I think YO is going to talk to the vet just in case there are signs of resistance to the wormer we use developing. I'm just hoping this is a 1-off, Mrs P has been out & about quite a bit of late & could have picked something up away from home. I guess it would be scarier of Dusty had her whole extended family with her when she fell out of Mrs P's bottom :eek:


But you want it out, afterall the wormer has done its job...

[Wally]

We bought a colt from the sales and wormed him, and what fell out of his bottom doesn't bear thinking about.

His poo looked like something from a hammer horror. It was full of worms like that all in excess of 6 inches in length and some as thick as a pencil. I hung them on the fence there were that many of them. Eeeeeuw!

[poohsmate]

We bought a colt from the sales and wormed him, and what fell out of his bottom doesn't bear thinking about.

His poo looked like something from a hammer horror. It was full of worms like that all in excess of 6 inches in length and some as thick as a pencil. I hung them on the fence there were that many of them. Eeeeeuw!


Bl---dy h-ll jo...:eek: does hanging them on the fence, work the same as hanging a dead crow on the fence to keep the others away then???:D:D:D

[Wally]

of course, didn't you know that one! A worm gibbet works wonders! ooh arr, ooh arr!

:D :D :D :D

I hung them on the fence as a macabre art installation, Damien Hurst eat your heart out! What else do you do with worms of that calibre?

[Frances]

Spag bol for supper tonight, anyone?

[The Original Crazywoman]

Don't! I am having spag bol tonight!!

That looks more the size of a snake than a worm! :eek:

[Iron Maiden]

One of the other liveries at the yard wanted to take Dusty home & feed her to her chickens :eek: Quite apart from the fact that she must be one hell of a toxic worm, I'm not sure that a chicken could eat something quite so big?

Wally - your story makes my outrage at Mrs P's single worm seem a bit pathetic :o Why did you hang them on the fence though? Some sort of strange Shetland ritual?? Like the Wicker Worm??? :eek:

[chickyd444]

what kind of worm was it then ? round worm ? :confused:

[Iron Maiden]

Yep it's a roundworm. I hope I never see another one again!

[chickyd444]

i have improved dusty's appearance to make her more appealing - hang on :)

[chickyd444]

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii213/Chickyd444/dusty.jpg

:D

[Iron Maiden]

:D

She doesn't look very healthy, deffo a toxic worm :p

[Cupcake]

Do you swap your wormers around often? I'm amazed it grew that big :eek:

Have we decided on a name for the little wormy?

[Iron Maiden]

Everything gets done by the book - the vet advises on rotating onto different wormers year-on-year & the whole yard worms together at the recommended intervals. The roundworm life cycle is 3 months & Mrs P has been out & about going to different places all winter, so I guess she may have picked something up away from home just after her last wormer. Either that or for some reason the wormer is not effective on her - unlikely but not unheard of from what I can gather. I'll get a worm count done & take it from there :)

ETA: she is Dusty the worm

[Frances]

There's a worm at the bottom of the garden
And his name is Wiggly Woo
There's a worm at the bottom of the garden
And all that he can do
Is wiggle all night
And wiggle all day
Whatever else the people do say
There's a worm at the bottom of the garden
And his name is Wiggly Woo

There's a worm at the bottom of the garden
And his name is Wiggly Woo
There's a worm at the bottom of the garden
And all that he can do
Is wiggle all night
And wiggle all day
Whatever else the people do say
There's a worm at the bottom of the garden
And his name is Wiggly Woo

[Iron Maiden]

:D

Maybe we should delete 'at the bottom of the garden' and replace with 'up the bottom of Mrs P' :cool:

[coyote]

Frances thats great,here you go IM.:D

There's a worm up the bum of MrsP
And his name is Wiggly Woo
There's a worm up the bum of MrsP
And all that he can do
Is wiggle all night
And wiggle all day
Whatever else the people do say
There's a worm up the bum of MrsP
And his name is Wiggly Woo

There's a worm up the bum of MrsP
And his name is Wiggly Woo
There's a worm up the bum of MrsP
And all that he can do
Is wiggle all night
And wiggle all day
Whatever else the people do say
There's a worm up the bum of MrsP
And his name is Wiggly Woo

[Iron Maiden]

:p

True fame at last for Mrs P! Or for her bottom at least...:o

[Tango<3]

Oh This one did make me Chuckle. (:

[gordysgirl]

ROFL!! Much amusement...I'm sure Mrs P is feeling much better now Dusty the worm has left the building!

[Iron Maiden]

I feel the need to post a pic of Mrs P's bottom, now it is so notorious

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o233/rancidprong/p-2.jpg

Not a worm in sight ;) Hope it stays that way :rolleyes:

[blues mum]

well at least dusty had the priviledge to fall out of such a very shapely bottom.:D

[*-crazy-chaz-*]

I shall call her Dusty because she went in the bin

So its called dusty now is it?? :p lol


Oh, you didnt have her stuffed then? :(:D:D LOL

[Yann]

Well whatever its name was it looks like it was the last of the mohicans, we've just had a worm count done on a few horses at the yard and they all came back clear (>50) ;)

[tazzybear]

that is soooo funny even had my hubby chuckling!