worming question

[Harriet]

Excuse the stupidity of this question but... I am about to get my 1st horse on Friday (YIPPEE) and he has to be kept in to be wormed, does this mean I cant take him out for a hack? I thought it just meant he had to stay in from the field but I wanted to check, also whats the technique for worming its apparantely by mouth/tube, (YIKES) rather than in feed form.
thanks
Harriet

 

[clairev]

Hi Harriet

It is best to keep your horse in a confined area after worming so that you can easily collect the droppings - removing the droppings means that you do not reinfest the pasture. There is no reason at all not to ride that I am aware of.

It is quite simple to use the syringe wormers - instructions are with the pack - you insert the syringe into the side of the mouth (where the bit goes) and squirt the paste/gel onto the back of the tongue.

Good luck on Friday! Anymore more questions just ask away - someone else might also think they are too silly to ask but are dying to know the answer - if you don't ask you don't find out!

All the best and congratulations on your first horse!

 

[Harriet]

for ClaireV

Thankyou for that, and thanks for the congrats.... I'm absolutely beside myself with excitement and I'm neither 'use nor ornament' at work. I will certainly be asking more questions....

Regards
Harriet

 

[Sarah]

hello!

I hope everything goes well for you on Friday. Just a quick word of advice about wormers, if it is Equest wormer, it is VERY hard to get to start coming out the syringe thingy. I always squeeze a little bit out before selecting the dose and giving it to my horse.

Be prepared for a bit of an exciting hack on friday, your horse is moving to a new house with a new Mum so may be quite a bit on edge and a bit of a fool out of a hack on his first day. It may be worth waiting a coupl eof days before riding him out and riding him in the school (if you have one) before then.

Good luck, do let us know how you get on.

bye!

 

[Sonia]

Hi
All being well I should get delivery of my first horse tomorrow (I too am very excited) so I think we'll be asking the same type of questions!! I've already got a double does of Strongid-P at the ready !!

Sonia

 

[Gill]

checking for worms

Hello Harriet, congratulations on getting a horse, you have lots of fun ahead. Sounds as though you are going to a well run yard as they are insisting on a worm count before your horse is turned out. We do lots of counts for people in your position, usually with someone desperately waiting on the end of a phone for their result! Some of our local yards drop them in personally and we usually get them done within a couple of hours.
Just a point - even if you intend worming that same day it is well worth taking a sample as soon as you get your horse so that worming does not mask any underlying problem. It's not likely but sometimes a horse has a worm problem from past neglect of this aspect of their care and it's as well to know if that is the case.
Why not have a look at our web site: http://www.westgatelabs.8m.com
for more info?
Good luck with your new horse, and you too Sonia, Gill