Deworming did not go so well tonight...

[elevenelevenxo]

It was time to deworm the Rebel-head....my effort was valiant, albeit in vain....it was my first unassisted, unsupervised deworming. And may I say...it didn't go well. :doh:

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Taken with my cell phone, so not the best quality....but the white glob on his face and on his shoulder would be dewormer.

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Milk mustache? No....pyrantel mustache.

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What I ended up having to do....mixed it with his grain. He's piggy enough that he didn't turn his nose up at it. In fact, it was rather enjoyable. :rolleyes: *Notice my hand....the other was covered, as was a spot on the floor. I'm thinking a second worming is going to be in order due to how much was, erm....lost. LOL.

This horse....I swear. He'll be the end of me. :whack:

[Kaitlyn]

LOLOh Rebel..must you make everything complicated?

[JackieB]

At least he took it in his food. Buster's really difficult to worm and he also will not tolerate anything like that in his food, either.

[valleyrider]

That is how I give the worm med. to my boys. In some grain. It is so much easier than getting it all aver the both of you:p

[natisha]

There is a deworming bridle that works great for hard to do horses-or tall ones

[Mountain Creek]

Some people are amazed how 2-3 of us do 30 horses with minimal problems. Most of the ones that spit it out we can just mix it in with their food and they have no problem eating it.

[FatSpottedAppy]

I guess I should be thankful all of our horses are dreams to deworm. :p

[elevenelevenxo]

I'm going to cross my fingers that he takes it in his grain next time...otherwise, I'm going to get one of those special halters. He absolutely would not let me squirt it in his mouth. I was afraid he'd try to rear...he tried that when my trainer pulled his mane - and since I was the only person at the barn, I didn't want to push my luck. Normally he's fairly laid back, but he does NOT like his wormer apparently...

[mare]

Did you and Rebel look like kids having a food fight? :)

[Piper522]

Hey I give you credit for even attempting it....In the 14 months I have owned Cabo....i have always had other people worm him....maybe I should try to worm him next time myself...I need to learn sometime right? :)

I am glad he took it in his grain! He looks sooo good by the way!

[PoniesRock101]

hope it works well next time! well better! :p Rebel is looking cute though, have to agree!

[Miracle Whip]

The worming bit works for a while and then the bridle is as hard to get on as the wormer is. I don't have cross ties though, I have to chase her around the pen until she stands.

[WashingtonBay]

If you can, still, KEEP the empty worm tube. Wash it out good, and then practice with water. You could try something that tastes good, but I think it's just as good with plain water. Do it twenty times with water in it. Until he's reasonably good about it. Then do it once every time you groom him, with just water.

By the time you get around to the next worming, he'll be good about it. In between wormings, repeat a few times with the water, to keep him good.

I found this out by accident, with our pony. Our pony was always bad about it, and I didn't ever really take the time to get her better about it until recently when she became dehydrated, and I set about trying to get water in her with a syringe. After half a dozen squirts with just the water, she was already 100% better, and we just kept going... It got her over it... someone just needed to take the time :)

[TheBadLands]

I do daily wormer. And then I do the paste every once a month on top of that, but in their food.

Less Work > More Work

Win!

[TheRedHayflinger]

The worming bit works for a while and then the bridle is as hard to get on as the wormer is. I don't have cross ties though, I have to chase her around the pen until she stands.
I have a friend that has been using a deworming bit/bridle thing for over 6 years now on a gelding that is HORRID to deworm....he has no problem taking it when it's time, and no problem with a real bit in his mouth(although he is pretty much retired these days)

i'm glad my ponies don't throw fits...ever so often Gypsy will toss her head for a minute or two and I'll have to put her halter on her....but Sadie always stands there without a halter or rope on her, and opens wide :D

[elevenelevenxo]

...but Sadie always stands there without a halter or rope on her, and opens wide :D

That's because Sadie loves anything food and food-like! ;)

Hehe, sorry....I love your formerly-fluffy-but-currently-not-so-fluffy Hayflinger. :D

[TheRedHayflinger]

if she can swallow it, it is food

[Mandzanita]

I can't blame horses for hating wormer, I sure woulnd't like nasty tasting paste getting squirted down my throat! :) If only they knew it was for their own good.

I'm so lucky Biggs will take wormer with just a little sassing. You should see him when it comes time for vaccines...I'm NOT so lucky there, lol. He has to be completely drunk before we can get a needle into him.

For worming I make sure I give it to him in his stall...it made a huge difference in his attitude about it. He'll still throw his head and try to bully me but within minutes he realizes it will just be easier to take it like a man...because I don't back down and I don't go away, lol.

I wish you luck with further worming! I found that the SafeGaurd has a horse friendly apple cinnamon flavor that my horse actually likes.

[elevenelevenxo]

Thanks Mandzanita! I'll try Safeguard and see what his opinion of it is. :)

[Miracle Whip]

In regards to the bit, if I had a stall or cross ties I could probably get it done with the worming bit too but all I have at home is a training pen and I have to chase her around and try to back her into a corner or twitch her so she stands. I did the gelding in cross ties last weekend, he is a TALL horse but I squeezed his nose and he opened wide. Piece of cake. I don't know what Ginger would do though, she might fight the cross ties, hard to say.

[elevenelevenxo]

I bought some ivermectin (the tack store up the street didn't have Safeguard...!!!) and mixed it with some grain. It went in much easier this time. :)

[miatapony]

try the gel paste next time .. even if it goes all over the place no one will know but you ...lol...

[42many]

If it's the apple flavored stuff, my 6yo gelding actually follows me around to the other horses (if I do him first and he gets a taste) and sniffs their mouths and tries to lick the wormer tube... :rolleyes: