De worming do's and Donts?

[karenkarenn]

Hello
I am concerned for my 4 month old filly. She has a shaggy coat, thick. Has gotten rid of the baby coat. and her belly is bloated. I started her Ivermectine/ Strongid routine
June 29th Ivermectin
July 29th Strongid
and Sept 9th Ivermetin
But she is still bloating.
It is cold at nights, in the 30's here, What should I do?
Karen

[madelyn]

Your next move might be Quest Plus. Sounds like the parasites are getting the bigger foothold there.

[griff]

Be carfeful with the Ivermectin as she will colic if you kill too may worms all at once.

My vet recommended we give ours 1/2 tube of safe guard every day for about a week before we hit them with Ivermectin..

griff

[Tiz]

Panacur PowerPac, per vet's instructions for exact dosage.

[karenkarenn]

Should I give her these products now or wait?
And which should I give first??
Quest, Safe Gaurd or Panacur POwer?

[LKR]

I would wait. That is plenty of wormer in her system. Is she weaned or still on mom? I would look into giving her a little vitamin/mineral boost. Is she on any vitamins/minerals now?? You might put her on some probiotics too.

[Lisann]

Be very careful not to give too much Quest. It's far more sensitive to overdosing than other wormers.

[griff]

I think Safe Guard and panacur are the same thing, and both actually help with ulcers in foals.. We give a couple of tubes of safe guard over a week and then, if fecal samples don't show too many eggs we give them a dose of Ivermectiun to get what the safe guard misses; i.e., it's not as effective as Ivermectium but hopefully to get rid of enough of the worms so the foal soes not colic.

I'd never give Quest to a weanling or a preghnant mare.

griff

[karenkarenn]

OKay she is off mom since the 10th. She seperated herself more than 3 months after birth. We have sections of half acre for the horses to roam. She was ready- no hollering or screaming.
Shes on Alfalfa because of the cold right now. It has about 20 % grass. I am going to take a photo now of her, so that all of you can tell me what you think. Let see I will also get a list of the vitamins that she eats- but the problem is that she is SOO finicky. She wont certain grain, she likes our older horse's Senior,wont eat fruit ( apples) or carrots. The other s are doing well, no worms and no ribs... lets see here what can I provide?
Im nervous about overdosing and my vet hasnt called in two days.
Karen

[karenkarenn]

She right now is on a free choice called NATURES ESSENTIALS by Purina. She wont eat the grain though.




What do you think?
Karen

[LKR]

She really doesn't look that bad. She has what I would call a "hay" belly on her. You can give Probios which is a paste for of probiotic. If you fed grain first, not give her hay for an hour or so, maybe she would be hungry enough to eat the grain. I have an orphan who at six weeks was eating grain with mom. Mom died and she wouldn't eat grain at all for a week or two, then she finally started eating it after I held back the hay for a little bit in the morning.

[Tiz]

Her hair has some shine, so she doesn't look as bad as I expected from your description.
She would have free choice alfalfa, and a grain formulated for weanlings if she was mine.

[karenkarenn]

Dont think that shes wormy?

[karenkarenn]

Sorry TIz,
The three that are in the pasture now have a half ton bale of alafalfa to eat whenever as far as grain-- how do I get her to eat it and which grain?
Kinda hard when she wont eat it.

[Tucumcari]

She kinda looks like a baby should. Thjey do go through awkward stages. I dunno if I'd worm again just yet. you might do a fecal if you are really concerned.