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IM Wormer for Horses?

Faster horses said:
Flossie, you are right on--Power Pack is twice as much for 5 days. It's quite a lot to give at one time, so you
might want to give it morning and night. Make sure they get it all...doesn't matter what you use, if you don't get it in 'em, they don't get wormed.
You might want to give them part, make sure they got it down and give them the rest and not give it all at once.

Ivomec wormers do NOT get the worms that fenebenzole does.
The only thing fenebenzole (Safe-guard or Panacur) does not get
is bots. So you need to use an Ivomectrin product for bots.
In our area we give Ivomec after a freeze.

It's best to rotate wormers, but be sure you have fenebenzole as part of that rotation. Our friend in Texas has to worm his horses every 6 weeks, so he rotates a lot, but his best wormer is fenebenzole. And with the Power Pack you will really clean up the worms in your horses.

Good luck. Let us know how it goes. Hope this helps!
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Thank you so much! I just wanted to make sure before giving that much of the liquid. I have used the cattle paste before and I always did it once a day. I was going to give some probios at night but I can divide the Safeguard into 2 treatments a day. Thanks again!
 
:agree: It's about the safest one on the market. As for Ivomec, it doesn't really matter how you get it into them, whether injected or oral, it will work the same.

I have a friend who lost a horse from a Quest worming. She had always been wormed regularly all her life, but she was one of those horses who was always picking away at the ground around the feeders, and probably carried a much higher than normal parasite load. The horse pretty much scoured to death, and they couldn't stop it. It was a big Belgian too, and within days she had lost hundreds of pounds. :( It was not pretty. And my friend was devastated.
 
I did get 6 horses PP'd with the liguid SafeGuard labeled for cattle.
Think this is the way I will PP from now on. It worked out to be cheaper than using the cattle paste and dosing gun.

I think I will use the liquid for my weanlings this time as well.
 
Just remember flossie, the only worms you are not getting killed
are bots. So once a year, usually after a frost (in the north, anyway), you need to use
something that kills bots. When you kill bots, it doesn't seem like
you have as bad a problem the next year. I just hate seeing those
yellow bot eggs all over the horses legs in the fall.

I'm happy the liquid worked out well for you. You will like the results.
 
Hi...
My very first post.

I've had horses all my life, a long one, and, Bots used to be a real pain in the rats patootie. Now, with Ivermectin, I have not seen a Bot in years. My horses are Bot egg free, until someone brings a wormy horse onto my property. It is very nice!

Do remember that as long as your horse has eggs on it's legs, you can still get bots, even if there has been a frost. Old timers used to wipe the eggs down with kerosene to kill them. I'd think really hot water would do the same as long as it is applied for several minutes.

I've been searching for a place to get cattle Safeguard at a good price in the 1 liter bottle. Anyone have a good suggestion? I need to PP my critters, especially my 22+ boy.

I also worm my dogs with the cattle/goat Safeguard. Great stuff!

Thanks...
 
On a day below 60 degrees wash the bot eggs with warm water with apple cider vinegar mixed in. I have heard this hatches the eggs prematurely eliminating the bots. That and worming should go a long way to ridding your premise of bots.
 
Bonnie said:
Hi...
My very first post.

I've had horses all my life, a long one, and, Bots used to be a real pain in the rats patootie. Now, with Ivermectin, I have not seen a Bot in years. My horses are Bot egg free, until someone brings a wormy horse onto my property. It is very nice!

Do remember that as long as your horse has eggs on it's legs, you can still get bots, even if there has been a frost. Old timers used to wipe the eggs down with kerosene to kill them. I'd think really hot water would do the same as long as it is applied for several minutes.

I've been searching for a place to get cattle Safeguard at a good price in the 1 liter bottle. Anyone have a good suggestion? I need to PP my critters, especially my 22+ boy.

I also worm my dogs with the cattle/goat Safeguard. Great stuff!

Thanks...
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I bought the cattle liquid at Jeffers, but have now found that it is cheaper at the Horse Warehouse.

I am going to try the vinegar & water on the bot eggs! I noticed this morning that several of the horses had bot eggs. Thanks for the tip!
 
I just found it at Light Livestock equipment for $109 and free shipping. I think that is as good as I am going to find it.

It is going to take longer to get here... as they are in NY, but, at least it will be on its way. I could pay for faster shipping, I guess... but right now, I'm going to go for the less expensive. It will only be a few more days.

Thanks all,
Bonnie
 

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