Worming my miniatures shetlands colts?

Question

i have two miniature shetland colts, just over a year, and they're due for worming. What should I worm them on? It confuses me so much! lol

also, dont know if this counts but one of them has ringworm (i know its not actually worms though!)

Answer 1

Ring worm  is highly infectious and can spread on to humans so take advice from your vet  with regards to treatment. Make sure you disinfect and wash everything such as brushes head collars or just in general everything that comes into contact with your colts .   There is a five day wormer Panicur it come in a bottle which is given in small amounts into the ponies feed and works with the weight  or height your ponies. If they are small 1 bottle may be enought.When any new horse comes onto our yard they are kept in til their wormer is finished. This can cost up to £20 at the most . Also you you could consider buying a year pack  this works out at £50 for the pack  and because of the size of your ponies you could half the doses.  The year pack is very good it has different wormers for different times of the year go to www.wormers .co.uk Everything to do with horse is expensive so it pays to shop around! Hope you enjoy your ponies. I have a standard Shetland he is rising 3 and a cheeky we man but lots of fun!

Answer 2

There are several wormers out there that are available.  Pick one then go with a different one next time.  A safe bet would be Ivermectin.

Get some Tinactin or Lotrimin for the ringworm - these creams are available at your local pharmacy and work great.

Answer 3

i have 21 mini shetlands

i use equest every 14 weeks and equtape in september and march

the equest kills encysted redworm on just a normal does rather than having to double dose

Answer 4

If I were you, I would call a vet out to do the worming.  He can also ck to see what type worms the horse has.

Answer 5

At this time of year they need a tapeworm treatment, if you are in the UK then a double dose of Strongid P will work.

As for the ring worm, this is a fungus that needs to be treated with a topical cream, ask your vet or at the chemist, you also need to thoroughly clean all tack, stables, fencing (anywhere where they can rub) to prevent re-infection, Virkon E will kill the ringworm on the yard.

Answer 6

Get rid of the ringworm first - you need an antifungal for that, best ask the vet and also get everything sterilised (grooming kit etc.) to stop it spreading around.

Worming - in part it depends what you have used before, if you have had to do it. If this is the first time then you need to design yourself a little worming programme:

In the summer, you are treating for both species of redworm which have a more or less continuous cycle at this time of year.

If you have never wormed them before it would be a good idea to collect a dung sample from them and have a faecal egg count (worm count) done first of all, just to check that they are not overburdoned with worms, as you need to be careful if the worm count is high and may need some veterinary advice.

You need a wormer effective against both types of redworm in the summer and have a choice between a wormer containing ivermectin (e.g. eqvalan), moxidectin (equest) or pyrantel (e.g. strongid p).

There are some ups and downs with different wormers and you also need to learn to treat for tapeworm in the autumn and to treat for encysted red worm over the winter and to rotate your wormer chemicals.

I recommend looking at the two sites below for a lot more advice and help on safe and effective worming. Similar names but different companies, but both should help you get started on a good programme.

http://www.wormers-direct.co.uk/index.ht...

http://www.wormersdirect.com/equine-inte...