advice needed, 2 in 1 question !!!

[racebuddy]

mormning 1st question
has anybody eles horse colciked post worming with equest paramox , we wormed on thursday and then yesterday one of my horses colicked very watery diarhea , more settled this morning and no signs of colic .

also posted the other day re swelling on horses head after playing out in field, vets came examined , felt fluidy and slightly warm to touch , possible haemotoma or poss infection but said didnt wasnt concened it was infected, covered with abs and bute for 3 days , there are tiny grazes around swelling but not deep, however yesterday and this am , the swelling is really warm and not going down any ? any advice ? xx

 

[Shay]

Horses do sometimes colic a little after worming - with any product.

Can't offer much on the swelling other that to say call the vit if you are worried. I don't think I would like any swelling on my lad's heads!

 

[Ginger Bear]

My mums horse hit the top of her head on her stable & it didn't go down for ages. I'm not sure if it was fluidy though or just a hard bump.. Will ask her for you.

 

[wyrdsister]

Re: worming - yes, one of my girls has colicked on EP. It's happened twice now and never with any other product, so now I don't use it on her. As has been said, it can happen with any of them, but for me that's a pattern and for her not worth the risk. The other one is fine on it.

Re: swelling - can you take a picture and text it to your vet? If they've seen it, they'll be better placed to offer advice than anyone here

 

[putasocinit]

usually means there were worms present, so i would rather use a wormer that worked, as horses can get colic from worm burdens anyway, so either way you gotta be careful.

 

[lornaA]

My mare had colic with pramox and vet said never to use it on her again and in future to worm her in 2 stages once just for take worm and one broad spectrum one. I have never had a problem with any other wormer before or since and she is 20 years old.