Disguising antibiotic in feed

[Cassy]

My horse has been given an antibiotic liquid to be fed in her feed twice a day for 5 days. Normally she will eat anything but not with this stuff in it. Any suggestions please. I have tried chaff, pony nuts, garlic and chopped carrots. Thanks.

 

[Bav]

Apple juice worked for my mare.
Also sugar free instant custard made up and mixed in.

 

[doodle]

I used dried mint. It was about £10 for a big tub by naf

 

[twiggy2]

Get a 50ml syringe and mix the powder with water and syringe in

 

[Limbo1]

mash with banana

 

[Micropony]

For mine I grated an apple, a carrot, a pear and moistened it with apple juice where I would normally use water. He thought all his birthdays and Christmases had come at once and was rather disappointed to finish the course!

 

[AdorableAlice]

Mint. What sort of anti b are you trying to get down her.

 

[Sealine]

Try molasses.

 

[jules9203]

Syringe it in

 

[serenityjane]

If it is a liquid, then syringing it may be your best option, I tend to syringe all medication as even the granules are hard to disguise for fussy horses-at least if you syringe you know that they are getting the full dose.

 

[PorkChop]

I usually add the liquid to some grass nuts to soak in, using a bit of water as well if necessary.

The problem with syringing is that the antibiotic is so liquid that often you will invariably get some dribbling out, far better to disguise in feed if you can.

 

[pippixox]

I syringed. My boy usually eats anything and powdered medication and any supplements. But the liquid anti-biotic would only be disguised in a lot of food and he would eventually stop eating it. Yes some drops out, but he got most of it

 

[Flicker]

Mint and molasses have worked for me. I had to resort to Slobbermash for my late gelding, who was super fussy, and it worked a treat.

 

[rextherobber]

Get a 50ml syringe and mix the powder with water and syringe in

This is the only thing that works with mine!

 

[scats]

Watery molasses, brewers yeast paste. Tiny blob of molasses, some water, brewers yeast and the antibiotic. Mix it into a watery paste.

My extremely suspicious gelding can be tricked into eating anything like this!

 

[pennyturner]

I just had this with on of mine post gelding. Mixed with beet, a bit of molasses and a grated apple. He couldn't get enough of the stuff, and is now calling out to me every time he sees me, a he doesn't understand that his course is over!

 

[muckypony]

Syringing. My little one had been on and off different antibiotics / bute, he will not eat it no matter what I put it in so syringing is the best way to know what he's had.

 

[Tyssandi]

My horse has been given an antibiotic liquid to be fed in her feed twice a day for 5 days. Normally she will eat anything but not with this stuff in it. Any suggestions please. I have tried chaff, pony nuts, garlic and chopped carrots. Thanks.

There is a whole list here if you take a look previous advice from here
http://horse-care-and-advice.weebly.com/veterinary.html

 

[doodle]

If it's the liquid antibiotics I think a friend mixed with a little flour to thicken which made it easier to syringe in.

 

[Cassy]

Thanks everyone. She is eating her feed a bit better now. I am disguising the antibiotic with garlic and sliced carrot, but have the molasses and apple juice at the ready. She eats it best when she is hungry and given no choice otherwise would prefer the hay.