Herbal wormers.

i'd say no too
i was given this lovely glossy brochure about an ' amazing natural way to worm your horse ' full of lots of blurb and pictures of happy horses and how wonderful and eco friendly the product was etc etc
and right at the bottom it said that you had to do a course of this stuff and that it may not work and you would have to resort to a traditional wormer!!
There is a Meren breeder near me who worms using garlic, i think it involves fasting and he has been doing it for years but i don't know exactly how you do it, sorry!!
 
I know of a couple of horses who came from 'natural' type set ups where only herbal wormers were used and it hadn't worked to the point that they had a serious worm burden and were really thin. One was older and one was a youngster so more at risk to start with.

For some reason, only 20% of horses seem to be the worm carriers, so I suspect a lot of the people who are claiming success are ones who have horses that would have been clear if they had done nothing. The more at risk ones like the ones I mentioned still get worms.

Herbal wormers have never been shown to work in any proper trial which is why you have the disclaimer on the packet.
 
One company (will not name them as known them to be zealous with the old pm messages) had their knuckles rapped a few years back regarding marketing their product as a wormer, they have complied with re-labelling their boxes but that doesn't stop shops from stocking it with the wormers
 
In the olden days they tried to get rid of worms from the gut using senna it's a vicious laxative and yes if a horse purges hard enough some of the worms will get expelled sadly it often damaged the gut lining so badly the horses where impaired for life , that's a herbal wormer not desirable but will shift some worms .
Of course it will not anything to encysted worms .
IMO it's pretty nuts to use herbal wormers I don't think they work .
 
I have discussed this with several "experts" and in short, the answer is NO. Vermex have hidden some facts that allows them to make these claims, all is not as it seems.
 
FrankieCob said:
Your right not to be. The research shows it doesnt work
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I'm not surprised to read that at all. I doubt any natural "wormer" works. I don't know why these "homesteaders," as they call themselves, risk their horses' health? Don't even get me started on how they feed their horses. That's a thread I keep mulling over whether I should post it or not.
 
The best thing to do in regards to worming is to do a worm egg count four times a year and worm according to the results. You may only need to worm once a year or not at all if you get a clear tapeworm test.
 
VikingSong said:
I'm not surprised to read that at all. I doubt any natural "wormer" works. I don't know why these "homesteaders," as they call themselves, risk their horses' health?
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I read a couple of articles and I think part of the problem is that they were starting from the point of blanket worming every 6 weeks which doesn't make sense and has been discredited. But faced with a vet recommending this they have then gone too far the other way.

I would add to pixies advise that if you have a stable herd and environment after a few years you will identify which horses if any tend to get worms and can adjust your programme accordingly.
 
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