how can i feed powdered drugs?

[MolZog]

my horse has recently been given a series of powdered drugs to help with her inflammed and infected puncture wound. however, she's refusing to eat them! we've tried mixing it with syrup, putting it in hallowed apples etc. i've been suggested to put it in a syringe with pureed veg, and adding mint flavouring. any alternative ideas to get her to eat the lot that have worked for you? thanks!

 

[ihatework]

Big syringe - half filled with water - tip in powder (depending on what & how much, check with vet) - shake it up and squirt down throat like a wormer.
Quick, cheap & easy!

 

[Smarties]

My OH mixes hers with the horses hard feed and water goes down a treat

 

[Milkmaid]

I`ve used mollases with huge success in the past. And if they won`t eat it I go for the dissolve mollases with hot water, mix in drug and squirt down the throat with a 50ml syringe option!

 

[wyrdsister]

Peppermint flavouring (lots!) added to hard feed with the drugs mixed in. It's the only way I can get my big girl to take powdered meds - even the syringe trick doesn't work for more than a day!

 

[The Xmas Furry]

1. Wormer syringe (thoroughly cleaned)
Pour/spoon in some gloopy custard (you can buy ready made).
Add powder, another spoonful of custard, stir with knitting needle or similar.
Syringe into mouth.

The above has worked for me on numerous occasions - I prefer to use the custard as it holds better than water.

2. Half/quarter a slice of bread, smear with syrup/treacle/other nice flavour, sprinkle on powder,fold in half & offer to horse.

3. Hollowed out carrot or apple, mix powder with small amount of syrup/treacle/mint & put into hollow. (v messy but does work for some)

Good luck.

 

[threeponies]

Make up strong peppermint tea and use it to soak some speedibeet or similar, even just soak some pony nuts if that's what horse eats, mix powder into feed as normal. Is it Equitrim? IME Equitrim granules don't dissolve in water, they do dissolve in glycerine though you can get it in chemists or at the baking bit in a supermarket, mix granules into glycerine thoroughly then either syringe it in or add to feed, you can use the peppermint tea to damp feeds to disguise the taste too.

 

[Gusbear]

Having owned a number of fussy horses over the years I've found each one was happy to take their medicine in their hard feed providing I added one of the following to disguise the taste: molasses, crushed garlic, apple or pear juice and the all time favourite - peanut butter.
Good luck.

 

[ofcourseyoucan]

mix to paste and syringe in! for the future get your vet to give you syringable tmps and bute! slightly more expensive but no hassle unless of course your horse is difficult to syringe!!

 

[weesophz]

my boy refuses point blank, ive tried most of whats listed above, but now i just have to inject him with penicillin when he gets an infection

 

[Dirty_D]

Big syringe - half filled with water - tip in powder (depending on what & how much, check with vet) - shake it up and squirt down throat like a wormer.
Quick, cheap & easy!

This but I use warm water, it tends clog less with warm water

 

[Misog2000]

My girl will eat them in a bit of sugar beet, she doesn't normally get it so think she sees it as a bit of a treat.