Ingenious ways of getting a horse to eat antibiotics?!

[Copper-Beach]

Does anyone have any ideas as to how to get a very fussy eater to eat antibiotics.

Tried putting them in really mushy calm and condition with some cool mix but wouldn't eat them. Added apple juice to make it sweeter but that made it worse.

Syringing them = extremely stressful.

Any ideas?!

 

[mainpower]

I coat the bottom of a feed bowl with molasses and sprinkle them on to that.

 

[Copper-Beach]

Ooo that's a great idea!

 

[HollyWoozle]

Or marmite sandwiches? Works with danilon and suchlike but a bit tricky with those big sachets of antibiotics. Marmite is handy though as the strong taste masks a lot of other things. Good luck!

 

[wildwest]

i mix with tiny bit of water into a v thick paste dollop it on a platic spatula or spoon open mouth and pop it on tongue , tried syringe spat most out and bit hole in syringe lol tried apples etc this is all that works for my crafty boy

 

[Equi]

Get some caramel and cover it in it. Thats how i get my cats to eat them out of my hand

 

[MerryVB]

Inside a jam sandwich. Never fails for me

 

[teresagarsden]

Another vote for the jam sandwich here, works everytime

 

[babymare]

another for jam butty. when i worked for happa many years ago we had a mum and daughter donkey pair. mum had to have meds everyday so everyday i made jam buttys. bread butter and jam. And always daughter one to missed making them when we daid sweetdreams to the mum

 

[One More]

My vet recently recommended mixing a small amount of active honey yoghurt into my horses pills to get him to eat them. Worked a treat! Long term don't know whether it would work or if it's good for them, but I had a sick horse and getting the tablets in was more important!

 

[Copper-Beach]

Thanks for all the suggestions lots to try now!

 

[MardyMare]

Tiny bit of water and a dollop of natural yoghurt - syringe into mouth - both my fussies quite enjoyed it

 

[windand rain]

Mix with apple sauce and paint it on his tongue with a wooden spoon

 

[meesha]

I tried everything, what worked was making feed night before (I used handful pony nuts, handful chaff and some mint or garlic) and put glug of molasses water on it, tried straight molasses and horse walked off in disgust but mix glug molasses with container water and use that to dampen, it all swells over night and seems to hide the taste !n

 

[monkeymad]

I use liquid molasses.

 

[tallyho!]

Can't you ask vet for long-acting anti biotics? It's only a bit more expensive and no faff.. . Well as long as you do it at the time the vet is there otherwise the call out negates the cost.

If my vet says ab's I immediately ask for EA formulation that gets injected.

 

[DJ]

Another vote for marmite sarnies ...... only thing i could get steroids into my young poorly boy

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

A few drops of mint essence worked for my mare.

 

[millikins]

I stew an apple with some sugar then mix with medication into feed.

 

[Louby]

Im struggling with this at the moment, he wont eat feeds with them in, tried adding mollasses, this made him more suspicious, tried jam butties, worked for 2 days, so I am now mixing with a bit of water and syringing down. I feel terrible but he has to get his meds.

 

[Wells]

I cored a small apple, used the top & bottom of the core to make a bung & put the antibiotic powder in the middle. It worked the first couple of times & then he just refused to accept apples for a while!

 

[Replay]

Ribena

 

[friesian76]

Sugar beet if u use it. Used to put some in hand then pop meds on then top again with sugar beet. Messy but it did work.