Moving yards - worming?

[MarvelVillis]

I’ve just had the results back from Westgate Lab of a worm egg count and it’s 800 epg (which is a medium count and Westgate advise to worm). I’m moving yards at the end of August and my preference would be to worm him a week before he’s due to be moved.

I've contacted the new livery owner asking if she has a worming policy in place and she doesn't. She leaves it up to the owners as long as they are wormed regularly. It's only a very small yard of about 7 horses, and my gelding will be sharing with one other so it's not a huge problem.

I've messaged Westgate to check if I should worm now, or worm the week before I move, and they advised to worm now. I've always been told to worm just before or immediately after you've moved to a new yard.

What are people's thoughts?

 

[HeyMich]

I would absolutely worm now, as the labs have advised. The worms can obviously cause discomfort and nutritional deficit and it's not fair to leave him possibly in pain for another few weeks.

Why don't you do another egg count in a few weeks just before you move, firstly to check that the wormer has worked (some don't!) and to let your new YO know his new FEC level?

 

[milliepops]

not sure why you need to worm upon moving to a new yard, unless it's to fit in with their policy if it doesn't match what you had been doing previously. I've been on a few that insist on you doing something in order to join the herd, current place just took me at my word that my horses were in an intelligent worming programme and treated as required.

I'd just worm the horse now as it has shown as having a medium count.

 

[dorsetladette]

I'd worm now.

Can you find out how the other horse you will be sharing with is treated? it would be a question I'd ask before deciding on moving to be honest.

 

[Pedantic]

As far as I am aware, the worms are dead or dying when pooed out, but may as well get rid of worms now.