Who's not wormed yet as no frost !!

[Polos Mum]

I've had my eq paramox in the barn for more than a month now waiting to give it after the first hard frost .............. but we haven't had one yet -

anyone techical know whether I should just give it or keep waiting??

 

[swilliam]

When I said to the vet that I'd not wormed yet because we'd had no frost, he told me that it didn't matter with modern wormers, because they kill the worms - old ones used to just make them let go apparently, so the frost then killed them.

 

[samlf]

I have been doing the same. I am going to drop westgate labs an email shortly to find out what they think as I am in two minds

 

[Polos Mum]

Thanks both, interested to hear westgate's views when you get them samlf

 

[windand rain]

yup wormed mine as we have had a frost or two did 5 days of panacur as I have a 10 litre tub given to me so have enough for the whole of this year with a tape worm job in the summer

 

[Queenbee]

Funny you should say this as this is exactly what we've been talking about this week at home and the yard. Frost has been nonexistent this year whereas normally we would have wormed with frost in November. I too would be interested to hear westgates Reccomendations on this.

 

[Lamb-Ski]

No, I'm still waiting for significant frost.

 

[Polos Mum]

Maybe Borderreiver on here can come on and fill us all in - I have to confess I don't know why the frost is important so I can't even work out whether it should be relevant to modern wormers - Doh!!

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

I wormed mine. I would rather my horse was wormed and then reinfected (if that's what happens) than not wormed at all.

 

[charliecrisps]

Erm, I don't have a clue about this .... it isn't in the instructions.... I just looked

 

[CaleruxShearer]

We had one heavy frost last week so did my equest pramox on Sunday I think.

 

[TheMule]

There's really no need to wait till after a frost. It's recommended you wait till after a frost to ensure adult bots were dead so no new eggs to ingest, but they're long gone now.

 

[charliecrisps]

If there's a wait till after it stop raining instruction were all a bit ********* that's for sure

 

[Ali27]

We had one hard frost in November so wormed straight after but I am poo picking anyway so not worried!

 

[AmieeT]

Random question- I'm quite new to horsey world- why do you wait for the frost before worming? Genuinely interested, sorry if I sound like a moron! x

 

[Polos Mum]

If there's a wait till after it stop raining instruction were all a bit ********* that's for sure

ha ha ha ha ha !!!!

It'd be funny other than I've really got to sell my house/land and the agent is waiting for a sunny day to take the photos.

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

Mine were done with Equimax at the end òf November...as per vets instruction.

 

[NativePonyLover]

Random question- I'm quite new to horsey world- why do you wait for the frost before worming? Genuinely interested, sorry if I sound like a moron! x

I'd be interested in knowing the answer too - never heard of this before! X

 

[ester]

frost definitely irrelevant these days!

 

[eggs]

I'd be interested in knowing the answer too - never heard of this before! X

In the old days the worms were shed in droppings after worming and could infect the pasture. Modern wormers kill the worms which are then shed in droppings.

Also bot flies are killed by frost so the advice was to worm after they had died.

 

[Marydoll]

I wormed with Equest the end of Nov for encysted and inhibited redworms, will do a double dunt of a pyratype p at the weekend