JesterandPatch
Active Member
My two mini shetlands arrived in August and soon i was seeing Ascarids in their droppings, vet came and dosed them both with Strongid-P, we then did egg count two weeks later which came back clear.
I've noticed the little blighters back in some droppings today.
I'm religious about poo picking the field and it's done twice a day.
Reading up about them I see they can live on pasture for up to 9 months. Ponies were due another worm count but will hold off that until I've given them another dose.
My question is they are obviously re-infecting themselves as Paddock is overgrazed, they get a strip of fresh grass every morning but have literally eaten it to the soil in an hour, and despite having plenty of hay would rather pick at anything they can find in the Paddock, how on earth am I supposed to find the balance between not giving them too much grass and not letting them get reinfected all the time. Grass was previously used for cows but its poor pasture so not overly rich.
Thank you so much
I've noticed the little blighters back in some droppings today.
I'm religious about poo picking the field and it's done twice a day.
Reading up about them I see they can live on pasture for up to 9 months. Ponies were due another worm count but will hold off that until I've given them another dose.
My question is they are obviously re-infecting themselves as Paddock is overgrazed, they get a strip of fresh grass every morning but have literally eaten it to the soil in an hour, and despite having plenty of hay would rather pick at anything they can find in the Paddock, how on earth am I supposed to find the balance between not giving them too much grass and not letting them get reinfected all the time. Grass was previously used for cows but its poor pasture so not overly rich.
Thank you so much