Auslander
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The speck in the distance is Alf. He is too polite to kick up a fuss about being wormed, but the second he spots a syringe in my pocket, he quietly removes himself to a place of safety!
Worming refusenik
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SEL
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I've got one who is less polite. These days it goes in his feed in his stable. If you're hungry you'll eat it and you're not coming out of there until you do.
I sound like my mother.....
I sound like my mother.....
Chippers1
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I have to get a tall person to worm Buzz, he knows he can put his head just out of my reach 
ElectricChampagne
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I had one that would happily take wormer all day long. You'd stay with him for half an hour and watch him swallow several times. But the second you turned your back he'd spit it back at you like a camel! Usually aiming for the back of the head.
Nari
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<y new lad is not as polite about it as the others are. He'd had clear counts to date so I hadn't found this out, but then last week I wanted to do him for encysteds and tapes. Oh dear! Luckily my farrier stepped in and between us we managed though it still wasn't easy and the spat out part of the dose was scraped off the floor and shoved in by hand. I've clearly been spoilt to date!
Shilasdair
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Whereas I wave a syringe full of prednisolone solution around whilst shouting 'drugs! at my mare, who then comes to the fence line and helpfully opens her mouth for them. She does this every day, without fail.
Not sure how she'd be with wormer though, as she hasn't been wormed for about a decade*.
(Awaits flaming for neglect)
Not sure how she'd be with wormer though, as she hasn't been wormed for about a decade*.
(Awaits flaming for neglect)
Auslander
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Alf grows to about 19hh, turns to concrete, and defaults to giraffe mode when I actually worm him, but I just stand on the mounting block, and he's easy to do!
Mine get done once a year with Pramox, then tested the rest of the year - so he should be grateful!
Mine get done once a year with Pramox, then tested the rest of the year - so he should be grateful!
criso
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Not just worming but any syringe when spotted has Tigger sticking his head in the corner of his stable and declining a headcollar. Once caught he recommends the head tossing method as it's difficult to get the syringe into a fast moving target. Worming isn't too bad but Domosedan which needs careful positioning rather than point and shoot can be tricky.
chaps89
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My mare was a doddle to worm.
Small pony less so. I can’t wedge him in a corner, he wriggles out. It’s humiliating being outsmarted by a 12hh pony! We usually have 5 minutes of dancing around followed by him accepting it relatively gracefully.
Small pony less so. I can’t wedge him in a corner, he wriggles out. It’s humiliating being outsmarted by a 12hh pony! We usually have 5 minutes of dancing around followed by him accepting it relatively gracefully.
Slightlyconfused
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Same with one of mine.
He gave me rotator cuff injury when on gastro guard.....that eneded up going into his feed as well, with the vets ok.
Cowpony
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Mine is fine as long as she doesn't see the syringe or feel it around her muzzle. So the procedure is headcollar on, sharer holds rope. I hide syringe behind my leg, stick a finger in her mouth where I want the syringe to go, bring the syringe up below her chin so she doesn't see it, then put syringe in through gap left by finger and squirt. As long as I get it right she's done before she has time to stick her head up
Nari
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For Domosedan put on a couple of pairs of thin latex gloves and measure the dose onto a finger. Then gently smear over the lips and gums - it absorbs through the membrane so this works well. Be very careful when taking off the gloves and getting rid of them though.
Auslander
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I have matching rotator cuff tears from the same horse - Alf's best friend of 6 years. He was PTS just before Christmas, and I have thought about him a lot these last few days while I've been worming everything without the usual risk of injury. We both miss him a lot (my shoulders don't though!)
Slightlyconfused
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Beautiful.
Shoulder still tweaks and he gets told about it.....gives me the "Not my problem" loom everytime ?
Auslander
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It's one of my favourite photos of the pair of them - except for the bloody burrs in Alf's forelock! Such a shame!
Slightlyconfused
Go away, I'm reading
criso
Coming over here & taking your jobs since 1900
That's what I do but it still involves trying to stick my hand in a moving target while avoiding teeth. He needs a whole tube for clipping so I have to do it in a few tries.
Getting the saliva sample for a tapeworm test is fun too.
Tarragon
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Auslander - who got the apple??
Auslander
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Alf most likely! He was the brains of the outfit!
SEL
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I waited until my syringe phobic one was sedated to have his teeth done!