If You Regularly De-Worm Your Horses…

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1. admin says:

   May 18, 2010 at 10:25 am

   Fantastic Fonna… please let me know how you deal with DE, how much, how served, etc? I’ve heard that the one place DE is NOT good is in the lungs, and the kind we can get is so light and powdery that the horses snorting keeps in fluffing into the air. Worriesome. Also, allergies are the only thing we’ve had any issues with with the move to Tennessee. I’d love to know what herbs etc you use and where they come from. -Joe
2. admin says:

   May 18, 2010 at 10:21 am

   Many thanks Brenda. Sounds like you have a great handle on all this. It can make your head swim sometimes. We use Dr. Dan’s Bug Check, Red Cal and JAO (with no O’s :). http://www.TheNaturalHorseVet.net/joecampagain

   Keep us posted on what you’re doing and learning.

   Joe
3. Brenda Adams says:

   May 18, 2010 at 10:02 am

   Thanks so much for sharing the information from Dr. Dan re: the de-worming issue. I had just talked to a vet in Oregon that I was referred to by a trainer about the very same thing last week. He said the very same thing – that fecal testing rather than just automatically de-worming is far better.

   My horse was “due” to be de-wormed next month, along with his pasture mate, Star. I just called the Star’s person & talked to her about this. The vet I spoke with last week, said that you do not even have to particularly take the sample to your equine vet (in our case it is a pretty good piece down to his place) – that a regular vet can do it. I have a wholistic vet that I take my dog & cats to & will see if she will do it. She owns horses as well, so I don’t think it will be a problem.
   By the way, I had started Chaska on the Triple Crown Lite (pellet feed, as no one at the time had the forage feed) & now the place I was getting the pellet feed had a bag of the forage feed & said they could get it regularly if needed! So, I am in the process of the transition, gradually. This will be a little slower than going from pellet feed to pellet feed, but I believe we will get there. He will adapt – was skeptical at first because he had been on hay all winter & I think was very bored with it. As I decrease the pellet feed, I will start adding nutrients, starting with the Red Cal minerals. I have noticed that Chaska is for sure not a licker. His pasture mate, Star, is, but he is not. I have never seen him lick the mineral block. There are some minerals in his pellet feed, which is why I will wait until he is almost out of it to start the Red Cal – don’t want to get him out of balance.

   Thanks again for sharing what you two are learning – it is so refreshing to know that there ARE people out there who share a common interest, in as natural environment as possible for the horses, as well as myself & the rest of my critters.
   Dr. Dan has a fabulous way of making all of this information understandable to the average person.
   Thanks again for sharing & Blessings to you both!
   Brenda Adams,
   Chattanooga, TN
4. Maggie Frazier says:

   May 17, 2010 at 5:46 pm

   Thank you, Joe!!!
   Loads of great information there.
   And yes, I remember way back when – my horse was actually
   wormed with tobacco. Of course this was over 50 years ago.
   I have seen articles on vaccinations & worming – harm done
   by both.
   And I’m more & more convinced.
   Thanks again
   Maggie
5. Fonna says:

   May 17, 2010 at 12:18 pm

   I can not thank you enough for the Dr. Dan audio!
   I learned so much plus the information confirmed so much of
   what is wrong with the way we care for our horses.
   I quit vacs because of allergies so serious in my Florida Cracker horse, he was diaognosed with COPD. I could not
   except steroids the rest of his life.
   Being so natural in all other aspects of the horse, I researched herbs and homeopathics to heal the allergies.
   I’m happy to say he is steriod free today!
   I have used DE for worms successfully for years.
   Please link us to more Dr. Moore audios anytime you can.
   Thank you for everthing you do.

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