The dosage is easy to figure out, but how often do I give him the paste? My horse’s father tested positive and now my horse is starting to feel under the weather. Has been on the Zelenko protocol and has access to paste. Luckily his father has some Indian pills.
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It really depends on what your horse is seeking.
The instructions on my Ivermectin horse paste packaging says once every six months, most likely because horses pick up parasites from eating grass.
Some horses prefer to use it monthly as a shield but my horse is very healthy and very relaxed about such things and only wants to use a double dose of his horse paste when he feels the first sign of the sniffles.
My horse asked for a dose when he felt fine, as a control test when his horse paste first came in the post... to make sure there were no side-effects one way or the other and he said he experienced nothing.
Thanks. My horse is pretty calm about such things too. I keep him generally healthy and well exercised.
My horse did mention that when he read the packing on his horse paste, it recommended storing below 30C/90F. I've noticed that some of the creamier horse pastes have this storage requirement whereas the brands that are more of a gel do not, so I think it's just to keep the paste from becoming too runny. I don't think it really matters either way, but my horse keeps his paste in the fridge.