Here’s a question for you all.
How do you trick your right-now-they’re-annoyingly-clever horse into taking tablets or medicine?
Be it hard tablets, powders or wormers, horses are very good at sniffing out the medication and eating around them or totally rejecting any attempts by you to administer it.
I’m sure those of you with such horses have a trick or two up your sleeve. I want to know them!
For hard tablets, I’ve bored a hole in a carrot or apple and given it to the unsuspecting horse.
Most horses accept powder medication in a tasty feed. Sugar beet is a favourite for mixing it in for those with a sensitive palate.
What are everyone else’s tricks?
