Horses are but friendly animals depending on their mood. There are times that horses are at its difficulties just like administering horse medicine. Having the right equine medication is a challenge but not as challenging as having your horse take its medicines. You have to get that 1,000 pound animal have the pill into his throat. You have to think that there are countless of horse reactions in your ways of administering horse medication. You might get a kick as well if you won’t be careful.
Getting the right equine medication for horses is a tricky business and you have to take into consideration the possible side effects of it. For racehorses, make sure that the medication given would not affect its performance in the competition. However, the challenge won’t definitely end there. Getting the horse medicine into the horse's mouth and making it stay in there is a different matter.
“Horsekeepers” have come up with all types of ways on administering horse medicine. These different methods have been proven but not fully applied. Giving equine medicine to a horse is much like feeding a child with tantrums only a much stronger one and longer mouth. Thus, the approach must be examined carefully.
First, you can mix the equine medication with the horse's usual food. If it works for your horse, then pretty good. But if mixing horse medication with grain and molasses does not do the job, you might revert to the old style- “syringe”. It requires a lot of patience and strength since the horse will not make it easy for you.
There are alternative ways other than syringe like plastic mustard dispenser or have it dissolved in any juice that your horse usually drinks. They are just like us, horse medicine is taken in a way that they will be very comfortable with it.
Finally, administering horse medication also involves training and discipline. Even how stubborn they might be, just make it look good and easy for them to take an equine medication and you’ll be set.
