How to dose Cydectin?

[goatboy1973]

I agree with the others also. The detachment of the barberpole worms will cause a little bleeding, but not a significant amt though. We use Cydectin pour-on as an oral drench @ 1 ml/ 25 lbs. this works the best of all the dewormers for us down in E. Tennessee plus we rotate our goats on different pastures also.

 

[elevan]

For more information on Barberpole worms specifically and other ways to deal with them, please read the Parasite Management article that is linked in my signature below.

 

[TGreenhut]

Turns out, I'm going to be helping him drench his goats because I have experience drenching other medicines at least.

I'm a bit nervous, though, since I have never used Cydectin. Do you have any drenching tips for me? Does it taste really bad for the goats? Sometimes when I have drenched goats with "nasty" tasting things, they get really upset and try to spit it all out! I want to reduce the amount that gets spit out because the dewormer was expensive!

Thanks

 

[goatboy1973]

I would wear some type of gloves when administering this stuff. Since it is a pour-on, it stands to reason that unless you want dewormed also, wear some gloves cause it will soak into your skin. This pour-on smells like gasoline. My goats absolutely hate the taste of it and pitch the biggest fit when I drench then. The only thing that I have found that makes the whole process a little less dramatic is first giving my goats some Nutri-drench or other brand molasses based liquid goat vitamin and then the Cydectin followed up by a goat treat. Good luck!

 

[alsea1]

I got the injec. Ivomec to drench the goats with. I'm a bit nervous as well. I have never drenched any animal before and am a bit scared I may cause em to choke and aspirate.

 

[elevan]

I would wear some type of gloves when administering this stuff. Since it is a pour-on, it stands to reason that unless you want dewormed also, wear some gloves cause it will soak into your skin.

Great advice! And something often overlooked.

 

[TGreenhut]

Could I mix it with molasses?

 

[goatboy1973]

Probably not. I would not mix any dewormers with anything. I just have one drencher with the Cydectin ready and the other one with the lqd. vitamin ready also and I give the vitamin and then the dewormers. It is just that simple and works every time for me. It also helps if you are standing and straddle the goat to be wormed and pull their head up to your face and as you are drenching, blow in their nostrils (not actually touching your mouth to their nostrils) as this forces the goat to swallow the wormer.

 

[TGreenhut]

Probably not. I would not mix any dewormers with anything. I just have one drencher with the Cydectin ready and the other one with the lqd. vitamin ready also and I give the vitamin and then the dewormers. It is just that simple and works every time for me. It also helps if you are standing and straddle the goat to be wormed and pull their head up to your face and as you are drenching, blow in their nostrils (not actually touching your mouth to their nostrils) as this forces the goat to swallow the wormer.

Thanks

 

[TGreenhut]

Drenching them was WAY easier than I expected! The goats ranged from 90 lbs to 135 for the buck, so they didn't need that much. The goats acted like it was nothing- like they didn't even notice. I kept a bucket of molasses mixed with water next to me so they drank that afterwards. Thanks for the help guys!