Pumpkin seed oil

[willow_top_farm]

I have an opportunity to buy pumpkin seed oil and was wondering if anyone has experience using it as a top dressing for their goats ration? I'm wanting to use it as a parasite preventative/wormer, but am unsure as to how much I'd have to give my goats. Currently I have 4 Saanens, 3 wethers and one doe, between the ages of 5-6 mos. old. I know I'd have to refrigerate the oil, but don't know a whole lot beyond that. Any info would be great!

 

[Bifrost]

Is there proof that pumpkin seed oil is a good dewormer? I didn't know that. There is a farm near me here in WI that sells it.

 

[elevan]

Pumpkin seeds are considered to have deworming properties...so it stands to reason that the oil of the seed would likely work as well.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

I did not know that. I do know that pine needles are a natural wormer.

 

[mama24]

I doubt pumpkin seed oil would be a very good wormer, but the oil itself is a good healthy oil and wouldn't hurt.

 

[bonbean01]

From my research about pumpkin and large squash seeds for helping with worms in sheep was that the sheep eat it...do not digest it...while going through their system, barberpole worms attach to the seeds, and when they are pooped out the worms come out with the poop...and exposed to air and sun, they die quickly. Bonus we found is that some seeds replant themselves and the sheep wait for the blooms to be gone and small squash growing and then they eat if all up. Kinda cool cycle

Read nothing about oils, but the vitamins couldn't hurt...just not sure about their effect on worms?

 

[2goats8kids]

Thought I'd bump up this conversation since it's pumpkin time (at least here in the Pacific NW). My sister recently informed me that eating a lot of pumpkin seeds (for humans) is one way to self-diagnose worms, as they will . . . err . . . wind up in the toilet that way. Is this the mechanism in ruminants as well? I know it's safe to give them pumpkins in general, but now I'm thinking that as I process pumpkins for our freezer, I could give the goats the seeds. We always make an attempt at roasting and salting them, but they're never all that popular around here.

Anyone have any experience doing that? Would I feed the goats the seeds raw?

 

[ksalvagno]

Yes, you would feed them the raw seeds. Start slowly though. Anything new should be done slowly.