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Author Topic: Worming??  (Read 5104 times)

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Worming??
« Reply #15 on: December 20, 2012, 10:36:40 am »
You may find that one of your local agri merchants has an animal health division and dispensary where they make up their own meds; hereabouts Carrs has one in Penrith and I think Jobsons has one. 

You could then explore buying the amount you need dispensed for yourself - no doubt way more expensive per ml than the commercial packs, but cheaper overall than wasting loads.

Carrs Penrith usually put a 180 day expiry date on wormers and flukers, but have told me that the active ingredients are probably safe and effective to use long after that; the ones we were buying included minerals and vitamins, which latter would have started to become inactive after six months.  (And they never said it made a difference whether the pack was opened or not; I've only come across that in packs of vaccine.)

Worming sheep is often a drench too, PA, although there are some injectables you can use.
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Anke

  • Joined Dec 2009
  • St Boswells, Scottish Borders
Re: Worming??
« Reply #16 on: December 20, 2012, 02:19:38 pm »
The only thing to be careful with keeping wormer/flukicides/flystrike stuff/Veccoxan etc bottles is that they don't freeze, as mine normally live in the garage (unheated) they move to an inside cupboard for the winter.

 

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