Well, sometimes horses get worms. I know humans who want to get worms, but it's not good. When horses get worms, the worms eat all their food and they get really skinny. Now you understand why some humans want them?
Anyhow, every couple of months you have to give horses a worming medicine which comes as a paste in a syringe.
Today's formula was apple flavored. No, I do not know that because I tasted it. It says so on the box. And it smelled like jolly ranchers.
The thing is...horses don't really like wormer, so it can be quite an experience. And a good lesson on horse training!
I couldn't help myself. I had to show you some pictures of the green apple wormer aftermath.
Some horses do a fantastic job of keeping it all in and staying clean.
Some horses get away with just a little dribble.
Some horses are a little messier.
Some horses wipe the mess off on their leg, then rub their faces on their leg, which then just puts it all over their face. (Sorry the color contrast isn't better.)
And some horses. Well, some horses.....
Some horses will fight and fight not to get wormed, with half of the tube ending on the ground, half of the tube ending in their mouth, half of the tube ending up on their face, and half the tube ending up on the human.
I bet you're thinking that it's a good thing I'm not an actuary any more, huh? Well, smarty pants! Duff had to use 2 tubes, so there were, in fact, 4 halves.
So. There.
The donkeys have to get wormed, too.
This is Little Joe. He actually LOVES the stuff. He bit down on the dispenser and wouldn't let go.
Once he did, he kept trying to get more from us!
And that's about all there is to it. Worming.
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