How to give horse 17 mashed up pills?

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@INoMrEd

Recently, I watched my friend give her horse a lot of medication (similar to using the drench gun) using a clear 3/4 inch tube. She bought a three foot long length of the tubing at a home center store like Lowe’s or Home Depot.

She mixed the pills with water and molasses to be thin enough to pour. She then loaded the tube by pouring the mixture into it, opened her horse’s mouth, shoved the tube way back into his mouth and then blew the medication into his mouth with hers on the other end of the tube.

I was amazed at how fast she was able to do that and will try it next time one of my horses needs 17 pills twice per day.

I feel like this would be a good way for me to get medication juice all over my face!

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@INoMrEd

Recently, I watched my friend give her horse a lot of medication (similar to using the drench gun) using a clear 3/4 inch tube. She bought a three foot long length of the tubing at a home center store like Lowe’s or Home Depot.

She mixed the pills with water and molasses to be thin enough to pour. She then loaded the tube by pouring the mixture into it, opened her horse’s mouth, shoved the tube way back into his mouth and then blew the medication into his mouth with hers on the other end of the tube.

I was amazed at how fast she was able to do that and will try it next time one of my horses needs 17 pills twice per day.

Yeah this sounds like a good idea until pony flinches, you lose the grip your mouth has on the tube and either you get to eat some or it ends up all over the ground.

OP, I have two of these and they’re a godsend for long term dosing. One’s clean and ready, the other one is with me loaded. https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=feb5adc1-1209-4cf1-b16b-55721b659e12&sfb=1&itemguid=265bab44-d04c-40ad-afa2-f493979811ba&utm_content=37716&ccd=IFF003&CATARGETID=120295250000473077&cadevice=c&gclid=Cj0KCQiA-bjyBRCcARIsAFboWg0McF2Yoh6KG0C89bZnbZzgXc-6jmKJQNxUTlCuOqkneZ-nHeFMvXwaApneEALw_wcB

Sorry if I missed it - can you blend these with a scoop of soaked beet pulp? That seems to mask a lot of tastes.