Age to deworm?

[redhen]

I'm a dam yankee(sort of..) and i say "wormed" also... So does most everyone else here.
Why?? Is it supposed ot be DEwormed?? (not that i care..)

 

[Raelyn]

Neither term is more "correct" than the other, however, I work in the Veterinary medical community and refer to deworming as deworming, not worming.

It is habit, so that is what I type and say in conversation.

 

[gritsar]

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It can be either Red. I just don't understand why a fuss was made because I referred to it as worming. It's been so long I don't recall what the vets I worked for as a VET TECH in Miami, Florida called it; but like you I don't care. Then again I am from the South and don't make it a habit to chastise someone I don't know because they use different words or phrases than I do. Except for Em, she's fair game.

Em, how weird! I was born in Florida, raised in NC. I struggled as a child, having two yankees for parents.

 

[EmtheFishLady]

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Everyone picks on little ol' me.

 

[gritsar]

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Everyone picks on little ol' me.

I'll tell you what I tell all my friends. If I didn't like you I wouldn't tease you. In fact, if I didn't like you I wouldn't give you the time of day. There's no middle ground with me.

 

[EmtheFishLady]

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Everyone picks on little ol' me.

I'll tell you what I tell all my friends. If I didn't like you I wouldn't tease you. In fact, if I didn't like you I wouldn't give you the time of day. There's no middle ground with me.

Ditto Gritty.

 

[BrattishTaz]

Easy answer, Red. Deworming removes the worms. Worming would mean you are putting them back in.

I say worming anyway though.