Hi all! I know this is a common topic, and I could've just searched for someone else's thread that covers the same topic, but I have, believe me, and my brain is swimming from all the possibilties. I don't think I'm getting anywhere that way so, I hope you can help me. It's so much simpler when you get feedback on your specific problem. This is such a great forum. Thank you all in advance for your help. I'm so grateful to have it.
So, my problem is that first of all, I didn't know as much as I thought I did about worming.
A couple years ago when we had a worm problem, the vet told us to worm every 2 to 3 months, and to change out the wormer sometimes. Well, being otherwise uninformed, we assumed he meant to change the wormer every two or three months, so we never used the same wormer for more than three months in a row, and now I'm worried that we were changing it too often.
We have been using Panacur, Ivermectin (I think) and Cydectin, and we have used an herbal wormer before, but it's been a long time since we used that. I would guess maybe a year or so.
Recently, we were using Panacur for around 3 months, so I thought we should change it again like usual, so we got Cydectin and gave it to them. I checked their eyes maybe a week after that, and they looked like "acceptable/borderline" color on the FAMACHA chart on the goat-link website.
So, I got out some dewormer that I recently ordered from Hoegger. It's called Golden Blend. I figured since I've never used it, it should be more effective, but it's been a day since I gave it to them, and their eyes are even paler than they were! They are light pink now, and my two Nigerians that I got recently have practically white eyelids.
Did I just check too soon, or have I been doing everything drastically wrong? I really want to get this figured out, please advise me.
So, my problem is that first of all, I didn't know as much as I thought I did about worming.
A couple years ago when we had a worm problem, the vet told us to worm every 2 to 3 months, and to change out the wormer sometimes. Well, being otherwise uninformed, we assumed he meant to change the wormer every two or three months, so we never used the same wormer for more than three months in a row, and now I'm worried that we were changing it too often.
We have been using Panacur, Ivermectin (I think) and Cydectin, and we have used an herbal wormer before, but it's been a long time since we used that. I would guess maybe a year or so.
Recently, we were using Panacur for around 3 months, so I thought we should change it again like usual, so we got Cydectin and gave it to them. I checked their eyes maybe a week after that, and they looked like "acceptable/borderline" color on the FAMACHA chart on the goat-link website.
So, I got out some dewormer that I recently ordered from Hoegger. It's called Golden Blend. I figured since I've never used it, it should be more effective, but it's been a day since I gave it to them, and their eyes are even paler than they were! They are light pink now, and my two Nigerians that I got recently have practically white eyelids.

Did I just check too soon, or have I been doing everything drastically wrong? I really want to get this figured out, please advise me.
