Can you worm birds when breeding?

[mactus]

I have a pair of gouldians with chicks (first ones ever!!) they're in a community aviary. Can you worm all the birds or should you wait till these young are fledged? I was going to use wormout gel.

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[Diane]

I use moxidectin and I rang and checked with the people at Australian pigeon and they said the young should be feeding themselves before worming.

Having said that I have accidentally dosed a cock bird that was feeding young, the young were ten days old at the time. Everything was ok.....I suffered though, worried until they fledged...

[gomer]

When I worm mine I worm anything out of the nest.I usually use moxi or avitrol plus.I worm the budgies while still in the nest.

[BENSONSAN]

Hey Gomer do u use avitrol on your gouldians?

Ben

[gomer]

Hey Gomer do u use avitrol on your gouldians?

Ben

Yeah Ben,I use Avitrol plus on them,and altinate with moxidectin.Ocasionally I will use panacure or wormout or ivermectin aswell.

[nixity]

Moxidectin (Scatt) shouldn't be given to birds under 6 months of age I am told.

I do not use moxidectin for the purpose of worming, though, I use it strictly for ASM.

Something like Morning Bird's Worm Away are completely safe to use throughout all life cycles including when the birds have babies.

[BENSONSAN]

CHeers gomer. You do it through crop needle? Sorry should of asked that before.

Ben

[gomer]

I use a crop needle with the panacure and avitrol,The moxi and iver externally.and the wormout i have only used in the water.