To use or not to use???????

[BluJay]

Thank you so very much Buzz. Will do, they have another coming.

Harvey123456789, that would not be a good idea. The people here have asisted me through my angers and fears...... striaght forward to treatment.... and beyond. The birds were the important issues, as well as, prevent the spread of these issues to other birds.

Thank you everyone, all my worring and days without sleep, not one bird fell off the perch!

[HARVEY123456789]

When worming you shouldnt lose any i have never lost any , i use vetfarm worm out gel if i dont have any moxi left both work well
is there any other brands of wormer ? i have seen one at coles before but never took any notice of it ?

[jusdeb]

Hmmm youngin . I never thought Id lose a bird from a simple worm out either .

I recently lost a beautiful Superb parrot .

Quaranteened him , coccivet , and then after a couple of weeks to settle in wormed him full strenth worm out gel ...poor bugger fitted for an hour , was about to give in and put him out of his misery and he died.

Massive worm burden and something I never want to see again ...Such a beautiful creature ...gone .

SOOO this is not meant to scare people and stop them worming , the Superb would have been eaten alive by the bloody things anyway ..just saying new birds need gradual worming . Something I never knew about , guess Ive been lucky up until now .

[djb78]

Yes deb must agree that I saw a bird pass on hours after a treatment of worming, it to was infested. Yes worming new birds to a collection is a must I believe but I usually wait for a period of a month before I worm, I don't medicate new birds straight away somewhere between 3-4 weeks or earlier if required. I like to let them settle in for a while before treating/preventing issues that may arise. This seems to work for me as I very rarely lose a new bird. As for moult aid I haven't used it but heard that its very good foe birds that are struggling through their moult. Can someone help clear an issue, does moxi plus also kill worms?

[Craig52]

Moxi plus does kill most worms and the plus is for tape worms. Cheers Craig

[venetta]

Can you worm your birds if they have young in the nest??

We've got some babies happening and wouldn't want anything to happen to them

[Craig52]

Can you worm your birds if they have young in the nest??


We've got some babies happening and wouldn't want anything to happen to them

Venetta,if your birds dont look sick dont worm them till after they have finished breeding as this could cause all sorts of complications. Craig

[Tiaris]

Previous posts have indicated that some wormers can inhibit the ability of young birds to beg properly. I don't doubt that this may be the case, but I worm my finches every 3 months & as long as the weather is fine I'll treat them & each time they are drenched there are breeding birds with young at various stages & I haven't had any losses of young birds corresponding with worming my birds so I will continue to do so according to my regular routine. I'm not going to say I recommend you do it whilst your birds have young (or your young birds will probably cark it instantly) but if it was me & the birds were due for worming, I'd do it.

[Myzomela]

Tiaris is correct.

The wormer that theoretically affects the begging response in chicks is moxidectin but having said that many have used it with no ill effects.

In my opinion moxidectin is the safest of all the wormers and if you have to worm with young in the nest I would use it over levamisole (Avitrol plus, worm-enda etc) or fenbendazole (panacur) any day. You can still use the other wormers at other times.

The important thing with worming in-water is to avoid doing it in hot weather, especially if they are also feeding chicks.

[BluJay]

Thanks everyone!

@Venetta, thanks for the question, I have some dfybwbrh and sfybwbrh sitting.