Aussie Finch Forum

I need to worm my birds,but I have young Plumheads and Orange breasts in the nest and Pictorellas sitting.Is it safe to worm them along with the rest?Thanks.

Don't know . .

But, working on the 'dog does bite' approach, can't the worming wait for 2/3 weeks

I could,but by then I will hopefully have tiny Pictorellas.2-3 weeks then becomes 6 or so if I wait for them to fledge.

Then, I guess that you have to decide if you want to be like the athlete . .

Who: . . "Never competed, because it interfered with his training programme . . "




Entirely, your call

I agree, what's worth more the experiment or some nice young finches flying around with their parents with or without worms. Craig

I don't understand Arthur's comments. Craig, what experiment are you referring to?
I'm assuming collector has a schedule where he worms his birds and needs to know if worming will affect the young ones. I'm also interested to know.

I've used ivomec and moxi plus with no apparent problems. Chicks were still begging loudly and all birds remain healthy.

Jimenezl wrote:I don't understand Arthur's comments. Craig, what experiment are you referring to?
I'm assuming collector has a schedule where he worms his birds and needs to know if worming will affect the young ones. I'm also interested to know.

My comments mean:

(1) That I don't know if worming will have an effect

(2) That if you have to prioritise, skipping the worming would be the way to go

Craig can speak for himself, but his meaning is crystal clear to me

Arthur, it seems Queenslander logic doesn't translate into the good ol US of A.
who would have thought that....
collecter....my 2 cents worth is it wont hurt to miss a worming in my opinion, if you are concerned about your youngens. Mid-winter should be a low risk period for worms anyway with sub-zero temps spoiling their party I would have thought.
As you get more birds this is going to occur more often also so waiting for spring to treat may throw up the same dilemma.
we probably need an opinion from myzo/Danny(vets) but they may just scare us with their reply too.
if its any help I flock-treat via the water with each change of season and so far I have noticed no downside....

It may be silly to ask but who said your birds need worming at all.
Have you tested for them or just worming because other people do it.
Your area is less likely to have a worm problem than those living north of Sydney