Guest karl adams Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 tested my birds droppings today the birds i fly out are fine but in my stock i found these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch pied Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 hair worm eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest karl adams Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 yes :-/ :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest frank dooman Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 hair worm but not too many, iam told every bird has them but not a prob till something else kicks in but owen is your man on this he knows his stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigda Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 yep hair worms get a tablet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest karl adams Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 will do them tomorrow with a 1 day treatment in the water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IB Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 No offence, Karl, is that treatment enough? I too had hair worm at this time of year 2 years ago. Was advised to treat [ with Levamisol] in water for 3 days, and to re-treat 3 weeks later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest frank dooman Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 No offence, Karl, is that treatment enough? I too had hair worm at this time of year 2 years ago. Was advised to treat [ with Levamisol] in water for 3 days, and to re-treat 3 weeks later. moxidectine is 24hr treatmeant ian so are some others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest karl adams Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 i use moxidectin for 1 day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest karl adams Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 i find it a good treatment and it works for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IB Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Thanks for that, Frank & Karl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just ask me Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 treat again in about 12 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest frank dooman Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Thanks for that, Frank & Karl. see you should have been watching at the shows ian ;) ;) lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest karl adams Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 i got the microscope out today and used testing the birds as an excuse to stay at home as the miss wanted me to go shopping again ;D ;D ;D when she got back i was testing the droppings she said its took you 5 hours to test the birds i said yes but if i had a better microscope i could do them in a hour ;) my next move is to find a site that dose the good ens and the show her lol ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just ask me Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 i got the microscope out today and used testing the birds as an excuse to stay at home as the miss wanted me to go shopping again ;D ;D ;D when she got back i was testing the droppings she said its took you 5 hours to test the birds i said yes but if i had a better microscope i could do them in a hour ;) my next move is to find a site that dose the good ens and the show her lol ;) i bet that will cost a good few shopping trips though ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest karl adams Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 its worth a try ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest karl adams Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 treat again in about 12 days i may have young in the nest then tho i should of tested them earlya really :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just ask me Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 i may have young in the nest then tho i should of tested them earlya really :-/ its hard to tell from the photos but it don't look to serious personally i don't like giving anything to the birds while there feeding young ones some might say it has no effect and maybe so but i think the natural antibodies that pumped into the young ones from its parents is of the up most importance and u may never know how this will be affected jmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest karl adams Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 i dont think they have them bad as i only found 6 eggs out of 20 birds and i did 2 tests so i will just treat them latter today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Owen Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Hi Carl treat your birds for hair worm. You must not allow them to have hair worm because they can do serious damage to the gut. Clean your feeders and drinkers with a good distinfectant but do not leave distinfectant residue on them. Nice to see that you have worked out how to focus the microscope. You will need to test them again in about a week to ten days because hair worm can be very hard to shift. I would use Moxidectine at this time of the year because some of your birds could have a flight or two to go. I am going away to Cornwall today for a couple of days. I'll talk to you when I get back. Happy Xmas Owen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulkie Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 6 eggs are 6 to many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IB Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 i may have young in the nest then tho i should of tested them earlya really :-/ Going back to my own experience, was late testing too, and advice I was given was that worm life cycle at this time of year is a lot longer - many weeks, so leave treatment until after breeding. I didn't take that advice, because I recognised suspect droppings from Wim Peters description and reckoned these [new] birds at least needed treatment right away. Vet agreed with my decision, but he told me to redo them 3 weeks after the initial treatment. Didn't do that as birds would be feeding youngsters and I knew that whatever I gave them would end up in crop milk. Think a dewormer is last thing a youngster in the nest needs. So after initial treatment, I used herbal stuff, and droppings test at end of that year was clear for worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest karl adams Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 birds treated now done the lot cleaned them all out and burnt every think in the lofts will burn out for the next 3days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franny41 Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Is ivermectin any good for hair worm??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franny41 Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Is ivermectin any good for hair worm??? I thought i would have got an answer before now boys or does no one know the answer??????????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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