Hello Ladies and Gents.
My silver sebright cockerel (rooster) has developed a gaping motion whilst extending his next. I know this is a classic example of gapeworm, but can also be due to other things also. I have some Flubenvet arriving this evening, just in case.
Anyway, I brought the cockerel in for a closer inspection and found that there was some sort of husk wrapped around his tongue. I managed to remove it quite easily, luckily, and popped him back outside, but he is still gaping. No rasping noise, and seems to run around and eat without any problem.
I am wondering whether, if it was this thing wrapped around his tongue, that he still perhaps feels it is still there?
Anyway, here is a picture of the offending article:
![](https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/6012912/width/500/height/1000)
Looks like it was almost strangling the tip of his tongue.
So, aside from the tongue situation and gapeworm - is there anything else that might be going on at all?
Thanks
Alister
My silver sebright cockerel (rooster) has developed a gaping motion whilst extending his next. I know this is a classic example of gapeworm, but can also be due to other things also. I have some Flubenvet arriving this evening, just in case.
Anyway, I brought the cockerel in for a closer inspection and found that there was some sort of husk wrapped around his tongue. I managed to remove it quite easily, luckily, and popped him back outside, but he is still gaping. No rasping noise, and seems to run around and eat without any problem.
I am wondering whether, if it was this thing wrapped around his tongue, that he still perhaps feels it is still there?
Anyway, here is a picture of the offending article:
Looks like it was almost strangling the tip of his tongue.
So, aside from the tongue situation and gapeworm - is there anything else that might be going on at all?
Thanks
Alister
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