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Mithious: Sorry about your car, I've experienced transmission problems in the past, not fun and it's costly. I read that link you provided also, alot of testing was done for sure, good info. It takes gapeworms about 7 days to infect the trachea in order to cause symptoms. When the trachea is blocked by the worms, birds raise their heads up gasping for air, grunting and shaking their heads to try and loosen the worms. They dont eat because they are trying to breathe. They eventually suffocate in a short amount of time.
The time frame you gave your birds the earthworms, did you first notice the gaping around the 6th or 7th day? Has it continued to get worse and are your birds not eating and are they shaking their heads, grunting?
If you're not seeing these things, there are two other possibilties:
1. They are simply adjusting their crops.
2. It's the onset of a respiratory disease.
I doubt it's #2. Sounds like #1 is the winner. I've given my birds leftover spagetti (plain, without sauces) and they almost immediately started 'gaping' after swallowing it...they were adjusting their crops.
As far as the runny /smelly poop goes, probably from eating the earthworms, not the wormer. Mix some buttermilk and scrambled into their feed to make a mash and give it to them to eat for several days. Hopefully it'll get back to normal poops. Keep in mind that smelly cecal poop is normally excreted about every 8-10 droppings (plus or minus.)