Hi there Genesis 1981!
Well it's been around 18 months since you went through this ordeal - I would love to find out if this reoccurred? Or did it stop where you left off above 🙏🏻
Thanks. Poor girl. She was my sweet shy one. She'll be missed.
They don't visit but they share a fence from time to time. I've read that gapeworm can spread through slugs and bugs and wild birds - those can cross the fence line.
No respiratory illnesses in any of them that I've seen.
She's...
Thank you so much for responding! Truly appreciate it. Sadly Livvy was just too exhausted to wait for me to find the right treatment. 🥺
I found a liquid avitrol that is indicated for gapeworm with a withholding period of a week. It'll take a few weeks to get it here but I'll order enough to...
Avitrol is 17mg/tablet
They recommend 1.5tablets for a bird up to 1kg
So my 3kg girl should get 4.5 tablets giving 76.5mg levamisole
Kilverm is 14g/l levamisole
I think that's 14mg/ml
So to get the equivalent dosage - 5.5ml
is my maths right?
so if this isn't working - any other ideas...
THANK YOU for getting back to me so quick!
Her crop has been empty for 2 days - she's not eating. Her poop is now only the white stuff.
Note at the top of the directions - "not to be used in food producing species" but this product is the only one that is recommended for gapeworm
Hi Wyorp Rock
I'm 99% sure my chicken has gapeworm - no other signs you mentioned for respiratory issues or swollen anywhere.
She was gaping and shaking her head a few days back with an occasional odd sound - like a sneeze/cough/choke combination. Now she's been gaping for 3 days solid. It's...