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    Hen not responding to treatment. Gape worm? Link to video please help assess.

    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 🙏🏻
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    Rooster gasping for air!

    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...
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    Rooster gasping for air!

    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...
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    Rooster gasping for air!

    I uploaded a video of us feeding her kilverm by syringe here
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    Rooster gasping for air!

    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...
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    Rooster gasping for air!

    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
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    Rooster gasping for air!

    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...
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    Rooster gasping for air!

    Hi I wanted to know how your rooster did on the kilverm treatment - could you give us an update?
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