He sure is getting dark!
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What is that stuff in his water?
You made me so proud of you right now!!! I am not joking you really did. This is what I was trying to tell you in the lost peacock thread but you got angry. I knew you said you kept a record of your bird's weight from hatch to adult each year, but could not understand why you could not just give a cc/ml amount to the members. Doesn't that look like experience rather then quoting a book at 10-50ml per KB of weight? LOL I know you are SMILING now cause you just made me do itYes you can worm them at that age. At that age they should weigh about 500 grams according to the data I have. At 500 grams I would give .25ml Safeguard if I was treating for cecal worms or .1ml Safeguard for five days in a row if I was treating for capillary worms.
Do you have Corid? I would be more suspicious of coccidiosis, but he could be sick with something else like blackhead or enteritis. Can you post a picture of his poop? Poop picture will really help.
-Kathy
Disclaimer: I'm not saying that you should worm him, just that you can. The amounts above are for a 500 gram chick. If your chick is lighter, it would need less. Make sense?
Quote: IMO, it would be irresponsible of me to say just give it "x" amount. If someone's 6 week old chick had been sick it would probably weigh *much* less than 500 grams and the dose would need to be adjusted accordingly. Or, if that chick was a monster, the dose should be adjusted upwards. I'm not a vet, but I think higher doses will be fine, but too low a dose might not be as effective.
FYI, I'm not just quoting a book, I post based on the research I have done and methods that I currently use. Yes, books do have doses listed as mg/kg (not ml per kg), and they do for a reason, just like I do... Different sized birds need different amounts, right? For example, a mature peacock might weigh as much as 6kg and a peahen the same age might weigh as little as 3kg. Again, I am not a vet, but I know my vet would have me give *twice* as much of most medicines to the larger bird.
Same is true for tube feeding and giving fluids... Larger birds *will* need more.
-Kathy
I mean this in a nice way, really, I do, but what am I thanking you for?Kathy just say "Thank You"
Good question, I look forward to seeing it answered.I mean this in a nice way, really, I do, but what am I thanking you for?
-Kathy