A visitor from the UK looking for advice about new pea ownership

[new 2 pfowl]

Glad you made it here Marie!

@casportpony : Is this the product you mentioned: http://www.hyperdrug.co.uk/Flubenvet-1-Medicated-Premixture-60g/productinfo/FLUBMP1/
I'm guessing that some dosing advice may be needed...

@Trefoil is recommending that you feed them a gamebird mix that you would find at the feed store (it looks like this might be called "game feed" in the UK), or some diet that works out to about 20% protein.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hi Marie

You can buy the flubenvet online as @new 2 pfowl has said~ http://www.yorkvetsupplies.co.uk/product/flubenvet-1-medicated-premixture-domestic-poultry-wormer/ Lots of different places to get it from. They may even have it at the feed store.

Where in the uk are you? I can check out feed stores for you then for the 20% game bird feed. At ours you have to order the game bird feed in, no point trailing around if they don't stock it.

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Thank you so much @Yorkshire coop , great information!

 

[marie1975]

Hi thank you yes I made it your know wormer wher can I get it from in uk safeguard only USA I think is safeguard 10% same as panacure 10% does anyone know or what do I worm peacocks with please thank you

 

[marie1975]

That's only 1% it says give peacocks safeguard 10%so I no understand what do I give my peacocks

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Can you help her with the dosage @Yorkshire coop ?
Or perhaps @casportpony , if you are familiar with flubendazole?
I see that the packaging says 1 gram of Flubenvet contains 10 mg flubendazole...

Marie, are your peas full grown, and can you weigh them? This information will help with figuring out wormer dosage.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Flubenvet is a wormer to add to feed although it does not stick very well. Adding a tad of olive oil helps to stick it to the feed. For easy sake it's about 1/2 teaspoon to 2 kg of feed for a week. That's recomended for large chickens so I would say at least double that for a pea to 1 tablespoon. It's not an acurate measured way to worm but it's hard to overdose them on flubendazole ~


Acute Toxicity and Tolerance of Flubendazole

LD50 acute, rats, p.o. >5000 mg/kg
LD50 acute, mice, p.o. >5000 mg/kg
LD50 acute, chicken, p.o. >640 mg/kg
Safety margin in swine >20
In dogs, daily doses of 10 and 40 mg/kg 6 days a week during 3 weeks prostatic hypoplasia (reduced development) and congestion of cauda of the epididymis were observed in all males.
Broiler breeder pullets treated with flubendazole at 60, 80 and 120 mg/kg mixed in the feed during 7 days showed no toxic symptoms, excepting a lower hematocrit value and lower red cell count in the highest-dose group.
In pregnant sows treated at 8 mg/kg/day mixed in the feed from the day of mating after farrowing no significant abnormalities were found in the born piglets. The same was found after treatment at 50 mg/kg/day mixed in the feed from the day of mating until day 70 of pregnancy.
As a general rule dogs, cats and livestock tolerate flubendazole very well, usually without adverse drug reactions.
Toxic Symptoms caused by Flubendazole Poisoning

As a general rule, poisoning with flubendazole is quite unusual, due to its low toxicity, the high safety margins and the fact that most species tolerate it very well.

 

[Birdrain92]

Just an idea to try and make thing easier for us, try to find some wormers in your area and take pictures of everything on it. Then we might be able to find some answers and possible wormer that will work.

 

[casportpony]

Glad you made it here Marie!

@casportpony
: Is this the product you mentioned: http://www.hyperdrug.co.uk/Flubenvet-1-Medicated-Premixture-60g/productinfo/FLUBMP1/
I'm guessing that some dosing advice may be needed...

@Trefoil
is recommending that you feed them a gamebird mix that you would find at the feed store (it looks like this might be called "game feed" in the UK), or some diet that works out to about 20% protein.

That is the wormer I mentioned. One can also use Panacur paste for rabbits (need to look up dose instructions) or Panacur paste for horses. Horse paste dose is 0.23 ml per pound orally for five days.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

How much wormer and where do I get it from?do I have to give them I have two that's last yrs chicks please help as I don't want the birds to become ill I'm worried as one of them has black diorior sorry can't spell need to sort them as soon as poss thanx marie

Can you take a picture Of the poop?

-Kathy