Ok it says on the bottle of Avitrol plus tablets to give 1/2 a tablet for birds 250-500g (so for me that's half a tablet each for my D'Uccle, Silkie and Pekin, which is what they got last time). One tablet for birds 500-750g, and and one and a half tablets for birds 750g to a kilo. So actually for a 2 kilo bird that means three tablets, which means I've been slightly under dosing my large girls. Two tablets did seem to work fine though, and cleared up the last lot of roundworm Annabelle had about a month ago with no problems, but I will get some piparazine for that if there's another outbreak as Fancy suggested. I only did the follow up dose last time though as there were worms present and I'd been slack.
So Appps, according to those directions, that would be four tablets for a bird that's almost at the three kilo mark, 4 1/2 if they are 3 kilos. The manufacturer's email in that link says 2 tablets per kilo, but the bottle says one and a half, I'd personally stick with the bottle, just in case that particular persons information was slightly off. Seems like a lot, but then again it's off label for use in poultry. The tablets are at least small, and they'd still need to drink a certain amount of water anyway if it was added to their drinkers.
I guess just leave it for now and follow up with a full dose in a fortnight. If anyone else has any input, please do. It might pay to confirm all this with a vet, I just don't want to give bad advice or cause your birds any harm.
It still might be a better suited medication for bantams and medium sized chooks than larger fowl, if you find counting out tablets is annoying or proves tricky to administer. This is just what I've had success with recently, as I'd tried a few different products with little success until the Avitrol tablets, mostly because they just weren't getting enough of the medication as they hated each on I tried and outright refused to drink any of their water. Luckily others here have birds that are a little more cooperative than mine are.
That's great news about Carl putting on weight again! Is she out with the others again now?
So Appps, according to those directions, that would be four tablets for a bird that's almost at the three kilo mark, 4 1/2 if they are 3 kilos. The manufacturer's email in that link says 2 tablets per kilo, but the bottle says one and a half, I'd personally stick with the bottle, just in case that particular persons information was slightly off. Seems like a lot, but then again it's off label for use in poultry. The tablets are at least small, and they'd still need to drink a certain amount of water anyway if it was added to their drinkers.
I guess just leave it for now and follow up with a full dose in a fortnight. If anyone else has any input, please do. It might pay to confirm all this with a vet, I just don't want to give bad advice or cause your birds any harm.
It still might be a better suited medication for bantams and medium sized chooks than larger fowl, if you find counting out tablets is annoying or proves tricky to administer. This is just what I've had success with recently, as I'd tried a few different products with little success until the Avitrol tablets, mostly because they just weren't getting enough of the medication as they hated each on I tried and outright refused to drink any of their water. Luckily others here have birds that are a little more cooperative than mine are.
That's great news about Carl putting on weight again! Is she out with the others again now?
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. Winry is also back with the others after being nilstat-ed and antibiotic-ed for a week. The worming is just in case that's related to this consistent spongy crop but I really think it's all just related to the drinking Carl's diareah that time. I didn't give her antibiotics at the time as she had started eating again while I did do Al as she wasn't. I think it needed the antibiotics to really knock it on the head as Al hasn't looked back.
