Best way to worm peafowl in a mixed flock

[emascioli]

Hi,
I have a pair of peafowll in with a small mixed flock of bantam chickens and guinea fowl. I would like to know if there is a topical (applied to skin) wormer that I can use for the peafowl since I can't dose them through the water that is shared by all the birds. All birds are strictly ornamental, I don't eat them (they have names) or their eggs. I know that I can dose the peafowl aurally but it sounds difficult and risky involving aquarium tubing and more know-how than I possess. All advice is welcome.

Thanks,
E

 

[casportpony]

Hi,
I have a pair of peafowll in with a small mixed flock of bantam chickens and guinea fowl. I would like to know if there is a topical (applied to skin) wormer that I can use for the peafowl since I can't dose them through the water that is shared by all the birds. All birds are strictly ornamental, I don't eat them (they have names) or their eggs. I know that I can dose the peafowl aurally but it sounds difficult and risky involving aquarium tubing and more know-how than I possess. All advice is welcome.

Thanks,
E

Would be best to catch them and give either of these orally:

Safeguard liquid or paste

• Large peahen - 2ml 5 days in a row
• Large peacock - 3ml 5 days in a row

*or*

Valbazen liquid

• Large peahen - 0.7 ml once and repeat in ten days
• Large peacock - 1 ml once and repeat in ten days

A topical dose of ivermectin is very unlikely to treat any worms in peafowl, chickens or guinea fowl.

-Kathy

 

[emascioli]

Kathy,
Thank you for replying to both of my posts, can you tell me how to administer medication orally, one post said something about 3" of aquarium tubing and making sure it didn't get into lungs. That sounded very risky to me.

Thanks,
E

 

[casportpony]

Kathy,
Thank you for replying to both of my posts, can you tell me how to administer medication orally, one post said something about 3" of aquarium tubing and making sure it didn't get into lungs. That sounded very risky to me.

Thanks,
E

This is how I do it:
Read this article -
From:http://www.hopkinslivestock.com/oral_dosing_article.htm

The pictures below are from the link above (http://www.hopkinslivestock.com/oral_dosing_article.htm)

The hole at the back of the tongue is the trachea - Nothing should ever go in there!





-Kathy