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David veino
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Okay I try to do that I just thought it seem gape worms cause after a day or so she eating her food little bit and lots of lettuce but yeah I try to do thatZimecterin Gold contains Ivermectin and Praziquantel. The Ivermectin will treat gapeworms. Praziquantel treats tapeworms.
Generally, if one bird has gapeworms, most likely other birds will have gapeworms as well. That's due to the fact that gapeworms eggs can be picked up and eaten directly from the soil by a chicken or an infected insect was eaten by a chicken.
Gapeworms are lodged in the trachea, you cant see them and you wont see them excreted in feces.
The ONLY way to verify there are gapeworms present is to have a fecal sample taken from the bird in question to a vet, and have them look for gapeworm eggs on a microscopic slide. Then you'll know for sure if your bird has gapeworms.
Get a fresh fecal sample from your bird and put it in a ziplock bag and take it to any vet and tell them you want them to look for gapeworm eggs under a microscope, or any kind of worm eggs for that matter. It shouldnt cost much.
Let us know the results and if it's not gapeworms, we'll go from there.