Blood in poop/pumpkin seeds

[danamillette]

I just went home and saw blood in some poop.(just one episode) Only diet change has been some pumkin guts and seeds that I gave them the past few days. Could the seeds perhaps have been too big and caused this?

 

[AWChickens]

Have you wormed them before? Pumpkin seeds can act as a natural wormer, and if you haven't before it might be a sign that they need to be.

 

[danamillette]

No, I havent. It was kind of stringy too but not "moving". I will search on worming and get that done! Yik!

 

[speckledhen]

How old are they? When you see blood in the poop, actual blood, usually it's cocci or a heavy worm load. I give mine pumpkin seeds all the time with no issues. In fact, they are a natural wormer. I give mine pumpkin seeds and buttermilk as a worm preventative.

 

[danamillette]

I am not positive which one it is, but I think my EE because of where she sleeps. The poop was under where she was sleeping last nite. She is about 1 year and 4 months. I have had them since Sept 11. So, very new to this!!

 

[FisherMOM]

can you give them the pumpkin seeds whole?
I assume the pumpkins guts is ok too then?

 

[speckledhen]

Yes, you can give them whole, but they'll go further if they're chopped a bit. Whole pumpkins are great, but mine wont eat them raw. They like cooked squash, though.

 

[d.k]

* I buy them hulled for my 2. They get enough fiber from flaxsd, hempsd, BOSS as it is!!

 

[AWChickens]

Mine are crazy for pumpkins, I cut them in half and they pick them completely clean in no time- they eat all the pulp and fight over the seeds

I mentioned worms because I got a batch of 4 from someone earlier in the year and didn't even think about worming them when they first came home

(although I did at least keep them in isolation for a few weeks away from the others)- I saw a little squiggly bit of blood in one dropping after I fed them pumpkin (which I'm assuming had flushed worms, which I'm also assuming they picked out of their own droppings GROSS!) My vet said probably a really high parasite load, I wormed all 4 with ivermectin and never saw another bloody dropping

 

[danamillette]

ok. I have been the mad poop detective last nite and this a.m. No more blood. I am going to worm them, just have to figure out where I can buy the stuff. Neither feed store here carries it. I love where I live, but dayuum. I wish that I didnt have to travel 1/2 hr to 2 hrs to buy anything that isnt gas, beef, cheese or booze.