Gapeworm and waterbelly

[Charlene W]

I have treated them before with other things orally and sprayed each for lice. It is just a pain with so many. I did it the way you say. I used to rehab wild birds for Project Wildlife and am comfortable with the technique, but I sure don't look forward to having to handle every single bird again when they may not even have gapeworms. Sigh.

 

[dawg53]

It would be best to gather fecal samples from birds showing gapeworm symptoms and put it all together in a plastic ziplock bag and gently stir it up. Then take the stirred up feces to a vet have them look at it under a microscope for gapeworm eggs or other worm eggs. Then you'll know for sure if you're dealing with gapeworms or perhaps a respiratory disease.

 

[Charlene W]

They had mycoplasmosis and got treated for that. He just threw it out that they should probably be treated for gapeworm since I had never wormed this batch I got at the swap. Former factory layers. I am going to watch and see if any have symptoms then treat those if necessary.