Agreed - no more Sulmet! If it didn't work in 5 days, it wasn't appropriate. I still highly believe that the blood you were seeing was from cecal worms irritating the ceca, causing blood. Possibly a secondary coccidiosis issue, but the Sulmet took care of that. Additional blood was likely due to the worms which were not yet dead. IF you see more blood, let us know immediately.
The worms you're seeing ARE worms. The mechanism of the wazine you used is to paralyze the worms. That's why they're still. They will shed out for a few days. This is exactly what you would expect when you worm and the birds have a heavy infestation - it's a sign that you did the right thing! Yay!
However, they're only the adults. For all of the worms you're seeing (rounds or capillary worms), there are still larva inside. Wazine is meant to be repeated. However, I like to just go all out and instead of repeatedly killing adults as the larva form into them, I like to go back in 2-4 weeks and worm with something like fenbendazole (safe-guard brand paste for horses and cattle - 1 bb sized bit on the beack), or ivermectin. Cattle, generic ivermectin pour-on is my preference of the ivermectins as it stays on the bird longer than injectable used orally stays in the bird. But fenbendazole is a fine med and highly recommended for your follow up. It's also economical and easy to find at feed-stores.
Do please follow up with the wormer in 2-4 weeks. Then use a broad spectrum wormer at least twice a year.
Do not continue with Sulmet. That course is done.
Do please give probiotics (yogurt or otherwise) for a week to combat the stress of the antibiotic and worming.
Good job on getting rid of those worms! They inflame the intestines and ceca, causing feed to be less absorbed and causing more susceptibility to all sorts of other illnesses. Now if you do the follow up worming and kill the larva and whatever adults remain, and you keep a worming program in place, your birds will be much more thrifty and likely to use their feed efficiently. You've taken the first step!
The worms you're seeing ARE worms. The mechanism of the wazine you used is to paralyze the worms. That's why they're still. They will shed out for a few days. This is exactly what you would expect when you worm and the birds have a heavy infestation - it's a sign that you did the right thing! Yay!
However, they're only the adults. For all of the worms you're seeing (rounds or capillary worms), there are still larva inside. Wazine is meant to be repeated. However, I like to just go all out and instead of repeatedly killing adults as the larva form into them, I like to go back in 2-4 weeks and worm with something like fenbendazole (safe-guard brand paste for horses and cattle - 1 bb sized bit on the beack), or ivermectin. Cattle, generic ivermectin pour-on is my preference of the ivermectins as it stays on the bird longer than injectable used orally stays in the bird. But fenbendazole is a fine med and highly recommended for your follow up. It's also economical and easy to find at feed-stores.
Do please follow up with the wormer in 2-4 weeks. Then use a broad spectrum wormer at least twice a year.
Do not continue with Sulmet. That course is done.
Do please give probiotics (yogurt or otherwise) for a week to combat the stress of the antibiotic and worming.
Good job on getting rid of those worms! They inflame the intestines and ceca, causing feed to be less absorbed and causing more susceptibility to all sorts of other illnesses. Now if you do the follow up worming and kill the larva and whatever adults remain, and you keep a worming program in place, your birds will be much more thrifty and likely to use their feed efficiently. You've taken the first step!
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