Indestructible Tapeworms?

[Kaitlynf910]

Is that something I just find at the feed store? And if their last dose of valbazen was Friday, when can I give that?

Get this:

Equimax

• Kiki
• Sep 5, 2018

Equimax

• Kiki
• Sep 5, 2018

 

[Kaitlynf910]

I don’t know if this helps AT ALL, other than grossing some people out. But here’s a small amount of what I’m working with. Maybe there’s a way to tell what kind of tapes they are visually...maybe not. These are a few I found the other day. I mean they ARE tapeworm segments correct?

 

[Morrigan]

I would give them their last dose of valbazen, since you have already done the first 2. Watch the poop for the next several days and let us know what you are seeing.

 

[Kiki]

Is that something I just find at the feed store? And if their last dose of valbazen was Friday, when can I give that?

Yes...I buy this at my local feed store. It's sold as horse wormer.
It will rid your tapeworms.

 

[Kiki]

I don’t know if this helps AT ALL, other than grossing some people out. But here’s a small amount of what I’m working with. Maybe there’s a way to tell what kind of tapes they are visually...maybe not. These are a few I found the other day. I mean they ARE tapeworm segments correct?

Yes, I'd say those are tapes.

 

[pibb]

You can get praziquantel (Equimax or Zimectrin Gold) at Tractor Supply or Rural King. They have different dosages though because they are different strengths.

 

[Kiki]

Thank you!!! I’ll definitely try the equimax then. It’s funny you say that about worming regularly. It honestly only seems like it’s one or two that continue to have tapes, but I don’t know which one(s). I wondered whether it was my chocolate Orpington and one of my EE. The reason being that the lady I got them from wormed them every 2 months and I found that odd. I wondered if maybe they became immune. I know she used Safeguard goat wormer at least sometimes but idk if she switched it up.

So I guess the general consensus is NO 3rd dose of valbazen. I’ll just have to get something else. How long should I wait before I try something new?

I'd get the Equimax and use it tomorrow if I were you.

I do not believe that you have been giving the right stuff to rid tapes.

 

[Morrigan]

I've always done that. But other than the valbazen (which i know is a wormer that treats TW), I didnt know to do anything else. So when I didnt see any more segments in the days following, I thought I was golden.

I'd get the Equimax and use it tomorrow if I were you.

I do not believe that you have been giving the right stuff to rid tapes.

The question I have is how long the valbazen seemed to work. If they came back a few days later, yeah, they are resistant to the valbazen and time to try something new. If it was months, the valbazen worked. They got reinfected from new insects, and I would complete the last dose of valbazen and then watch and see.

If you start them on Equimax tomorrow, make sure that you throw away the eggs for 2 week following the treatment, re-dose in 2 weeks, and do a second 2 week egg withdrawal. And continue to try to eliminate the host insects. No drug will protect your chickens from re-infection after the first couple of weeks.

Good luck with whatever you decide and let us know how it went.

 

[Morrigan]

I forgot to add. The chickens should be fasted 24 hours before dosing with Equimax, for maximal benefit.

 

[Kaitlynf910]

Wait so there’s SUPPOSED to be 3 doses? If so, I think I found the problem. ‍

I would give them their last dose of valbazen, since you have already done the first 2. Watch the poop for the next several days and let us know what you are seeing.