Is it my imagination or is something not right?

[casportpony]

Susan's crop seems fine, and her rear end is white and brown and sometimes so wet it is drippy. I am thinking more and more that this is worms. What sort of started ringing an alarm in my head was the fact that she would be found relaxing on the roost in the coop while the others were out free ranging.

Whatever it is, worming her with a broad spectrum wormer, like fenbendazole (Safeguard), won't hurt her. Now might be a good time to get a baseline weight so you can see if she's getting worse or better as time goes on. When mine aren't feeling well, one of the first things I do is weigh them on a digital kitchen scale.

 

[casportpony]

FYI, my avian vet told me to worm mine at the rate of 50mg/kg ( .5cc/kg), by mouth and repeat in ten days. If you neeed help figuring out how much to give, just let me know how much she weighs and I'll do the math for you.

 

[CluckyCharms]

I agree, I'd worm her with a broad spectrum and see if she improves. =]

Whatever her problem is - I hope she is feeling much better, and back to herself, very soon.

 

[chickenzoo]

With liquid Safeguard my vet suggested 1cc per lb of bird. So a ten lb bird gets 1cc.

 

[casportpony]

With liquid Safeguard my vet suggested 1cc per lb of bird. So a ten lb bird gets 1cc.

You mean .1cc/pound, right?

From what I can tell, it's perscribed anywhere from 10mg/kg to 50mg/kg, once by mouth and sometimes 5 days in a row.

 

[casportpony]

These charts show all the different amounts, what it's used for and for what type of bird it's used on. This is where I found it:
http://www.harrisonsbirdfoods.com/avmed/cam/09_therapeutic_agents.pdf

This site also has similar info:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/72234998/Plumb-s-Veterinary-Drug-Handbook-Sixth-Edition

 

[chickenzoo]

Crap. .....Dang smartphone......lol. yes that's what I ment.