I've read some articles, mostly from the UK, that says to deworm them twice a year. If it would be all right to deworm what do I get and can I get it at TSC?
That varies a bit in opinion. Some say twice a year, some say never unless they show signs they might have worms. Since ducks need a bit of these worms in them to make anti-bodies to fight too many worms. I let it depend on if I have a meat-duck or not. Since I'm going to eat them. (And I have to, otherwise the butcher will not slaughter them)
The rest don't get them. I de-worm only when needed, or the females before laying hatchable eggs if I chose to let the mother raise the ducklings.
It's a personal choice. You can get these worms from the ducks.
I chose to naturally de-worm myself monthly instead of de-worming all the ducks.
If you or someone in your household has a less resistance..(my English skills are leaving me lol).. you know a lower immune system due to young or old age or health issues I think I would de-worm twice a year.
You have to weigh it all out for your personal situation.
Oh de-worming yourself, this might be a thing to do now and then when working with animals or gardening. I hope you like garlic
I used to work with children and have worms all the time. And get these pills.
Then I did other work for years. No worms.
Then I started with ducks, jaaaay, worms again.
I read this natural thing against worms, I'm not that into natural medicine and stuff, but it actually worked.
Brown 2 chopped onions and at least 12 cloves of chopped garlic in a big chunk of butter in the biggest pan you have. Add as much flower as the butter. Slowly mix warm water in. Add bouilloncubes. If you like spicy; also add next to the onions and garlic a fresh red chillipepper. Or dried chiliflakes. Garnish with black pepper, parsley or spring onions
Worms dislike garlic and spicy.
Try to eat a bowl three times a day or 4 times, for three days. This breaks their re-production cycle.
For 4 times I have done this when having worms, and after these three days they were gone.
Now I do this every month, not only when having worms. Since I also really like soup it is not much of a hassle haha. And haven't had worms since.
Some people also say that eating yoghurt helps against worms. Never tried that since I'm lactose intolerant. But I guess eating a bowl of yoghurt as breakfast and/or after dinner never hurts (if your not lactose intolerant that is).
Other stuff people claim helps against worms and never hurts to add to your eating habits; parsley, applevinegar (good excuse to eat more fish and chips), eating one raw carrot a day for a week, cloves, papaya.
I can't get papaya's here, so I made it a habit to sprinkle every dish possible with some parsley, add a raw carrot in my lunchbox every day, and our kitchen already had a lot of stewes with cloves in them, and I'm never too stingy with the amount of garlic I use in dishes that need garlic
If it doesn't help, it atleast can't hurt
Good luck with the duck!
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