Muscovie not growing

[Jpat]

How old is she? I ask because I think she is too young for tapes. If she has tapeworms she needs to be treated with praziquantel.

Mabye 15 days cant pinpoint. she was under a broody and free ranging when i get her 10 days ago. and shes been inside alone with me sonce Herea a picture the day i got her mabye you can tell age better

Really? Well let’s get @casportpony here for the birds maybe something like Safe guard wormer for humans I have no idea. How do you know you all have them? Seen in poo?

I just assume because iam negatively minded person. Dont actualy know haha

 

[Miss Lydia]

In Canada can you even buy wormer? And what about humans would worm wood work it’s an herb used for worming?

 

[casportpony]

my whole family probably has them now

Your family is fine, people cannot get tapes from birds.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I don’t see how she could get worms at such a young age can they be passed to ducking via mama K?

 

[casportpony]

In Canada can you even buy wormer? And what about humans would worm wood work it’s an herb used for worming?

People in Canada can buy horse paste wormer. The horse paste wormer to use for tapes is Equimax or Zimectrin Gold, both contain praziquantel and ivermectin.

 

[casportpony]

I don’t see how she could get worms at such a young age can they be passed to ducking via mama K?

I think two weeks old is too young for tapes, but I need to double check that.

 

[Miss Lydia]

People in Canada can buy horse paste wormer. The horse paste wormer to use for tapes is Equimax or Zimectrin Gold, both contain praziquantel and ivermectin.

That’s good to know. I’ve used the paste before having a few birds it’s okaybut having a large amount it isn’t so good on the pocket book.

 

[casportpony]

That’s good to know. I’ve used the paste before having a few birds it’s okaybut having a large amount it isn’t so good on the pocket book.

One tube of the Equimax will treat about 202 pounds of birds with tapes.

 

[Jpat]

I think two weeks old is too young for tapes, but I need to double check that.

Thanks everyone for being so helpfull!. She wouldnt have gotten them here so it wouldve been at the original home

Should i just watch her for awhile and see what happens?

 

[casportpony]

I hate to nag, but this is a perfect example of how a scale can really help with managing/monitoring the health of ones's flock. She's approximately two weeks old, so she should weigh a certain amount and she should make daily gains of at least a few grams a day. If she has worms her weight would probably be well below those shown in my chart and her daily gains would also be lower.