Opinions on worm load?

[casportpony]

May I ask what you recommended dosing amount is with the Panacur?

Vets suggest Panacur because that's what they sell.

 

[casportpony]

@casportpony yup, those are pretty damn impressive. Interesting that the parrot was kept with other birds, but it was the only one with a heavy load. Weak immune response, I guess?

Yeah, probably.

 

[Aerliss]

May I ask what you recommended dosing amount is with the Panacur?

The rabbit tubes are dosed in graduations, to make life easy. 1 graduation per 2.5kg, for 9 days as a routine dewormer and for 30 days for a definite infestation (at least for e.cuniculi, not sure about other parasites, but I guess the same?).

So there are 10 graduations to a 5g tube. A single graduation must be 0.5g then. Which is a tiny amount to work with if you don't have the syringe.

Or 20mg/kg fenbendazole, if you're using a different product. Might take some maths.

 

[Kiki]

The rabbit tubes are dosed in graduations, to make life easy. 1 graduation per 2.5kg, for 9 days as a routine dewormer and for 30 days for a definite infestation (at least for e.cuniculi, not sure about other parasites, but I guess the same?).

So there are 10 graduations to a 5g tube. A single graduation must be 0.5g then. Which is a tiny amount to work with if you don't have the syringe.

Or 20mg/kg fenbendazole, if you're using a different product. Might take some maths.

@casportpony did the math for us!

 

[Kiki]

The rabbit tubes are dosed in graduations, to make life easy. 1 graduation per 2.5kg, for 9 days as a routine dewormer and for 30 days for a definite infestation (at least for e.cuniculi, not sure about other parasites, but I guess the same?).

So there are 10 graduations to a 5g tube. A single graduation must be 0.5g then. Which is a tiny amount to work with if you don't have the syringe.

Or 20mg/kg fenbendazole, if you're using a different product. Might take some maths.

Thank you.

 

[casportpony]

The rabbit tubes are dosed in graduations, to make life easy. 1 graduation per 2.5kg, for 9 days as a routine dewormer and for 30 days for a definite infestation (at least for e.cuniculi, not sure about other parasites, but I guess the same?).

So there are 10 graduations to a 5g tube. A single graduation must be 0.5g then. Which is a tiny amount to work with if you don't have the syringe.

Rabbit tubes in the UK are 18.75% (187.5 ml per one ml). Here in the US paste is 10% (100 mg per one ml).

 

[Kiki]

@AlleysChicks how many rabbits are you going to want to deworm?

 

[Aerliss]

Huh, the UK ones are 18.75%. I checked. Oral suspension is 10%, and granules 22.2%. Maths will definitely be required.

 

[casportpony]

Was just reading your worming article. I get panacur for "free" as part of my vet health plan with the rabbits. They insist on giving me two tubes a year per bun, even though latest research indicates it should not be used routinely, but only when there are symptoms. I just save it up and ship it off to rescues, keeping a few back for myself. But if it can be used off-label on the chickens that's great. Flubenvet ain't cheap! Seems that the equine and rabbit pastes are both 18.75% so no maths required either.

Will get a test done anyway, and treat according to vet's advice, but thereafter could use the panacur for the six monthlies.

My bad, I missed this post. So sorry.

 

[Kiki]

Huh, the UK ones are 18.75%. I checked. Oral suspension is 10%, and granules 22.2%. Maths will definitely be required.

I love math!