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[cherrynberry]

My comet has recently been pooing very abnormal poos. They are diarrhea and have little worms in them. Please help...
Can we eat their eggs?
How do we help her?
Our food has DE which is the odd part...

 

[cherrynberry]

Here's a video
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0xSztxe-mHRmOW9BSouMQdRIQ

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

Hi, yep it does look like worms in that poop... Some people say DE can be used as a natural wormer but looks like you need the real product to knock this on the head.

 

[aart]

Our food has DE which is the odd part...

Not odd at all.
DE doesn't kill parasites, inside or out.

 

[cherrynberry]

Not odd at all.
DE doesn't kill parasites, inside or out.

So then what should I do?
Are the eggs edible?

 

[aart]

So then what should I do?

They need a wormer.
@dawg53 can help.

 

[dawg53]

That was a live large roundworm swimming the the feces. @aart is correct, DE is useless and a waste of money. Purchase Valbazen liquid cattle/sheep wormer and dose ALL your birds orally using a syringe without a needle to administer the wormer. Dosage is 1/2ml given to each bird. Repeat again in 10 days. The Valbazen will kill all types of roundworms, seen and unseen.
Here's a link where you buy the Valbazen 500ml bottle:
https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30E07949-7B6A-11D5-A192-00B0D0204AE5

 

[cherrynberry]

That was a live large roundworm swimming the the feces. @aart is correct, DE is useless and a waste of money. Purchase Valbazen liquid cattle/sheep wormer and dose ALL your birds orally using a syringe without a needle to administer the wormer. Dosage is 1/2ml given to each bird. Repeat again in 10 days. The Valbazen will kill all types of roundworms, seen and unseen.
Here's a link where you buy the Valbazen 500ml bottle:
https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30E07949-7B6A-11D5-A192-00B0D0204AE5

So are the eggs edible?

 

[Mamatomany123]

So are the eggs edible?

I dont believe you can eat them after you give the dewormer. There is a withdrawal period.

 

[Asm610]

Not odd at all.
DE doesn't kill parasites, inside or out.

What good is DE then and why is it so widely used