Peahen not acting well...inside of mouth not pink

[Trefoil]

I tend to agree with you, Birdeo. I believe that the off color tissue is more likely to be caused by parasites. But just about everyone else that posted knows more about peas than I do, I'm basing my opinion on animal husbandry in general. Would it be possible to lightly press the off color tissue with a finger? In animals, if you press with a finger, there will be a white spot where you pressed, how quickly the spot returns to pink tells you a lot about the condition of the animal. It its slow, or the tissue is off colored, it usually means the animal is somewhat anemic, which is often caused by parasites. I just tried a fast search on wormers affecting fertility but didn't find anything other than word of mouth type of answers and I don't know if it does or not. It does say that a heavy parasite load negatively affects fertility. Good luck

 

[casportpony]

Thanks, am thinking along the same lines, something else is going on here with here.
Lot of rain as of late bringing up a lot of worms, will be treating for possible parasites and blackhead next.
All help and ideas are greatly appreciated, thanks to everyone !

On another note, is it true wormers cause infertility for up to 10 days and if so is this the case with all wormers or just specific ones?

Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handook says something about not using Fenbendazole during molt and breeding season, but one of my peahens was acting "off", so I wormed her and gave her calcium, I figured her health far outweighs the fertility of her 2013 eggs

Don't remember what day I wormed her, but her first four eggs are due to hatch Sunday and Wednesday.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Plumb's info here in post #1:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/745210/how-to-safely-worm-your-peafowl-orally

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

About the mouth color, some of my peas have pink mucus membranes, some are gray... Did she used to have a pink mouth?

-Kathy

 

[birdeo]

thanks for the link, I checked it out. It says not recommended to be used in breeding season during the molt.
During the molt the birds are loosing their fertility and not breeding as much early on in the molt ( not at all well into it ) correct?
So wonder what the issues are per using it during the molt ?
Just not sure I understand is all.
BTW, I have found per dosing birds orally that the plastic pipettes make for a much easier sure fire target down the esophagus ( and not the trachea ) than the syringes are.

Anyway, I had never looked in this birds mouth prior to the other day so not sure what the color of it was before now but will look later on now that she's feeling better....I wormed her and she has done a 180 !

 

[casportpony]

Gladt to hear she's feeling better!

About worming during molting with fenbendazole... I've read here on BYC that it might cause the feathes to grown in stunted, strange, curly or ???. FWIW, I have used it on a few birds when they were molting and did not notice any problems with their feathers.

-Kathy

 

[birdeo]

Gladt to hear she's feeling better!

About worming during molting with fenbendazole... I've read here on BYC that it might cause the feathes to grown in stunted, strange, curly or ???. FWIW, I have used it on a few birds when they were molting and did not notice any problems with their feathers.

-Kathy

Thanks Kathy, that's interesting and had never heard that before !