Preventative treatments...any advice?

[KsKingBee]

Yikes! He's about to turn 4.
There's no way for me to weigh him but he seems comparable in size to the other boys here (although he gets more treats so may be a bit...bulkier). How much should he be getting?

*I should add, to clarify, that I'm giving him the 10% drench on bread.

At that age he should get three ml for five days then ten days later for another three days minimum, five is better to get all types of worms.

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Thank you so much for that, @KsKingBee

I did research the dosage but apparently didn't do a very good job of it!

 

[DylansMom]

At that age he should get three ml for five days then ten days later for another three days minimum, five is better to get all types of worms.

Thank you so much for that, @KsKingBee

I did research the dosage but apparently didn't do a very good job of it!

I didn't go back and look this up because I'm lazy and on vaca. but, I thought oral dose for safeguard in an adult male Pea was 2 ml, and the 3ml was just if you were mixing it in the drinking water.??????????????

 

[Garden Peas]

Don't use safeguard in the drinking water it doesn't work

 

[KsKingBee]

I didn't go back and look this up because I'm lazy and on vaca. but, I thought oral dose for safeguard in an adult male Pea was 2 ml, and the 3ml was just if you were mixing it in the drinking water.??????????????

ORAL dosing if you can not weigh your bird is one ml for a young bird, (eight months to fourteen months?), two ml per mature hen, and three ml per adult cock. Do NOT put it in the water and expect them to get enough meds to work.

ETA; I believe it is .23 ml per pound of bird.

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Thanks again, he's getting the correct dose now!
How do you think it will impact the efficacy if he gets the 3ml x 5 days and then only one 3ml dose around ten days later?
(The second round going to be a bit tricky as he/we are about to relocate).

 

[KsKingBee]

Thanks again, he's getting the correct dose now!
How do you think it will impact the efficacy if he gets the 3ml x 5 days and then only one 3ml dose around ten days later?
(The second round going to be a bit tricky as he/we are about to relocate).

Well it would be better than nothing. The first round is to kill all the adult worms, the second is to kill any eggs that hatch out after the first treatment. I am not the authority here, but I would think that the smaller worms in the second treatment may be easier to kill than the adults. I would prefer at least three days but if one is all you can do I wouldn't be too worried.

 

[Garden Peas]

Nu2, what about doing the second round with Valbazen? Albendazole.... then you know you have coverage for the cecal worms. I think I remember hearing single dose worming with albendazole, but I can't remember for sure. Best to do a search on here. I tried to do a quick search, but not enough time to wade through all the results right now :-( Or you could ask Kathy ...

 

[casportpony]

Valbazen at 0.08ml per pound (20mg/kg) once will treat cecal worms and a large percentage of capilary worms, but it will not treat gape worms with just one dose.

Valbazen dose for a large 6kg peacock is 1.06ml.
Valbazen dose for a small 4kg peacock is 0.7ml.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Thanks again, he's getting the correct dose now!
How do you think it will impact the efficacy if he gets the 3ml x 5 days and then only one 3ml dose around ten days later?
(The second round going to be a bit tricky as he/we are about to relocate).

The one day dose will treat cecal worms, but not capillary worms. There is a study that shows a single dose at 100mg/kg is effective in treating capillary worms in most birds, but that's not something I feel comfortable recommending. It is something I've been doing with my chickens, but haven tried it on the peas yet. Definitely would want my vet to sign off on that first.

-Kathy