Prevention / Cures for Tapeworm or any worms really

[Sharwig]

Hi Sharwig!!
So I wanted to follow up.. so I had to hunt down a chicken vet because there was an emergency here and one of my girls almost died as she got into something toxic (think poison/neurological damage bad). She's ok.. hasn't laid yet but is doing way better.

Anyway.. I had to do a fecal float for the whole flock, and took in a sample containing tapeworm cysts. The test came back negative for internal parasites. When I told the vet about the tapeworm bits they said that the tests usually DONT DETECT TAPEWORM?!?! So she gave me praziquantel/droncit. Which seems to be working.

Hope you and your flock is well.. I thought of you and this thread when they said that the tests don't find tapes. I thought that was too funny not to share.

Well, that explains why our vet didn't catch the tapeworms when we took in our original sample! I'm surprised at how hard it is to find a good avian/chicken vet, but I think we found one and are now waiting to hear back on the results. Because of the tapes, we've made the decision to build a run rather than letting them free range. Once the run is complete, we will treat them again and hope that it takes care of the problem. I'll ask the vet about the praziquantel/droncit you've mentioned. Equimax & Zimectrin Gold both contain praziquantel (with ivermectin) and these have been recommended by others on this site to treat tapes so hopefully one of the above will take care of our problem?! Thanks for giving me an update and let me know if you continue to have any problems!