Uuugghhh... constant worms it seems!

[Michael Apple]

Perhaps you can get droncit/drontal from a vet. Of course it'll be for a cat or dog. I dont know the dosages for chickens using the pill form. You can ask the vet for that info as well as the withdrawal period for the droncit/drontal.

The Drontal feline tabs (Praziquantel-Pyrantel) I have are dosed 1 tab for every 4-8 lbs.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: One can get pills with praziquantel and pyrantel for pigeons online, no vet needed. Doses seem to vary depending on what you read.

This books says the praziquantel dose is 2.73mg per pound (6mg/kg)
Tapeworm




$18 - 100 pills is equal to 25 feline Drontal tabs

http://www.jedds.com/-strse-510/MEDIWORM-TABLETS-100-ct/Detail.bok
A broadspectrum deworming tablet for pigeons, raptors and galliforms. Mediworm is currently the only broadspectrum single dose, combination tablet, known of in the world. Highly effective against Roundworm, Hairworm and Tapeworm.

Extremely safe, causes no regurgitation and is very economical. The small size of the tablet makes it easy to dose. Mediworm is the golden standard in routine deworming.




Composition:
. Pyrantel Pamoate 20mg
. Praziquantel 5mg

Dosage Treatment:
. May be used in the breeding and racing season.
. Dose one Mediworm tablet per pigeon. The tablet must be dosed on an empty crop.
. In case of severe worm infestations, it is advisable to repeat the treatment after 14 days.

Available Sizes; 100 tablets.

Reg. Nr. G2559 Act 36 of 1947.

SKU: MED034
MPN: Medpet
UPC: Wormers

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Here are the amounts of praziquantel in the pea sized amounts of paste:

Zimectrin Gold

• Small pea - 7.75mg
• Medium pea - 19.375mg
• Large pea - 38.75mg

Equimax

• Small pea - 14.03mg
• Medium pea - 35.075mg
• Large pea - 70.15mg

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

The Bayer Drontal Feline Drontal tabs I found a spec of have 18.2 mg praziquantel and 72.6 mg pyrantel pamoate.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Here are the amounts of ivermectin in the pea sized amounts of paste:

Zimectrin Gold

• Small pea - 1.55mg
• Medium pea - 3.875mg
• Large pea - 7.75mg

Equimax

• Small pea - 1.87mg
• Medium pea - 4.675mg
• Large pea - 9.35mg

-Kathy

 

[Michael Apple]

One can get pills with praziquantel and pyrantel for pigeons online, no vet needed. Doses seem to vary depending on what you read.





-Kathy

I know. I was responding to dawg since he asked specifically about Drontal, which I have sitting in a bottle with the vet's prescription label.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: You could also use the Mediworm for cats instead of Drontal, which might be worth looking into, 'cause isn't Drontal expensive, $4-$5 a pill?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

4 Mediworm tablets = 1 feline Drontal tab, so for $18 one can get the equivalent of 25 Drontal tabs.

-Kathy

 

[rancher hicks]

I realize I'm not popular for saying this but to have chickens only to be tossing eggs is foolish. Using a wormer that requires weeks of withdraw is foolish.

There are those who in my opinion are wrong. They dis the idea of Diatomaceous earth. Diatomaceous earth works just fine for drying up soft bodied creatures such as worm and slugs. I use it when cleaning coops and toss it onto shavings. When chickens dust they're killing mites. Though I've never seen mites on my chickens. I also dust the roosts chickens sleep on, though you can also give it a coating of vaseline. Mites come out at night. It will help prevent scaly mites.

I don't care who disagrees with me. I have sprinkled DE in my garden on plants and the reduction of slugs is good. It's safe to use around both animals and humans. It helps to keep conditions in the coop dry. Worms don't grow in dry conditions. They grow in warm humid conditions.

Spread around it will kill/dry up worms and worm casings in chicken poop. Don't come at me with "if it gets wet it's no good". Poppycock. Worms and larvae don't become immune to DE either.

Diatomaceous earth consists of fossilized remains of diatoms, a type of hard-shelled algae. HARD SHELLED.

A 50# bag can be had for just about $30 at many farm stores. You can also get it shipped to your home. My opinion is based on my experience. Not some scientific controlled environment.

If the wormer you're using calls for withdraw you might as well be buying store bought eggs.

Sorry to those who disagree, but maybe someone here will stop poisoning their chickens.

 

[casportpony]

If it were such an effective wormer it would be in horse, cattle, goat, cat and dog feed, right? What I would like to see is a study done where someone takes a poop sample to the vet, that vet confirms capillary worms, then the bird is treated with DE and sometime later that bird is retested and the results are negative. Show me a study like that and then I'll change my mind about DE.

I know it doesn't work on lice, I tried, but it made zero diference. Can't comment on mites, 'cause I they didn't have any when I used it.

-Kathy