Worming question

[cravenchx]

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Maybe the garlic passes to the eggs?

 

[DocBirdBrain]

Here's a link to an interesting article on herbal remedies for use in parrots:
http://www.landofvos.com/articles/kitchen5.html

It mentions garlic as an anti-parasitic herb, but also advises caution. Some of this, I believe, is us being conservative-- garlic is a very potent herb, and like onions can cause a terrible anemia in dogs and cats. Does it do the same in birds? Probably not, but no one really wants to find out.

The only fact-based reason for being careful with garlic quantities is it's known to make the eggs taste funny.

 

[extraordinaryfowl]

Squash (pumpkins included) seeds act as a wormer either raw right out of the pumpkin or you can dry them. I dried a bunch last fall, and when I had a bird with worms I gave her some ground squash seeds mixed with ground corn once and that seemed to have cleared it up quickly.

 

[Spinster_Sister]

ahh....duh....well my only hen who gets it, is getting it to help boost her immune system after a round of Baytril. She's not laying (hasn't in almost 2.5 wks) so no worries about her taste yet.

 

[TeePants]

From what I've read pumpkin and the other 'natural' remedies for worms is really only of use before they have a severe infestation (ie, shedding worms actively) as a preventative.

So, you might not really be seeing results for the pumpkin because it's just not powerful enough to knock out the problem.

I would use the Ivermectin if you're still finding worms in the feces. Surely there's got to be some dosage info on the forums here somewhere! Good luck!

 

[unix_micki]

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What form of Ivermectin do you use, I have some horse paste but don't know how I would administer that.

 

[TeePants]

I searched BYC and found this info, not sure if it's for the horse Ivermectin, I would google it and make sure they don't have varying degrees of dilution in their formulas.

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