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Worm treatment
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 9:00 am
by NeilA
We did Canker yesterday on here as a topic
So today is worms
I will worm twice well actually 4 times as each treatment dose will be12 days apart thats between December and March
I use Moxidectin what do others do if at all or use to worm there birds
I have used the horse paste quest but can’t seem to get on with it seems a lot of hassle to save a couple of quid
Re: Worm treatment
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 9:08 am
by CHARLTON34
Hello Neil, in the past I've used the Tollysan wormer & recently the Moxidectin super +.
Re: Worm treatment
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 9:27 am
by Buster121
I have used various but mainly moxidectin
Re: Worm treatment
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 10:12 am
by NeilA
How often do you both worm over winter ?
Re: Worm treatment
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 10:50 am
by CHARLTON34
Once before breeding & again when racing starts, I never seen anything in the droppings by visually seeing them probably need a microscope.
Re: Worm treatment
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 11:02 am
by NeilA
CHARLTON34 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 10:50 am
Once before breeding & again when racing starts, I never seen anything in the droppings by visually seeing them probably need a microscope.
I never see any but never really studied how small they can be ?
I have a mate who sent me some photos about 18 months ago of the results after he wormed some new pigeons he purchased .I couldn’t believe what I was seeing looked like spaghetti I had never seen that before in my life but apart from slightly dry feathering he said there was nothing obvious to notice that was wrong with the pigeons
Re: Worm treatment
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 1:41 pm
by CHARLTON34
You would of thought that the pigeons wouldn't be in that great a condition if they had a problem with worms, a gradual drop in body condition as the worm issue took hold & the goodness from the food intake that the pigeons had eaten over a period of time you would see that they had been compromised or a concern highlighted.
Re: Worm treatment
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2024 4:29 pm
by Steve Howells
I get the Microscope out and worn only if necessary.
Re: Worm treatment
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2024 4:35 pm
by Steve Howells
NeilA wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 11:02 am
CHARLTON34 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 10:50 am
Once before breeding & again when racing starts, I never seen anything in the droppings by visually seeing them probably need a microscope.
I never see any but never really studied how small they can be ?
I have a mate who sent me some photos about 18 months ago of the results after he wormed some new pigeons he purchased .I couldn’t believe what I was seeing looked like spaghetti I had never seen that before in my life but apart from slightly dry feathering he said there was nothing obvious to notice that was wrong with the pigeons
You'll never see hairworms they're far to fine to see, you can see roundworms, like you said looks like spaghetti, I've seen birds with quite heavy infections but you'd never know by looking at them,
Re: Worm treatment
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2024 7:47 pm
by NeilA
Steve Howells wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 4:35 pm
NeilA wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 11:02 am
CHARLTON34 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 10:50 am
Once before breeding & again when racing starts, I never seen anything in the droppings by visually seeing them probably need a microscope.
I never see any but never really studied how small they can be ?
I have a mate who sent me some photos about 18 months ago of the results after he wormed some new pigeons he purchased .I couldn’t believe what I was seeing looked like spaghetti I had never seen that before in my life but apart from slightly dry feathering he said there was nothing obvious to notice that was wrong with the pigeons
You'll never see hairworms they're far to fine to see, you can see roundworms, like you said looks like spaghetti, I've seen birds with quite heavy infections but you'd never know by looking at them,
That’s exactly what my mate said they were slightly dry but nothing to notice to he wormed them . Couldn’t believe the outcome