Before I give up on all of this, I just want to be sure my birds don't have gape worm. My rooster died and he had lymphomas around his liver (he was nine) and the vets believe it was Marek's. I have only three hens. None are laying, none are eating a lot, they don't seem sick yet (but I know better now). They are gaping, at night when they are going to sleep, after they eat, when it seems they are a bit hot. They are flicking their heads too. However, during the day when they are out and about, I don't see these things. So, my question is, how much gaping do you see with gape worm? When they do it, they sometimes do it for a while, minutes at a time.
I had wormed them with Valbazen, but didn't repeat in ten days. A fecal had come back completely negative from my rooster. I also did a fecal on my hens (combined) a week or so later, which was negative also hoping that this was what was wrong with them. I don't want to stress anyone out by bringing them to the vet to get checked unless there's a good possibility that this is what's wrong with them. I won't stick a q-tip down their throat either, as none would take that calmly and I'm pretty sure I'd screw up. If this sounds more like them being hot with itchy beards, rearranging their food, etc, then I'll just continue the supportive care, and wait... Did I mention that this sucks?
I had wormed them with Valbazen, but didn't repeat in ten days. A fecal had come back completely negative from my rooster. I also did a fecal on my hens (combined) a week or so later, which was negative also hoping that this was what was wrong with them. I don't want to stress anyone out by bringing them to the vet to get checked unless there's a good possibility that this is what's wrong with them. I won't stick a q-tip down their throat either, as none would take that calmly and I'm pretty sure I'd screw up. If this sounds more like them being hot with itchy beards, rearranging their food, etc, then I'll just continue the supportive care, and wait... Did I mention that this sucks?
