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Poultry gapeworms arnt transmittable to cats. Cats have their own type of gapeworm, see link below. What makes you think your birds have gapeworm? Only a fecal float test will provide that answer.
https://www.troccap.com/feline-guidelines/other-systems-feline/gapeworms-feline/
Gapeworms are rare in chickens. Not all insects, worms etc carry worm eggs. After a chicken eats an insect, it's common that they open their mouth, yawn, and sometimes shake their heads. They do this to simply adjust their crop and return to normal eating and drinking later on. It takes 1-2 weeks for gapeworms to show symptoms in chickens.Thank you for the response! My chickens are showing signs of gapeworm, and they have been eating bugs outside (a few websites told me that bugs can carry the eggs, most likely worms, slugs & snails), so I'm pretty certain that's what it is. They've both been doing the open-beak almost-yawning type breathing, as well as shaking their heads a lot, & their breathing sounds heavy when they sleep.