Worm?

Moderator: Mods

Post Reply
Baz
Posts: 29
Joined: Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:23 am
Location: England

Worm?

Post by Baz »

Hi i was changing Billy's watertoday when i noticed a dark swirly thing in it...i thought it might be a tape worm can IRN's get tape worms? and if so how can u get rid of them? thanks
snowsand
Posts: 39
Joined: Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:08 am
Location: Ottawa, Ontario

Post by snowsand »

sounds like what poop looks like in the water cup...I could be wrong. I am unsure about birds and worms.
julie
Moderator
Posts: 2248
Joined: Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:07 am
Location: nsw australia

Post by julie »

..
Last edited by julie on Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Donna
Posts: 1011
Joined: Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:01 am
Location: Ohio
Contact:

Post by Donna »

Do not try to treat worms with over the counter wormers. Have a vet test for worms first then and only then worm the bird.

It just sounds like a turd floating in the water.





Donna
In Loving Memory
of one special husband and one special bird.

I miss you both
Image
julie
Moderator
Posts: 2248
Joined: Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:07 am
Location: nsw australia

Post by julie »

...
Last edited by julie on Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.
skibum
Posts: 173
Joined: Sat Aug 27, 2005 4:50 pm
Location: New Zealand

Post by skibum »

it actually moves by itself?!?
...oooh yuck!!!!

heh heh.

If it does it is a worm, if not, then a poo. The poo part of poos looks like a green-brown wormy-thing (depending on what has been eaten recently) and the wees part is usually white - although in babies seems to be clearish and quite viscous...
Poochletty
Posts: 41
Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:26 pm
Location: Idaho

worm

Post by Poochletty »

My daughter's starling had a round worm once. We took a picture of it and emailed it to the local vet school at the college near us. They easily identified it and recommended medicine for us.
Melika
Posts: 1920
Joined: Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:11 am
Location: Florida
Contact:

Post by Melika »

And worms are white, not brown. ^_^

Tapeworms often break off in segments, so they'll be little white moving things. Roundworms are like skinny earthworms (or angel hair pasta), but again they are white.

Edit: :p whitish
Last edited by Melika on Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Image
Image
I've been called 'birdbrained' before, but somehow I don't think this is what they meant. say:hah-nay
Poochletty
Posts: 41
Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:26 pm
Location: Idaho

Post by Poochletty »

If it helps... here are the pictures of the worm we had that the vet said was a round worm. Glad I saved them. It did indeed move and was very much like angel hair pasta. GAG!

ImageImage
Post Reply