worming your bird

bailey/buttercup · Post by **bailey/buttercup** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:12 am

can anyone tell me what they recomend to worm their IRN with,i have done it one time with a blue liquid which the person at the pet store recommended.but have since added a female to my happy aviary to keep my bailey boy company which he enjoys !!!!!.

Amazonite · Post by **Amazonite** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:25 pm

I have never gone out and brought worming stuff for Amazon, our bird expert has told us to use chillies and garlic to worm them every 3 months.

Amazon loves his chillies and gets one every 3 months and he gets garlic with some of his meals so he is fully wormed, i do keep an eye on him, but he is fine.

I cant be bothered spending lots of money on something i can do cheaper with the same result.

pinkdevil · Post by **pinkdevil** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:43 pm

I generally use products recommended by my vet, but was told recently that if you feed citrus, especially oranges, that is a natural bird wormer.

So I have been giving my birds oranges about once a week, and then will probably worm with medication when it looks like they need it or a couple times a year just to make sure.

Donna · Post by **Donna** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:26 pm

You can actually do more harm to the bird by using any kind of dewormer if the bird does not have worms so my advise would be take it to a vet first to have it tested for worms and he will prescribe a medication appropriately. Self medicating birds is very dangerous.

Donna