First thing to do is dust for lice. Second is to get a fecal smear. You can just scoop some mutes up into a sandwich bag and get the vet to run tests on them Your looking mainly for Coccidiosis and worms. Most vets charge about $30 to have a fecal smear done.. Your sponsor should check the keel to see how fat or lean your bird is.
I personally just Spray them with Scalex to kill off mites and flat flies ( first day) , then give a dewormer in the first few feedings. All my birds have had vet visits but I usually wait until a coping or other medical need arises before incurring that cost. ON WNV vaccinations , this is the first season I have had a hawk that has been vaccinated. My area is known to have WNV so I will continue its use here on out. Most of my vet visits have been for routine fecal checks, Copings, and My first RT had an injury from hitting a fence. As it has been said on other threads, Always seek out a competent Avian vet. Your average pet vet just won't do well by you or the hawk in your care.
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most of the time they just pass through a bird of prey as tape worm segments. if there is an issue a vet will have to prescribe a treatment. get your hawk eating and keep an eye on the mutes and clean them up. you will probably have to get your hawk eating to take the meds anyway or it might not be a pretty vet visit or relationship with new hawk.
Post by Master Yarak on Aug 7, 2015 9:37:09 GMT -5
Yes a full physical. Before I begin taking off weight. I've seen them come in will all sorts of maladies. I insist my apprentices do this as well. Yarak
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ivermectin does not treat tapeworms. "Droncit" is the name of the medication for tapes.
Thanks! I had asked on the Nafex forum too and someone said Ivermectin would do it all. The vet gave me Droncit in a pill last time and Ivermectin as a shot.
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Post by runnergirl on Aug 13, 2015 13:12:19 GMT -5
Tapeworm segments being passed in the feces indicate there is a tapeworm present in the intestines. The segments only come off of a mature worm. The tapeworm itself isn't passed entirely unless it's killed. Tapeworms are not commonly recognized as causing clinical illness in raptors, though. (I used to have that opinion in cats as well, but shelter kittens have since changed my opinion)
Ivermectin doesn't kill any species of tapeworms. It's a wonderful drug for what it does kill, but it's not everything. Praziquantel (Droncit) kills them at appropriate doses. Check with your veterinarian.
Tapeworm segments being passed in the feces indicate there is a tapeworm present in the intestines. The segments only come off of a mature worm. The tapeworm itself isn't passed entirely unless it's killed. Tapeworms are not commonly recognized as causing clinical illness in raptors, though. (I used to have that opinion in cats as well, but shelter kittens have since changed my opinion)
Ivermectin doesn't kill any species of tapeworms. It's a wonderful drug for what it does kill, but it's not everything. Praziquantel (Droncit) kills them at appropriate doses. Check with your veterinarian.
not entirely true. tapeworm segments can just pass through a hawk if it has eaten something that has a tapeworm with that life cycle, usually wild rats or mice. it is not always an infection.