Please help! swollen stomach/vent on gouldians.

[cindy]

Emma, have you used the wormaway on them?

No, i havent. i was unsure what to do. So i think i better ask before i do anything.

shall i use it? And if so, shall i only use it on the 2 birds ore on everyone?

I always deworm, it is easy to do. You can treat (Some treat a second day) then follow it up with a second dose a week from the day they treated last.

Usually deworming is done in quarantine, some treat every year.

[Emma]

Now i have checked them, and the fat area is not hard to touch, and it feels like its moving when i touch it. And it dosent looks like its hurt either. But its just near the vent, nothing on the chest..

BUT... I have another gould, my biggest one, how has always been lazy and big. I looked at him, and my good! He is fat both on the vent and the chest, but i havent thougt about it, because he has always been like this!

I weight them to, and the 2 guys have gone from 17 gram to 25! And mr big.. He is going in on 26 gram! OMG!!

I will immediately do a reorganization here! This is going to be biggest looser from now on!

Another thing i wondered about is if its safe to use scatt ore s76 when they are in moult? Ore is it better to wait to they are all finish? And shall i treat them with worm away anyway? I have never done this, because they are always indoor. No contact with dirt from the outside.. And one more, if so, how long shall i wait after i have used scatt to use worm away? Ore vice versa..

[L in Ontario]

I use Scatt (1 drop on the back of the (bare) neck and Wormaway (in the drinking water) the first day of any new birds coming into the house.