Scatt and Worm Away?

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Scatt and Worm Away?

Post by L in Ontario » Sun Aug 30, 2009 4:23 pm

I have my birds on a 3-month cycle with Scatt and treated two males today.

I wanted to give all my birds a treatment of Worm Away as an annual treatment. I mixed it up and gave one drinking dish (with WA) to each cage. But I have one drinking dish left over. I did not give any to the Societies with the RCCB and Star babies. Nor did I give any to the two males who got the Scatt treatment today.

Can I give this last drinking dish to either of those cages or do I have to throw it out?
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Re: Scatt and Worm Away?

Post by Sally » Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:07 pm

I'm not sure, Liz. I have a bottle of Vetafarm's Wormout gel, and it doesn't say anything on there about babies or interaction with other products.
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Re: Scatt and Worm Away?

Post by L in Ontario » Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:23 pm

Same as Worm Away - no mention of when to use or when not to use...
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Re: Scatt and Worm Away?

Post by CandoAviary » Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:55 pm

I am not sure either about the worm out / away... I know you don't ever want to worm cats or dogs while pregnant of nursing.... but with birds? I never have, I try and worm the birds as a preporation before breeding.
I probably wouldn't mix with the scatt either.
I just wouldn't risk it especially since it's just a preventative and can be given later.

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Re: Scatt and Worm Away?

Post by L in Ontario » Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:00 am

I found several sites that list the ingredients and how to measure and some of them say it is: "safe for young and adult birds". I wonder how young is young?
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Re: Scatt and Worm Away?

Post by bluebutterfly213 » Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:07 am

I use Moxidectin from the Australian Pigeon Company and because I had hatchlings when my birds were due for their "medicine" I rang the company to ask about the babies and was told "only birds that are feeding independently should be given the treatment"

From what I have read moxidectin is an ingredient in Scatt
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Re: Scatt and Worm Away?

Post by nixity » Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:31 am

Liz,

I've contacted Bill Niven, the owner of Morning Bird, about this myself.
I have had customers ask me about the safety of the product when using it on birds that are laying, incubating, with nestlings, etc.
He assured me that it is 100% safe to use at any age, at any time during the bird's life cycle.

I have tried it myself - using it on birds who had nestlings, and I did not have any problems.

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Re: Scatt and Worm Away?

Post by L in Ontario » Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:33 am

nixity wrote:Liz,

I've contacted Bill Niven, the owner of Morning Bird, about this myself.
I have had customers ask me about the safety of the product when using it on birds that are laying, incubating, with nestlings, etc.
He assured me that it is 100% safe to use at any age, at any time during the bird's life cycle.

I have tried it myself - using it on birds who had nestlings, and I did not have any problems.
Thanks Tiffany - I gave it to my Societies this morning. On the weekend, I will give it to the males that got their Scatt; then everyone will be done for the year.

Thanks again!
Liz

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