De Worming

[dayna]

Hello!

We have major worm issues in all livestock here in Hawaii. Since I feed gathered forage I figure I need to worm the rabbits too.

For my goats and sheep I use ivermectin horse paste 1.87%. Can I also use that in the Rabbits? What about pregnant and lactating rabbits?

How would I figure the dose?

We also usually have cocci a few times a year, and for that I use Sulmet. Can I use that on rabbits? What would the dose be there?

 

[Secuono]

Yes, you can use the paste or the pour-on and just use it topically. Pour on is about 5-7 drops for 9lbs. The paste, for guinea pigs is half a match-head dollop. So I guess a corn kernel size for a 9lbs rabbit.
Really, if worms are so bad, you shouldn't worm unless that particular animal tested positive. Otherwise, you're just strengthening the worm genetics.

 

[dayna]

So you use the paste topically or feed it to them?

I have a microscope and am planning on doing fecals on my rabbits. I need to get some more epsom salts to do a float.<br /><br />__________ Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:43 pm __________<br /><br />Oh and one of our big worm issues here is Rat Lung Worm. People get it all the time, some even die. I know that the goats here get Rat Lung Worm, it's passed on by Rats and Slugs is the life cycle. Both of which we have tons of on our Island. All veggies for human consumption have to be washed really well or you could get it and get very very sick.

Rat Lung Worm does not show up very well in fecals.

 

[cathyd]

We show and breed rabbits. We use piperizine in drinking water (Wazine) to treat for pinworm every 8 weeks for three days in a row. We use ivermectin horse paste, strongid horse paste wormer and panacur horse wormer as needed. (If the rabbits are rough in flesh, not fit or do not hold condition) We worm the show and breeding buns, but do not worm or treat our meat rabbits. If we are eating the meat, no medicine nor wormers are used. The horse paste wormers are given orally, I use 1/10 cc per 2 pounds body weight. I draw the horse wormer into a 1 cc syringe and dose bunnies orally.

I do coccidia prevention every three months. Entire herd is treated. We use a sulfa water soluble drug in drinking water for 3 to 5 days. Since doing this we have not had any losses to enteritis when weaning.

 

[jollysrabbits]

I was told by a very reputable breeder that pumpkin seed actually get rid of worms naturally. he said to feed a tablespoon a day for 14 days. never needed to do it but it might work.

 

[Dood]

The seeds of squash, pumpkins and many other vine crops contain a deworming compound called cucurbitacin that is more or less active depending on the parasite12. The seeds may be fed directly to animals as the Canadian pioneers once did, but it is better to extract the main ingredient using water, alcohol or ether, for an effect that is similar to that of pumpkin seeds. Aqueous extracts from squash seeds (dilution 1/50) are effective against Haemonchus contortus38.

Pumpkin seed dewormer24

- Shell and grind up the pumpkin seeds (or buy them at a grocery store).
- Mix 500 g of the seeds with three litres of water.
- Simmer (do not boil), while stirring, for 30 minutes.
- Let cool 30 minutes.
- Filter through a cloth, squeezing to remove as much juice as possible.
- Reduce over low heat to 150-200 ml.
- Make sure to remove oily scum.
- Refrigerate.

From - http://eap.mcgill.ca/agrobio/ab370-04e.htm

 

[cathyd]

Dood...interesting. Then how do you dose small animals and dogs with the extract? I grind pumpkin seeds (coffee grinder) and put on top of their food to worm them.

 

[Kyle@theWintertime]

Dood...interesting. Then how do you dose small animals and dogs with the extract? I grind pumpkin seeds (coffee grinder) and put on top of their food to worm them.

I was just wondering if I could do that, LOL. Got a coffee grinder.........less keen on simmering.

 

[dayna]

I was thinking of growing pumpkins just for this purpose. I could feed the seeds to the rabbits and the flesh to the parrots.

 

[AnnClaire]

Feed the flesh to the buns too