Django pooped out a worm yesterday. :

 

We brought him to the vet today and he was crop needled the de-worming treatment.

 

He was fine on the way home, but once he reached the comfort of his cage, started throwing up every 5 seconds. I was told it's normal for them to experience nausea after being crop needled, but it was such a terrible experience watching my little friend throw up uncontrollably and feel weak like that. If I could I would've cuddled him up.

 

So I sat next to his cage and spoke softly to him while he rubbed his head against the perch and shuddered.

 

He's calm now, with a warm lamp over his cage.

 

If it was terrible for me, I can't imagine a tenth of what he went through!

Sorry to hear this , by the way I love your signature photo you could add that for budgie of the month photo contest .

ohh dear. give him some millet that should cheer him up :rofl:

ohh dear. give him some millet that should cheer him up

 

Last night he actually ate a bit of millet before he started to throw up (seed everywhere!). Never says no to millet.

 

He was bright and chirpy this morning, and there were dead worms on the floor of the cage. His cage has been disinfected thoroughly. Looking forward to see more dead worms in the next few days.

Where do you think he picked up the worms from? I don't remember how long you have had him or if we was wormed as a baby.

ohh dear. give him some millet that should cheer him up

 

Last night he actually ate a bit of millet before he started to throw up (seed everywhere!). Never says no to millet.

 

He was bright and chirpy this morning, and there were dead worms on the floor of the cage. His cage has been disinfected thoroughly. Looking forward to see more dead worms in the next few days.

 

yuck

Where do you think he picked up the worms from? I don't remember how long you have had him or if he was wormed as a baby.

 

I'm not quite sure! Yes, he was wormed as a baby. We got him in February 2009.

 

The vet said he could've had dormant worm eggs in his system, and stress from moulting caused them to manifest. There is a *slim* chance that he picked them up from eating the bottlebrush leaves that we give him once or twice a week.

 

There are lots (about 30-60?) wild rainbow lorikeets that gather at the balcony of the building next to ours, waiting for a feed every day. We don't pick the leaves from the trees near the balcony. And we're usually quite careful to wash the branches and pick out bad leaves before giving them to Django.

 

I'm still quite surprised that it happened at all, so I've bought some Vetafarm wormout gel and will put some in his water a few months from now.

Edited April 25, 201015 yr by sootie

Worming once as a baby ? Worms are cyclic and you would have had to repeat the worming. Did you ?

Worming once as a baby ? Worms are cyclic and you would have had to repeat the worming. Did you ?

 

No, the worming was not repeated after we got him from the breeder. I wasn't aware that there was a need to before this incident, and now I know better.

Worming once as a baby ? Worms are cyclic and you would have had to repeat the worming. Did you ?

 

No, the worming was not repeated after we got him from the breeder. I wasn't aware that there was a need to before this incident, and now I know better.

 

There lies the problem....and most worming products say to repeat the process