Best Deworming Treatment

[Anubis]

So I’ve been looking for an at home dewormer for my five birds (two lovebirds and three conures) cause we found out our kittens have worms. I’m confident that none of the birds have them as they are kept in my room and the cats are very rarely allowed in, so this is more as a preventative measure and something I want to make sure is done routinely (twice yearly as recommended). I’ve read that dewormers with moxidectin is what vets recommend, but I’m having trouble finding ones with good lots of good reviews. If anyone has any recommendations, that would be very much appreciated.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Before you deworm your birds, find out what kind of worms your kittens have and find out if they even possibly infect birds. Many parasites are species specific or mammal specific.

 

[Anubis]

Before you deworm your birds, find out what kind of worms your kittens have and find out if they even possibly infect birds. Many parasites are species specific or mammal specific.

We’re pretty sure it’s round worms. We’re tight on money, so we can’t/likely won’t take them to the vet unless we have to (i.e. the worms don’t clear up after we finish their treatment) but I’ve researched and from what I saw, their symptoms and the the worms themselves are most likely roundworms. All of are cats and dogs (even if we don’t think they all have them) are being treated and my mom got the HomeoVet and HomeoPet pet stuff that we can give to both my birds and our chickens to help them pass them just in case, but I wanted something specific for parrots.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Birds can't get infected unless they eat something contaminated by cat feces. Birds can be an intermediate host only. The cat roundworms can't develop into adult worms in bird. The eggs can be eaten by Birds and develop into larvae but that's as far as it can go. The larvae are excreted in bird poop.
I think it's highly unlikely that your birds are infected. How would they eat cat poop?

 

[Jcas]

I applaud your desire to keep all your animals healthy, but DonnaBudgie is correct; you shouldn’t need to deworm your birds unless they’ve had direct contact with the kittens or if you’ve handled kitten poop and then handled your birds without washing your hands. Deworming medication is becoming less effective because people are overusing it to treat non- infected or low- infected animals “just in case” and that’s causing parasite resistance ( similar to overuse of antibiotics creating antibiotic resistant “ superbugs.”). While it’s great you are wanting to do everything you can to keep your birds healthy, the best way to do that is not by giving them medication they don’t need but rather by keeping them separate from the other animals and practicing good hygiene. It’s sounds like you are already doing that