userfriendly1980 Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 I have noticed that my quail is gaping alot. At first I thought she was just struggling to swallow food as she is old, then I thought she was yawning. However I noticed she has been doing this alot and stretching her neck (symptoms of gape worm). I will be using a small modified q-tip tomorrow and swab for gape worms tomorrow morning (too dark now). My question is... how do I deworm a quail of gape worm? Please help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueChick Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I'm guessing you've probably sorted this out now but for gapeworm hybrid large hens - you double dose with flubenvet and withdraw the eggs for 7 days. This may be the same for bantuna but I'm not sure but it might be worth looking into? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
userfriendly1980 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Thank you for replying. I also contacted the breeded where I bought the quails from.. amazingly he never heard to gape worm?? but he suggested I shouldn't use a q-tip to swab her throat as the trauma could kill her. At present I haven't done anything..she's still gaping now and then but still seems very lively and eating. Obviously I'm not entirely happy as there is something not right for her to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
