ShervyBaby said:Hello all. I was hoping someone could tell me what is in my tortoise's poop. It looks like there is a worm in his poop this morning. What is this?
N2TORTS said:can you move the worm to the side and get a closer shot?
I have two guesses ... but want to see it close up.....
biochemnerd808 said:Yeah... I agree, that looks like a roundworm or at least a piece of one. I recommend bringing it to the vet, to have it identified - they will likely want to treat with fenbendazole/panacur.
ShervyBaby said:Hello all. I was hoping someone could tell me what is in my tortoise's poop. It looks like there is a worm in his poop this morning. What is this?
emysemys said:It's probably a round worm (parasite). Parasites usually don't come out with the poop unless there is a pretty big load of them inside the tortoise.
ShervyBaby said:N2TORTS said:can you move the worm to the side and get a closer shot?
I have two guesses ... but want to see it close up.....
ahh sorry I flushed it after i took the pic
biochemnerd808 said:Yeah... I agree, that looks like a roundworm or at least a piece of one. I recommend bringing it to the vet, to have it identified - they will likely want to treat with fenbendazole/panacur.
ShervyBaby said:Hello all. I was hoping someone could tell me what is in my tortoise's poop. It looks like there is a worm in his poop this morning. What is this?
uh oh this scares me. I will call the vet tomorrow. This is the third time he has passed something like this since I got him back in May.
emysemys said:It's probably a round worm (parasite). Parasites usually don't come out with the poop unless there is a pretty big load of them inside the tortoise.
I just called the vet. They wanted me to pay for an examination fee as well as the fecal sample fee. The exam fee was $65 and the fecal sample fee was $40. Although I am not tight with $ I opted to just bring them a sample of his poop, since I trust this forum more then the vet themselves. Meaning if you guys are telling me he has parasites, then he probably does and I dont want to pay for an examination fee to have someone tell me how to care for my tortoise(thats what this forum is for) I have an appt to take a sample of his poop on saturday at 1:00pm