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Tapeworms or pinworms? Or could it be a maggot?
- Thread starter Tinsel
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Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
Pics ?
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
It vanished into the droppings..maybe died? :mrgreen:
The vet said the ivermectin (sp) will have killed any parasites, hence he passed it....(Hedgehog, not the vet...)
Lovely :mrgreen:
Tinsel
Wise Old Thumper
Mackers
Wise Old Thumper
OK - two of mine kept passing something sounding exactly like this. I wormed them and wormed them and the white strips kept coming out - generally laying on the surface of a fresh poo. Off-white in colour, about 0.5cm long and probably about 1-2mm wide. One day, one of them passed a whole strip of them. I can only describe it as looking like staples that you've just got out of the box ie. all joined together along their width.
I immediately took them (the 'worms') to my vet who in turn sent them to the lab. The lab confirmed that there were no internal organs or anything which resembled a parasite, even though they 'looked' like worms. Therefore the lab confirmed that they were vegetable matter.
My buns are regularly wormed and they STILL occasionally pass one of these things. They look like worms to me but if the vet and the lab say it's vegetable matter, I have to accept that. I don't have any pictures unfortunately as I don't have a camera capable of taking such a close-up.
Tinsel
Wise Old Thumper
Thank you for this. Description sounds very similar except this one was alive and had a tiny head/tail to it. Plus you could see fresh blood in its stomach. Hopefully the ivermectin is taking care of it. Ewgh!
