parasite

I saw her eating something only to find her biting a praying mantis and a small hairworm came out of it and I couldn't get it out of her mouth resulting in her swallowing it. I read about them and I saw they don't affect reptiles but I'm still extremely afraid. I can't take her to a vet this...

I recently got a sick box turtle off the side of the road. I had planned on getting him better and putting him back where he came from once he was all good. I looked into rescues, exotic vets, conservation programs in my area, and wild life centers that might be willing to take him once he's...

Does anyone know what this could be? Found in a fecal sample. Last week I found tons of (I think) pin worms (teeny tiny whitish clear moving worms) all over a fresh stool sample from my 13 yr old male red foot. In this sample there weren’t any visible worms, however. Could it be an egg, or is it...

Hello. I have ended up buying a pet store tortoise though I had originally intended on purchasing a young tortoise from a breeder when I began researching into it a year ago. It's almost definitely wild caught and I've called and left a message with a local exotic vet for an appointment for a...

I'm not so sure what this is, I'm concerned it might be a worm. I left Cashew to soak and came back after he defecated, and this was wrapped around his leg. Not too sure if it is a worm or not. The rest of the stool and what had separated in the water did not have anything moving or worm-like...

My russian tortoise is a 2 year old (ish) male. He's usually very active in the mornings and goes out in search of food, but for the past week, maybe week and a half, I have had to encourage him to come out of his burrow to eat something, and then once he's eaten he goes right back to his burrow...