This morning when I came to check on my turtle, he pooped but it was like this. Is that thing roundworms? It was really flexible and can bend in half. Should I book a vet visit as soon as possible? I circled where it is.
Roundworms?
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We can't tell anything from a blurry picture. Try to vacuum it up with a siphon tube and take it to your vet. Vets should all be good at identifying parasitic worms and recommending treatment if needed. That is one of their areas of expertise.
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It's just as likely some partially digested plant material.
Don't panic.
Even if they are parasites. They're much more common than most people realize.
Back when I used to obsess over this sort of thing, I bought a nice Japanese microscope at a garage sale and some glass slides and I was looking at everything that my tortoises pooped out. Comparing them to internet photos or photos in old books of different parasites.
A healthy tortoise can have parasites and still be perfectly healthy.
And they're easy to treat if needed. But first you need to determine what you have there. And a vet will know.
Don't panic.
Even if they are parasites. They're much more common than most people realize.
Back when I used to obsess over this sort of thing, I bought a nice Japanese microscope at a garage sale and some glass slides and I was looking at everything that my tortoises pooped out. Comparing them to internet photos or photos in old books of different parasites.
A healthy tortoise can have parasites and still be perfectly healthy.
And they're easy to treat if needed. But first you need to determine what you have there. And a vet will know.
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