worms..... - Page 2

Laraine · 06-01-2009, 10:32 PM

These ones were round worms, I thought they were about 4 inches, but once they started unfolding, they were more than 6 inches long, so longer than the poor tortoise!

Lolly8 · 07-01-2009, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by linda

if you google strongyle worms........
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washing the weeds may help a little

So even after washing worm eggs still could be on the weeds?
I do first wash always with very hot water,then with cold water.

anna m · 07-01-2009, 01:18 AM

Wow Laraine. Those worms do look nasty

Valerie · 18-01-2009, 07:53 PM

surely growing your own weeds indoors will help, also buying bags of salad from a supermarket?

**Alan1** · 03-02-2009, 09:20 AM

I just wondered that if worms are so common in torts every tort in the wild must have them surely? Do they sit around all day in the wild being listless and unwell or do they nip down to their vet for a prescription?

Seriously though, how do they manage to live with them inside? Do they perhaps have their own way of getting rid by eating a particular plant or something or starving them out maybe?

swad1000 · 03-02-2009, 09:27 AM

Virtually all animals in the wild will have worms. But in the wild the worm burden tends not to be so high as to cause problems.

In captivity they are likely to have a higher stress level, making them more susceptible to a high worm burden, also they will have a much wider area over which to graze, so the level of parasites in there environment is likely to be much lower.

When we keep them confined, they continually reinfect themselves and because they are in a smaller area they pick up the eggs a lot more frequently so are more likely to get a higher burden.

sky · 03-02-2009, 12:28 PM

Oh my God I have just gone cold, worms are one of my worst nightmare even in the garden.

Valerie · 10-02-2009, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by caledonia

I just wondered that if worms are so common in torts every tort in the wild must have them surely? Do they sit around all day in the wild being listless and unwell or do they nip down to their vet for a prescription?

Seriously though, how do they manage to live with them inside? Do they perhaps have their own way of getting rid by eating a particular plant or something or starving them out maybe?

I'd like to know that. There must be a plant out there that helps a bit.

**Alan1** · 10-02-2009, 09:01 AM

Maybe a very varied diet helps to keep the worms at a minimum. From all the stuff I've been reading though I sometimes wonder how varied their diet actually is in the wild. Yes they may have access to many more plants but one article I read said they were feeding on a particular one (can't remember what but tall with yellow flowers) day after day

swad1000 · 10-02-2009, 09:10 AM

They will feed on whats abundant in a particular area at a particular time of the year, like all animals they will have favourite plants.

But at other times of the year they will eat what they can find, so they will have a varied diet over the course of a year.

06-01-2009, 10:32 PM	#11
Laraine Senior Member Adult Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Wirral Posts: 3,622	These ones were round worms, I thought they were about 4 inches, but once they started unfolding, they were more than 6 inches long, so longer than the poor tortoise! __________________ Laraine ________________________

03-02-2009, 12:28 PM	#17
sky Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2008 Location: South Wales Posts: 2,901	Oh my God I have just gone cold, worms are one of my worst nightmare even in the garden. __________________ Kayx 2.7.4 THB 0.3.0 Gpigs 1 grumpy husband

07-01-2009, 01:18 AM	#13
anna m Senior Member Adult Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 4,091	Wow Laraine. Those worms do look nasty

18-01-2009, 07:53 PM	#14
Valerie Member Hatched Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 461	surely growing your own weeds indoors will help, also buying bags of salad from a supermarket?

03-02-2009, 09:20 AM	#15
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	I just wondered that if worms are so common in torts every tort in the wild must have them surely? Do they sit around all day in the wild being listless and unwell or do they nip down to their vet for a prescription? Seriously though, how do they manage to live with them inside? Do they perhaps have their own way of getting rid by eating a particular plant or something or starving them out maybe?

03-02-2009, 09:27 AM	#16
swad1000 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,702	Virtually all animals in the wild will have worms. But in the wild the worm burden tends not to be so high as to cause problems. In captivity they are likely to have a higher stress level, making them more susceptible to a high worm burden, also they will have a much wider area over which to graze, so the level of parasites in there environment is likely to be much lower. When we keep them confined, they continually reinfect themselves and because they are in a smaller area they pick up the eggs a lot more frequently so are more likely to get a higher burden.

10-02-2009, 09:01 AM	#19
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	Maybe a very varied diet helps to keep the worms at a minimum. From all the stuff I've been reading though I sometimes wonder how varied their diet actually is in the wild. Yes they may have access to many more plants but one article I read said they were feeding on a particular one (can't remember what but tall with yellow flowers) day after day

10-02-2009, 09:10 AM	#20
swad1000 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,702	They will feed on whats abundant in a particular area at a particular time of the year, like all animals they will have favourite plants. But at other times of the year they will eat what they can find, so they will have a varied diet over the course of a year.

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