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could my turtle have worms

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Question
Hi, i recently noticed that my turtle tank contains hundreds of tiny wormlike creatures. They are about 3mm long and a brownish colour and about as thick as a thread of cotton. My turtle tank is cleaned fully every week and I wondered what these could be and how to deal with them. Thanks.

Answer
Wild animals are usually heavily infested with parasites that end up in the habitat.

You'll need to clean it up and disinfect it with diluted bleach. Disinfect EVERYTHING- if bleach is bad for it use either strong sunshine or a strong salt solution. Even scrub the turtle down with a salt solution.

If they are from the turtle, it will probably happen again. The eggs might be floating around as well and they are really hard to kill.

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