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Worms

Post by trljr14 » Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:18 pm

I was cleaning the cage today,and when i took out there bath water,it looked like a worm one and a half inches long,pinkish in color in the water,any ideas,thanks tom.

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Re: Worms

Post by dfcauley » Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:17 am

trljr14 wrote:I was cleaning the cage today,and when i took out there bath water,it looked like a worm one and a half inches long,pinkish in color in the water,any ideas,thanks tom.

I am not sure about that one..... Do you think it could have been bird poop? I haven't ever seen any worms. Do you treat your birds for worms periodiocally?
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Post by FinchMommy » Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:56 am

I often find little things that look like worms (not that long though), and one day I panicked, and my cousin, who grew up with birds, and whose inlaws run an aviary/bird rescue, laughed at me and told me it was just poop. Could it be poop?

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Post by FinchezRule » Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:18 pm

It sounds like a tiny earthworm, did you have any sort of dirt or plants in there recently? Maybe a piece of lettuce that had a worm in it that dropped to the ground? Earthworms like damp places and water maybe thats why it was hanging out there :?:
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Post by Geordie » Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:48 am

Do you feed your birds dried rice by any chance?

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