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Parasites Worms?

cavycache

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When I was cleaning out the litter boxes, there were about a dozen little 1 cm long worms in the fluff. They look almost exactly like the worms that my dog got treated for a couple of months ago. Could the pigs have the same worms that my dog had? I'm really worried. They don't look like anything is wrong, but they could just be hiding it. Do I need to take my piggies to the vet? Could they have gotten the worms from another source other than my dog?
The cage was last cleaned a week ago, and I poop-scoop everyday. I've gone longer than this without cleaning the cage and I have never seen the worms before.
 

cavycache

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Could they be fly larvae? We have had a lot of those pesky things flying around lately. It still looks an awful lot like the worms that my dog got...
 

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1cm looks long a bit for fly larvae. Did you find more? If so I wouldn't take a chance and at least call a vet. I don't know if they can get worms, sorry.
 
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