I just found this on the floor of Jaida, my "stressed" green anole's tank. Is it a round worm? Is Panacur the answer?
you can get a better look from my gallery page
thanks,
lele
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parasite i.d. needed!
lele
Oct 19, 2003 02:32 PM
Replies (6)
iwana
Oct 19, 2003 05:53 PM
Hi Lele,
I did a search in Google for pictures of roundworms and that one looks a little "short" to be a roundworm... How long is it? Could it have come from somewhere other than the anole's feces, such as a plant?
Julie
lele
Oct 19, 2003 06:14 PM
Hi Julie,
Funny, that's what someone else said - a baby earthworm. That is unlikely b/c I totally clean and repot any plant I buy and I looked at it with a handlens and it doesn't look like an earthworm. It is about 1/2" long. Now this came from an anole not a cham. I posted here b/c I know many of you keep other herps and are experienced in different areas. I am wondering if they come from crickets? Maybe I will get panacur and just treat all three of them.
thanks,
lele
p.s. when you did the google search did you see that disgusting picture of the child and the roundworms? I wanted to puke - 
>>Hi Lele,
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>>I did a search in Google for pictures of roundworms and that one looks a little "short" to be a roundworm... How long is it? Could it have come from somewhere other than the anole's feces, such as a plant?
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>>Julie
TylerStewart
Oct 19, 2003 11:59 PM
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Tyler Stewart
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lele
Oct 20, 2003 08:31 AM
here you go
gross!!!!!
TylerStewart
Oct 20, 2003 04:45 PM
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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV
eric adrignola
Oct 21, 2003 12:38 PM
WHAY CAN'T I GET AWAY FROM THAT PIC?
It keeps popping up when ever I do research on parasites!!!
Lele, I officially hate you for posting that pic...
(I'm kidding)
I can stand to look at NEARLY anything. I've dissected lots of animals, seen lots of gross things...
The one thing I cannot look at at pics of parasites "in action" or of maggots eating something...
There is an even worse pic of ascaris worms...one of a poor kid(who looks as if he was killed by the infestation) with the worms coming out his NOSE. they had apparantly started to migrate UPthe digestive tract.
Another HORRIBLE shot was in the documentry "supercroc", in which they stuck a camera in the stomach of a live crocodile. It's stomach was TOTALLY lined with roundworms--absolutly terrifing.
