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Worms in the water dish?
I went to do some spot cleaning today when I realized that my ball python's water bowl was empty, which was odd, because I had filled it just the night before. Needless to say, I filled it up right away and went on cleaning when I looked back into the bowl when I realized there were small wriggling worms in the bowl. I've been keeping a look out for mites and such, but these looked like tiny baby earthworms, only swimming, and were smaller than the length of my pinkie finger nail.
Here's a picture:

Keep in mind, there were quite a few of them, and they were tiny. I bleached the heck out of them and flushed them down the toilet, so I will hopefully never have to see them again.
It's occurred to me that perhaps they were in the bottle I used to fill up the water bowl, but I checked and didn't see any in there.
Anyone have any ideas or have seen this before?
Thanks :]
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Re: Worms in the water dish?
Could be internal parasites, have you taken this animal to have a fecal float done by a vet?
If not, next time you get some poop I would put it in a zip lock bag stick it in the refrigerator and ask the your vet to run a fecal float asap.
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Re: Worms in the water dish?
Dear God looks like mosquito larva. You do wash the bowls out every week don't you??
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Re: Worms in the water dish?
 Originally Posted by Freakie_frog
Dear God looks like mosquito larva. You do wash the bowls out every week don't you??
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Re: Worms in the water dish?
I wash the dish out at least every other day, as well as spot clean, and I clean the entire setup out once a month (at least, I will, I've only had this ball python for about a month and a half, so I've only done the entire tank once). Mosquito larvae have differently shaped bodies when looked at up close, as well spines that protrude from their bodies, and these were completely smooth.
Next time he poops I'll do that, thanks. Better safe than sorry.
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Re: Worms in the water dish?
thanks :] I got tired of trying to find reliable answers through Google, haha.
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Re: Worms in the water dish?
Kinda random but whereabouts are you from in chicago?
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Re: Worms in the water dish?
 Originally Posted by Kaorte
Kinda random but whereabouts are you from in chicago? 
Tinley Park actually, but I may be moving into the city depending on college.
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Re: Worms in the water dish?
 Originally Posted by musicalKeyes
Tinley Park actually, but I may be moving into the city depending on college.
Cool cool, I go to IIT and there is another member here who goes to loyola 
What schools are you thinking about?
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