hello! i am a first-time snake owner with a ball python named Bonnie. shes about 9 weeks old (the store didnt give us her exact age upon purchase) and a regular morph. (brown with black markings) about a week ago, i noticed a small, worm-like creature in her water dish. i was worried it was a parasite, so without thinking, i dumped the water out and gave her new water. i didnt see another one until today. my father told me to capture it so he could look at it later. its now sitting in a plastic container.
description: a tiny, brown, worm-like creature with a darker head. approximately a centimeter long.
behavior: if the water is disturbed, it will thrash around violently for up to 60 seconds and then sit motionless in the water.
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anyway, to the point: i need help identifying the creature i found and deciding if it could be fatal to my snake. thanks!
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