Smokey
when i cleaned out my ferrets litterbox, i have two of them, i found small about a centimeter long white worms, could these be intestinal worms and how do i treat them?
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Tiffany says:
July 07th, 2009 at 05:43 PM
These sound like they might be tapeworms. Does Smokey have fleas or has he had them recently? Tapeworms are caused by your pets ingesting fleas (while itching with their teeth perhaps). I would bring Smokey to your veterinarian to get him treated for tapeworms.
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