worm infestation????
Hi everyone, so I'm very shaken up over what happened last night.
I was checking on Daisy, my Syrian hamster when I noticed a thin, pale-yellow worm on her bedding which headed straight into her food bowl. I immediately dumped out almost everything in her cage, cleaned it thoroughly, and checked Daisy out. she seemed fine, completely her normal self.
I've seen this type of worm before a few years ago when my guinea pig hutch was infested but that was a completely different situation. the hutch was being kept outside and when I went away for a month in the summer, my family hadn't realized how important it was to keep the hutch super clean. I came back to a huge mess in the hutch and a slight worm infestation in some dirtier areas (I immediately cleaned it out well, made sure there was no way it would happen again, and the guinea pigs thankfully were completely fine)
but Daisy's Nite angel cage was very clean, it had actually been completely cleaned out only 2 weeks ago and the cage itself had no infested, wet or dirty areas. in fact, other than that one worm, I didn't notice any other ones, although admittedly I was trying my hardest not to notice them. I have this fear of worms ever since the guinea pig situation and I don't even feed mealworms to my hamsters. Daisy's cage is also kept in a cool, air-conditioned location, certainly not one that would attract any flies or worms.
so, my question is, where did that worm come from?? could it have been the food? also, is Daisy at any risk? she's being her completely normal and social self and I did look her over quickly and didn't notice any worms on her, but could I have missed them? I'm still very shaken up over the whole thing and not sure what to do to prevent something like this from happening again. any advice would be extremely appreciated. thank you!
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