Urgent Care :: Worms?

[Jociellen]

When I went in to feed my turtles this morning there are theres little white things all stuck to the glass. When I look really close they seem to be white worms of some kind. Is this normal? They werent there yesterday so how did they get in the tank? Can turtles have worms like dogs or cats?

[untsmurf]

They are not normal. There are several topics regarding this issue in the forum, here are some links:

http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=187843&highlight=worms#187843
http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=187245&highlight=worms#187245
http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=185982&highlight=worms#185982
http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=179261&highlight=worms#179261
http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=176559&highlight=worms#176559
http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=176530&highlight=worms#176530

I found all these just by typing worms into the search window.

[ScrewZoo]

Ive had the same worms as you before, they are not a parasite and do not harm the turtles, The only way i found to get rid of them was putting guppies in my tank, they eat em all :/ but before that clean your tank completely, but they will be back just have the guppies to fight them.