Worms in dog water fountain filter: What are they? Are they safe?

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Hello , I found these worms in the drinking water filter. Can I know the cause ?? and what effect they have? I clean the filter and change the water daily . Pet's info: Dog | Havanese | Female | spayed | 2 years and 9 months old | 13.227735731 lbs

Sara Farmer, DVM · Accepted Answer

I think this looks like fly larvae but I’m not 100% sure. This doesn’t look like any common canine parasite, so I doubt it would cause problems for Tabosha. I’m also not sure how larvae could get in the fountain if you clean daily. You might be better off using a plain bowl of water that you could more easily monitor.

Worms in dog water fountain filter: What are they? Are they safe?

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