Sorry this is really gut churning but need to know if I should be worried.
I was clearing the lawn today as I do daily and in amongst the leaves was a poo that was old that I’d obviously missed. It looked mushy and rained on and has been there a while (we have a really big garden and the leaves make it hard to clear up 100% all of the time) but the worrying thing was that it was mainly mass of about ten dead ‘earthworms’. I took a photo but won’t post unless absolutely necessary 🤮 .
Google suggests that they are not parasitic dog worms as they look too earthwormy. But why were they dead? Should I worry about my dog? Did they arrive in the poo after the event? Were they composting it before they died?!
Coincidentally we just got back from the vet to collect wormer tablets (about ten days overdue with dose).
Poos normally look fine . No signs of itching/ illness.
Any advice much appreciated.
We have lots of foxes here actually- maybe it wasn’t even my dog’s poo!