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Topic: slow worm
Posted By: becky
Subject: slow worm
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2018 at 9:54pm
hi can anyone help we have a slow worms living in our garden and we are very happy to have them ! they love the compost bin and noticed today that 1 had a lump on its tail after closer inspection it looked like tics ?? is there anything i can do to help them ?? i tried to brush them off but didnt budge and didnt want to scare the slow worms either any advice would be appreciated thanks xx



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Posted By: S10 WRM
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2018 at 1:42am
Slow-worms rarely get ticks because their skin lacks places where ticks can get a grip between the scales. Hard to guess what else could be the cause. Do you have any photos?



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