Little Brown Worms In Dog Food

But their larvae feast on cereal flour cornmeal rice nuts dog food and other dry goods.

Little brown worms in dog food. From the questions section on the yahoo website a person wrote i just fed my dog a dog treat and i put the rest on the table and i started to see worms crawl out. My first thought was i had given her dog worms and my older dog. Dehydrated raw dog food home cooked diets. They are most easily recognized during the larval or caterpillar stage before they turn into beetles.

As raw dog food diets keep growing in popularity it can be found most pet stores. After mating the half inch long gray brown female meal moth finds a suitable environment for laying her eggs as many as 400 at one time. The reason is parasites love the starch content in kibble. Kibble fed dog breeds are more susceptible to the worms when compare to raw food diet based dogs.

They spin silk webs that trap their poop dead skin and other gross stuff on food surfaces. They come into your pantry in cardboard boxes from the store from dog or bird food that you have stored or even through an opened door in your house. Always take note of the expiration date on the product and read the feeding directions thoroughly. It can take up to 6 months for them to hatch and turn to worms then eventually become those pesty little brown bugs we see in our dry goods.

At this stage they appear like small worms that are brownish yellow in color. My advise is to throw out the bag of food and buy a new one. They re there because it s kinda warm in the food bag and it s food the flies lay their eggs there because it s dark and warm. I wouldn t advise that you feed your dog this because it can cause some serious health issues.

I found the worms and webs today in a bag of dog food i had been feeding to my new 3 mo old pup. But when you feed the dog you can also give support to eliminate all the threat by giving the fermented foods. These foods will have a shorter shelf life their canned or dried counterparts. And as mentioned before if you live in an area with humidity over 55 they will eventually hatch if you keep dry goods for a long period of time without eating.

You open a bag of whole wheat flour a box of cereal or a bag of dog food only to find little worms moths or even some webs. Freaked me out but mostly i was so upset that i had been feeding my pup worms. Little white worms good guess is maggots.