sapseason
In the Brooder
- Feb 20, 2022
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My free range duck was attacked, hid for a day, then returned home the next morning with flystrike in the wounds. I soaked her, picked out what i could find, applied a topical and quarantined her.
When i returned home at the end of the day, i did another soak. It was strange because many of the maggots did not float up, and remained in the wound. I gave her another long soak. When that that didn't work i pulled out the tweezers, but couldnt grasp the maggots. It appeared and acted as if a layer of tissue had "healed" over the wound and trapped the maggots inside.
It was clear i wouldn't be able to properly treat this and she looked completely miserable so I put her down.
I've dealt with this issue before but have never had maggots "trapped" before. Maybe its because she didn't get any treatment for a day so the wound had time to get infested and scab over? Has anyone ever seen anything like this?
Thanks a bunch.
When i returned home at the end of the day, i did another soak. It was strange because many of the maggots did not float up, and remained in the wound. I gave her another long soak. When that that didn't work i pulled out the tweezers, but couldnt grasp the maggots. It appeared and acted as if a layer of tissue had "healed" over the wound and trapped the maggots inside.
It was clear i wouldn't be able to properly treat this and she looked completely miserable so I put her down.
I've dealt with this issue before but have never had maggots "trapped" before. Maybe its because she didn't get any treatment for a day so the wound had time to get infested and scab over? Has anyone ever seen anything like this?
Thanks a bunch.