Really need help, maggots are all over my rooster!

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Atlas LaHaye

Atlas LaHaye

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Hi
Okay so I have posted that my rooster has had Botulism, and he is getting so much better as I have been treating him. Anyway, this morning when I went out to feed him he was covered in Maggots, so I put him in some warm water and got a lot of them off him, there are still a few I have not been able to get, and I am wondering if there is a way for me to get rid of them, besides just putting the poor boy in water. If anyone knows please help me out!


Thank you
Atlas
 
bump.........I am of no help, sorry.

From what I just quickly googled, if any other birds or animal eat those maggots that are eating off of your roo (or the flies they turn into) you can be spreading avian botulism. I don't know ........

hopefully someone else will chime in...........
 
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Maggot therapy
Maggot therapy used in a small wound
Main article: Maggot therapy

Certain live maggots have been employed since antiquity as an economical, safe and effective type of wound debridement (cleaning). In controlled and sterile settings by licensed medical practitioners, maggot therapy introduces live, disinfected maggots into non-healing skin or soft wounds of a human or other animal. They eat the dead old tissue, leaving the live tissue alone. It is uncertain if maggot secretions have any effect on bacterial growth, since different studies have produced contradictory results,[1][2] and some species of bacteria may be naturally resistant to maggot secretions.[3] As of 2008, maggot therapy was being used in around 1,000 medical centers in Europe and over 800 medical centers in the United States.[4]
 
I agree that maggots arent terrible but you really want to get them off .. Screwworm spray will kill any on the bird and also kill the eggs.. I would get some from the farm supply store spray well and then tommorow bath the bird... after that cover the wound with antibiotic ointment without pain meds...
 
"disinfected maggots" being the key to why they're used in medicine. Flies and maggots outside can carry a lot of bad things. Keep your roo separated in a place more flies can't get to, and spray/bathe it like Coop said. Make sure you check it again after 3-4 days, to make sure there is not another infestation.
 
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Just be sure to do the follow up otherwise they will come back... One good thing about maggots is they eat dead flesh first so the skin underneath should be a nice healthy pink color ...
 
Is there anyway I can keep the flies off him, I moved him away from where he was, cleaned his cage, and now flies are all over him again.
 
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