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  1. dawg53

    Hen with nasty butt area!

    ...scald the skin causing redness and irritation. Poopy butt can also cause flies to infest the stuck poop, flies lay eggs in the poop. Then the maggots work their way into the anus causing Fly Strike. That's when the maggots start eating the chickens innards. Then the chicken will have to be...
  2. K

    Bumblefoot – is this a good treatment plan?

    Thanks! I have povidone-iodine so I'll give sugardine a go if I have to cut into it again. It does seem like it's slightly more effective than the neosporin. I'm really hoping I get lucky and both heal up quite soon because it's such a pain having to check their bandages constantly and soak...
  3. coach723

    Bumblefoot – is this a good treatment plan?

    ...for us to see pictures. Usually the only ones seen in droppings are roundworm or tapeworm, with different treatments for both. Sometimes a maggot from an insect egg laid in a dropping after it was passed is mistaken for a worm, but seeing it usually answers that. If you've had roundworm in...
  4. Eggcessive

    chickens won’t drink safeguard aquasol water.

    If they were short, I would worry about maggots. Roundworms are usually an off white color.
  5. macmac955

    She's been through a lot...wondering if this will heal without any lasting issues/limping.

    ...the most horrific part of her injury: a deep bite mark right behind her leg. By the time I found that wound it was already infested with maggots. I spent all evening soaking her in ebsom salt water and picking them off one by one. I did a lot of praying too 😬 But finally I was able to...
  6. A

    UPDATED serious flystrike

    Another success, 30 min soak today and again no maggots, so feeling we might be on the winning side of that part for sure. I'm probably going to keep up a daily epsom salt soak with a squirt of Hibiclens for a little while longer, but shorten to 15 min for the sake of both of us now we are not...
  7. Eggcessive

    UPDATED serious flystrike

    So glad that the maggots are hopefully gone. You really are handling this very well. I’m not sure that I could do as well. Many people such as myself may have an extra large wire crate they are not using, and would let you borrow it. Folding puppy pens are another option. Hoping she gets...
  8. Folly's place

    UPDATED serious flystrike

    All the best from me too! Glad you didn't see more maggots this last time, it's such an awful situation. Permethrin in the area and on her everywhere (safe dose only) because of those errant eggs and tiny maggots. If she doesn't have a major health issue that started all this, she may make...
  9. A

    UPDATED serious flystrike

    ...you all so much. Your help and support mean a lot to me. We got to soaking a little late today, but this is the first one we are finally maggot free. I am so happy for her! I don’t know how deep under her skin they had gone, so could be more that are really lodged I can’t see, but...
  10. A

    UPDATED serious flystrike

    ...with the salt flushes with syringe (which I'm considering adding a little betadine to now that I have it), permethrin until I'm sure the maggots are gone, and probably still veterycin (I feel like I can get this under skin where I wouldn't be able to reach with the ointment). Is blotting...
  11. A

    UPDATED serious flystrike

    ...turn around and move a few steps, but she's still pretty confined. Bedding is straw, that I am changing frequently (we found a few live maggots at the bottom of the crate early on when we changed it the first time, so being very diligent about full clean outs a couple times a day). She...
  12. A

    UPDATED serious flystrike

    Ok, graphic photo update. This was after her 30 min soak this morning, was hoping we were getting to the maggot free stage but still got another 6 or 7 biggish ones (I'm assuming these are the round that was smalls when we started). The good I guess is that I am not seeing other sizes, so...
  13. A

    UPDATED serious flystrike

    In thinking about this last night, based on the number of large maggots I have removed (30+ probably, most of which I got in the first long soak) and the size of the wound (assuming there isn't a giant under skin space), it is probably entirely possible this wound happened in the space of the...
  14. A

    UPDATED serious flystrike

    ...be a trapped air bubble or soak water so not sure how much of a tell that is. Very cautiously optimistic we can still win flushing out the maggots, I do think the long soaks are helping drive out even the deep ones based on how long it takes for them to appear. My biggest concern is her...
  15. Eggcessive

    UPDATED serious flystrike

    ...you had access to a vet, but I think that you are doing the best you can. Do you think that you can get to the inside of the wound where the maggots are hatching? Can you insert a turkey baster or syringe into the hole farther to flush out the area? I’m sure that this is very hard on both of you.
  16. A

    UPDATED serious flystrike

    Discouraging update. I did another Epsom salt soak with her, another full 30 min because I didn't see the first maggot until about the 15 min mark. I ended up with 7 I think, three sizes now, the new smallest size is less than 2 mm so assuming that may have hatched since we started the soaks...
  17. Folly's place

    UPDATED serious flystrike

    All good so far, but in my experience there will be fly eggs and then maggots elsewhere on her body, so look hard, spray her with permethrin as directed, and be vigilant! Most fly eggs take 24 hours to hatch, and the maggots grow fast, so keep up your program! She can't be exposed to more...
  18. Eggcessive

    UPDATED serious flystrike

    ...crumbles a little at a time, to get them interested in the food. That way it doesn’t spoil if I mix a fresh bowl twice a day. I sure hope the maggots disappear soon. If you can manage bringing in a friend to visit her a couple of times a day, just so they can see each other, that might make...
  19. A

    UPDATED serious flystrike

    ...AntiqueB that makes me feel so much better to hear. I soaked her yesterday for 30 min, which may have been a bit long but I kept seeing more maggots and she was calm so we kept at it. I'll keep up with the epsom salts in the bath, they have always done well for my own injuries so I know it...
  20. AntiqueB

    UPDATED serious flystrike

    I had a case that looks like yours a year ago. My hen survived. I soaked with warm water and Epsom salts every few hours until no more maggots came out. Then soak a couple times a day for the next couple days. You want to catch any maggots that hatch later on. The soaks should last about 15...
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