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Sounds like you are doing a great job! I would leave it for a bit unless it gets nasty. Wetting it down will stop the healing process that has already begun. You want to make sure that you keep it dry and clean with no flies in the area. **wondering if anyone out there recommends a broad...

Quote: Thanks Redhen...that was .

We used vaseline to force them to come to the top for air but our kittens wound wasnt nearly as bad as yours.

LOL... Sorry about that. Good point about maggot size for a bit of help Id-ing. I had a duck with maggots on her leg 2 summers ago and it was theee grossest thing I have ever seen. It looked like her whole leg was moving. The little critters were teeny tiny as they had just been born. Guess I...

Quote: Sorry, looked it up. Wikipedia has an article about using maggots for cleaning wounds in the medical field because they eat the old dead tissue, leaving the live tissue alone. From All About Worms : While maggots are considered gross and dirty, they are commonly used in the medical...

Maggots are the larvae of flies so depending on the type of fly that laid the eggs, they indeed can and will eat live flesh...the screw worm is one such type. Albeit, the majority of maggots do only ingest dead flesh by secreting an enzyme (?) that breaks it down into something that they can...

Do you have ANY meds of any kind that you could use? Peroxide? Neosporin? I have used both on chickens with no ill effects. But, I am not a Vet and dont even play one on TV.