(I know it sounds crazy) but... If you don't have diatomaceous earth on hand, flour would dry out the wound but would need more rinsing (and be messy-er) on you... but in a pinch....
I don't know if baking soda burns the skin... so I hesitate to suggest it
You just want to keep them in a dry...
Anything that keeps her safe, she is unlikely to want to walk around, but sometimes you need to put them in a closed room where they can't crawl into an inaccessible place to hide.
I leave a light on when I bring them into an unfamiliar area, they don't see well in the dark and worry about...
I wash them over and over because new eggs will hatch after you've cleaned out the maggots.
I will dust them (heavy) with diatomaceous earth each time I wash, if there are maggots you did not spot, it coats them and the can't feed on her flesh.
Sometimes the DE will absorb the humidity in the...