EMERGENCY sudden lethargy

[Squeak61]

Can you post a picture of her vent (the place where poop and egg comes out)?

Here’s a vent photo

Does she have an odor to her at all? Did the worms stink, or does her poop or breath have a really foul odor?

I’ll check if she has any odors.

Also, do you know what maggots look like? Were those little worms about the size of rice and were they wriggling?

I’ve never seen maggots in person, I’m basing it off photos from google. They were a bit smaller than rice, and were wriggling.

 

[Kiki]

Here’s a vent photo
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I’ll check if she has any odors.


I’ve never seen maggots in person, I’m basing it off photos from google. They were a bit smaller than rice, and were wriggling.

Have you double checked her all over for a bobo/cut/injury?

 

[Squeak61]

Have you double checked her all over for a bobo/cut/injury?

I checked and couldn’t find anything, but I’ll check again. She did have some poop stuck on her butt and stomach, if that could be the issue.

 

[Kiki]

I checked and couldn’t find anything, but I’ll check again. She did have some poop stuck on her butt and stomach, if that could be the issue.

Can you clean that off and check under those areas too.

 

[Squeak61]

Can you clean that off and check under those areas too.

Yes, I will

 

[dawg53]

Worms cannot survive outside of their host, they are either dieing or already dead. Maggots on the other hand are alive when there's fly strike.

 

[Squeak61]

Worms cannot survive outside of their host, they are either dieing or already dead. Maggots on the other hand are alive when there's fly strike.

So would you say it’s definitely maggots?

 

[dawg53]

Yes.

 

[Squeak61]

Yes.

Do you have any idea why they would just fall off like that?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Also clean off the poop on her stomach and look under there.