FLYSTRIKE!! I need info *GRAPHIC PHOTO

[RiverOtter]

Antibiotics will do nothing. What are you using to squirt up into the pockets? A bath won't do it. You need to get some water pressure up in there and flush out all his loose dead tissue (ie; maggot food) and surround their nasty little bodies with stuff that will damage then. And listen, it's not about WHAT you use - plain salt water will work - it's about HOW you use it. You have to irrigate the wound.

So, empty a dishsoap bottle, that little nozzle is perfect. You can also use a 20cc syringe. Pint of water, tablespoon of tablesalt, teaspoon of Epsom salt, a few drops of dishsoap if you're worried about penetration and FLUSH.
Feel free to follow it with a peroxide or insecticide chaser, so long as you do the same thing and FLUSH. Get the liquid in there with some pressure.

You will flush out the deep maggots, you will flush out the tiny maggots and the ones that you don't get the first time, you will weaken enough to get them the next time.

Stop with the tweezers!! No tweezers!! You are irritating the wounds and opening them up further and creating a better environment for the maggots. You're not going to get them all out in one go, tweezers or no, and the damage you are doing with the tweezers is basically feeding them - and no matter how gently you do it, you can't not scrape and push with the tweezers up in there.

 

[Painted Calls]

Sink sprayer with the water pressure turned up works good too.

 

[FlockFromPa]

Not a vet here but my gut tells me tylan probably isn't what you would want here, I would think more along the lines of penicillin or other broad spectrum antibiotic, but please get someone with more expertise than I have.

Your correct. I believe tylan is respiratory..I dont think I can get pennicillin here. I remember trying over the winter with no luck. I'm not sure where would have antibiotics I could use

 

[FlockFromPa]

P.S. FWIW, I wouldn't give up on him yet. My boy was in a very bad way, but as long as he fought, I did too, and it paid off, luckily. I've lost more than I've saved, but I've saved some, and it mattered, and I learned. And keep learning.

Thank you for your support. I'm not giving up on him yet. Hes really like one of my dogs and I'd hate to put him down. I'll do everything I can for this boy. I went and got the fly spray and just put that on him. I'm hoping that will kill some of the maggots I cant get. It actually looked alot better when I went to check on him. I hope we can pull thru this

 

[Tre3hugger]

Good luck. Keep us posted.

 

[FlockFromPa]

Antibiotics will do nothing. What are you using to squirt up into the pockets? A bath won't do it. You need to get some water pressure up in there and flush out all his loose dead tissue (ie; maggot food) and surround their nasty little bodies with stuff that will damage then. And listen, it's not about WHAT you use - plain salt water will work - it's about HOW you use it. You have to irrigate the wound.

So, empty a dishsoap bottle, that little nozzle is perfect. You can also use a 20cc syringe. Pint of water, tablespoon of tablesalt, teaspoon of Epsom salt, a few drops of dishsoap if you're worried about penetration and FLUSH.
Feel free to follow it with a peroxide or insecticide chaser, so long as you do the same thing and FLUSH. Get the liquid in there with some pressure.

You will flush out the deep maggots, you will flush out the tiny maggots and the ones that you don't get the first time, you will weaken enough to get them the next time.

Stop with the tweezers!! No tweezers!! You are irritating the wounds and opening them up further and creating a better environment for the maggots. You're not going to get them all out in one go, tweezers or no, and the damage you are doing with the tweezers is basically feeding them - and no matter how gently you do it, you can't not scrape and push with the tweezers up in there.

Ahhh I had no clue about the tweezers..everyone says to tweeze. I'll quit with that. If it makes it any better I was using plastic tweezers lol I do not have a sink sprayer. I can try in the shower possibly to flush him out again. It's in the 80s today so this morning I used the hose with my high pressure nozzle. I was afraid of turning it up too high tho. I'll keep up with the flushing and I just started using fly spray that's supposed to kill the maggots so will see how he looks tonight. I can try flushing with a dish soap bottle as well. I think I'm done with bathing. I think it did more harm than good. As soon as I got him wet they all started crawling to other places of his body. I think I'll stick with the flushing out and see how it goes. I really appreciate your help! Would flushing with water downed betadine be too much? I flushed with that this morning

 

[FlockFromPa]

Good luck. Keep us posted.

I definitely will. thank you

 

[RiverOtter]

A hose is too much pressure. A syringe, a dishsoap bottle or any squeeze type bottle will work perfectly. They actually sell squeeze bottles to flush wounds in medical supplies - ladies, you know the ones I mean. That much water pressure is the right amount.

People say to tweezer because it feels like you're doing something - and we all need to Do Something. But it's kind of like movies vs real life. In the movies it's all "get the bullet out!" In real life, LOTS of people are walking around with things in them, because every doctor knows you'll do more damage digging it out.

Keep flushing and you will kill the maggots. It's just going to take a few sessions.

 

[FlockFromPa]

A hose is too much pressure. A syringe, a dishsoap bottle or any squeeze type bottle will work perfectly. They actually sell squeeze bottles to flush wounds in medical supplies - ladies, you know the ones I mean. That much water pressure is the right amount.

People say to tweezer because it feels like you're doing something - and we all need to Do Something. But it's kind of like movies vs real life. In the movies it's all "get the bullet out!" In real life, LOTS of people are walking around with things in them, because every doctor knows you'll do more damage digging it out.

Keep flushing and you will kill the maggots. It's just going to take a few sessions.

Sounds good! I'm gonna keep flushing! My hose had a nozzle you turn for how much pressure you want so I wasnt blasting him with the hose lol but I'll try the squeeze bottle method! Thank you so much!

 

[Painted Calls]

We're all pulling for you and your boy! You got this!