Hi all,
My chick, Peepers, appears to have fly strike. We have been treating her since last night, using the advice from threads here. (Which have been extremely helpful, thank you).
We cleaned her with chlorhexadrine, removed as many maggots as I could find, (it was awful). My poor girl barely fussed the whole time. I squirted almost 720cc hydrogen peroxide on the affected area and this morning I gave her an Epsom salt bath. I will be repeating the whole process, with the exception of the peroxide 2-3 more times today.
Last night I noticed bulging coming from the spot where the majority of the maggots were. It's below the vent. They seem to have eaten a hole below her vent approx 3-4 inches in diameter. A sac is protruding containing what appear to be her internal organs. The lining around the sac is hanging on by a thread in some spots and I fear the worst.
She is eating and drinking normally and is under the heat lamp in the shower of out 2nd bathroom, off our bedroom so I can keep a very close eye on her throughout the day.
ANY advice would be appreciated. We have no vets in the area that handle poultry so my options in that direction are extremely limited. I do have a tractor supply in the next town however.
My chick, Peepers, appears to have fly strike. We have been treating her since last night, using the advice from threads here. (Which have been extremely helpful, thank you).
We cleaned her with chlorhexadrine, removed as many maggots as I could find, (it was awful). My poor girl barely fussed the whole time. I squirted almost 720cc hydrogen peroxide on the affected area and this morning I gave her an Epsom salt bath. I will be repeating the whole process, with the exception of the peroxide 2-3 more times today.
Last night I noticed bulging coming from the spot where the majority of the maggots were. It's below the vent. They seem to have eaten a hole below her vent approx 3-4 inches in diameter. A sac is protruding containing what appear to be her internal organs. The lining around the sac is hanging on by a thread in some spots and I fear the worst.
She is eating and drinking normally and is under the heat lamp in the shower of out 2nd bathroom, off our bedroom so I can keep a very close eye on her throughout the day.
ANY advice would be appreciated. We have no vets in the area that handle poultry so my options in that direction are extremely limited. I do have a tractor supply in the next town however.
