What is this???? HELP Please with PICS

[Kristina]

Anyone considered a bot fly? I know rabbits are susceptile to it....just an idea

 

[mmajw]

bot fly?

Can people get that too?

 

[Peaguy]

I had a dog once that got a parasitic worm/larvae imbedded in his skin... Kinda made a hole and puss pocket.. I actually squeezed it out like you would a blackhead... Vet said we were really lucky to get all of the worm out intact as it could have segmented apart and then it would have gotten very bad... to the point of killing the dog. I forget what kind of worm he said it was but It looked very similar to a grub worm kinda white and segmented Had a definate head on one end like a grub. Perhaps she has one of these and then packed dirt etc into while dust bathing?etc.??????

 

[Kristina]

peaguy that is a bot fly llarvae that your talking about. It's best to let them come out on their own. As far as I know (I'm no expert)

mmajw yes humans can get them.

 

[Pine Grove]

Thats an old Breast Blister..Probably caused from Staph or Mycoplasma Synoviae

 

[mmajw]

Now that I touched her with my bare hands ( I washed well after) can I get any of this?????

Bot fly or the staph????

 

[mmajw]

How do I treat all this????

 

[Kristina]

I wouldn't worry about it to much...google bot fly...I personally would use gloves on her... I can't explain it all and I may be COMPLETELY off on what it is but I would take a minute to google bot fly.

 

[Barnyard]

I don't think you have to worry about getting it as long as you clean up real well after handling her.

If this was my bird........
I would lance it or what ever I needed to do to get that nasty stuff out. Clean it real well with iodine or saline. Put neosporin on it and start her on a antibotic. I would clean it several times a day. I would keep her seperated from all the other's untile she is better.

 

[patandchickens]

First, if anyone is heading off to google, you will do better looking up WARBLE fly or warbles, not botfly (I believe it is in the same family as 'regular' botflies, but many other bots have larval stages in the intestinal tract - "warble" will cut you right to the chase on the relevant critters).

You should not mess with a warble wound - best to leave it alone, or see a vet - because trying to cut or squeeze the larva out of its disgusting little home can kill or 'pop' the larva and lead to the animal (i.e. Fluffy or Bossie or whomever) dying of anaphylactic shock.

HOWEVER it doesn't really look like a warble to me and a quick google supports my inability to ever recall them being said to affect *birds*. (I'm not guaranteeing this is an absolute fact, but all in all I think a warble is not the most likely thing.

Yes, humans can get warbles, but only from the adult warble fly laying its eggs on a break in your skin, NOT from touching a warble that's livin' in another critter.

Staph infections OTOH are highly contagious and one of the prime reasons you should always wash the HECK outta your hands after any time that you deal with an animal's infected wound.

Good luck,

Pat