Prevention is surely better than cure, when it comes to Maggot wounds. Please try to understand that maggot wounds can be fatal/life threatening if not treated on time. ![]() This stinking smell will only get worse as the maggots multiply and penetrate through the body of the unfortunate animal. You won’t see maggots crawling like ticks or lice on the skin surface or hair, instead what you will see is a ‘hole’ in the body of the animal and maggots crawling their way on the wound surface or inside it eating away the flesh and the most potent indicator that an animal has a maggot wound would be that you will smell rotting flesh. Where and how will you see maggots or understand that the animal is infested with maggots and requires treatment? Left untreated, maggot wounds are fatal as the animal may die due to the maggots tunnelling into their brain or vital organs (depending on the site of the wound), blood loss or secondary infections. Alongside, they penetrate into the animal’s body and the wound increases in surface area and deepens in no time, resulting in more flies getting attracted to that side and laying even more eggs, thereby infesting it even further with maggots. These eggs, once laid on the wound site of an animal can hatch within a few hours into larvae or “maggots”, which start out very small just like a thin rice grain but then start feeding into the flesh and organs of any animal (be it a calf, a cat, a tiger or a dog) and then they (maggots) grow fat and up to an inch long. ![]() Danger areas for an animal where maggot infestations are common are the ears, anywhere on the head and neck, back of the body, anus. In areas the animal can reach with his tongue, these fly eggs are usually licked off. A wound of the size of a pinhole may be enough for a fly to get attracted and lay eggs on. These wounds could be there on an animal’s body due to a fight they might have gotten into, itching, licking, accidental injuries etc. A particular type of fly, called screwworm flies has a special fondness to lay its eggs on fresh, untreated open wounds on any animal’s body and that is what can trigger maggot infestation. What are Maggots and how do they infest an animal? :įlies get attracted to garbage, carcasses, rotting food, open wounds and faeces and use them as substrate to lay their eggs. But, maggot wounds can be prevented and treated on site very easily (if noticed before it is too late) and these unfortunate deaths can be prevented if animal welfare volunteers read through this article below and back the knowledge so acquired with animal handling skills and some amount of patience, determination and dedication all of which are essential qualities that are required to help heal a voiceless animal. It is the onset of warm weather and humid conditions that trigger an onset of maggot wound related queries on our helpline and the below treatment protocol has been shared aplenty by us through our website e-mail queries and blog based queries.Ī horrifying number of street animals die tragic and slow painful deaths owing to maggot infestations. ![]() On-site First Aid Treatment for Prevention and Cure of Maggot wounds in Street Animals :
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