Our vets and nurses are available 24/7 if you are unfortunate enough to find your pet in need of medical assistance. You may also consider using fine mesh netting over the wire of your rabbits hutch or run, to minimise the chances of flies being able to get in.įly strike is a veterinary emergency and can become serious and even fatal very quickly. This product gives protection for 8-10 weeks. Examples include ‘F10 Insecticidal and Germicidal Wound Spray’ to be sprayed onto the area weekly for prevention of fly strike in rabbits, poultry and other small furries.Īlternatively, ‘Rearguard’ is a solution (only licensed for use in rabbits) which is sponged onto the back end of the rabbit.
We can provide you with barrier creams and sprays that deter the flies from landing on your pets and laying eggs. It is therefore important that you act quickly in these circumstances otherwise your pet may literally be eaten alive! The disease can progress very quickly – within 24 hours of the eggs being laid, they can hatch and the maggots can start feeding on the skin. If any maggots are present these should be picked off and your pet brought to the vet to see if medical attention is needed. To prevent this from happening, we advise regularly checking that your pets bottom is clean and dry, ideally twice a day. If you find that it is damp for any reason please clean and dry it, then bring your pet to the vet to discuss the cause of any urine scald or diarrhoea.įly eggs look like small grains of rice and if found, should be removed. At this point, the outcome is usually very poor and euthanasia is often the only option. Eventually, toxins are released into the blood stream and the pet becomes very ill and dehydrated.
Chicken fly strike skin#
The eggs quickly hatch into maggots which then eat away at the skin and flesh. This attracts bluebottle flies which lay eggs around the rear quarters of the animal. It occurs when the fur and skin around the back end of the pet becomes wet for some reason, such as damp weather, urine scald or diarrhoea. With the onset of wet, humid weather there is an increased risk of blow fly strike. While fly strike is generally more common in pets that are kept outdoors in hutches and runs, house pets are by no means immune to the condition.įly strike is most commonly seen in rabbits but can also occur in guinea pigs and poultry too.
Shes separated from the flock and there is quit a bit of blood in the vent.
He has now stopped coughing and is running around again – hopefully not in barley fields! See our last blog ‘A Seedy Tale’. My chicken (her names Ruffy) has flystrike, and I treated her by flushing her vent with water and picking out the maggots, I then sprayed some saline solution, vetricyn, and dusted her vent and the area around it with gold Bond powder. Tadpole, the dog that featured in our last blog, is making a very good recovery on his antibiotics and anti-inflammatories.
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