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FLYSTRIKE

I believe the eggs can be laid anywhere, usually damp fur. WHy? No problems I hope?
 
Didn't Adele have a bunny that got it in a head wound?

I would think any damp breaks in the skin could be a target.

Caz
 
yes they can get it anywhere! There's more flies around at the moment than there was in the summer too it's a nightmare! :(
 
I think that flies will lay their eggs anywhere, but that maybe the eggs only hatch when the conditions are warm and damp eg around a sticky bott or a cut on the body.

The reason I think this is cos sometimes the horses come in from the field with fly eggs on their legs, and you have to scrape them off, but my understanding is that the reason you have to get them off is that if the horses lick their legs then they'll swallow them and the maggots will hatch in their stomach :shock: :shock: :shock:

Gross huh?
 
wouldn't the stomach acid kill the maggots though or are horses systems quite different? :?
 
Sorry - by "stomach" I just meant gut. I think the eggs have passed through the stomach before they hatch and the maggots end up somewhere in the intestine (bleurgh!)
 
Yes anywere, if you still have flys about then use something like rearguard or my fav is zentex from the vet. Better to be safe than sorry. val
 
i have never seen flies in my hutches thank god but nevertheless I am still really paranoid about flystrike it sounds awful :shock:
 
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