fannymanson
Well-Known Member
I just posted the other day about my disabled bunny Big Brown. Please read:
http://www.rabbitsonline.net/showthread.php?t=81860
I thought I was helping him/doing him a favor by giving him as much turnout in the yard as I could. But today when I brought him in I saw a wet patch on his fur. It was full of fly eggs and maggots.
I googled it and discovered Fly Strike. I have never heard of this before. Now it is happening to my dear boy. The internet is saying its fatal if severe enough. I have not seen these eggs and maggots on him before, so I think it must have happened in the last 24 hours or so.
I am horrified. We just spent 2 hours washing it with baby shampoo, Dawn dish soap, flushing it with water and trying to get them all off of him. It is nearly impossible.. I am still finding them but I have put him in his cage to rest because he is surely exhausted right now.
I am seriously considering euthanasia and I need to make a decision tonight. The vet said he will only be in the office tomorrow from 8-10:30am.
Does anyone have any experience with this? Is it worth trying to save him because he has a disability. I am at a loss right now. Please help me decide what is the proper course of action!
http://www.rabbitsonline.net/showthread.php?t=81860
I thought I was helping him/doing him a favor by giving him as much turnout in the yard as I could. But today when I brought him in I saw a wet patch on his fur. It was full of fly eggs and maggots.
I googled it and discovered Fly Strike. I have never heard of this before. Now it is happening to my dear boy. The internet is saying its fatal if severe enough. I have not seen these eggs and maggots on him before, so I think it must have happened in the last 24 hours or so.
I am horrified. We just spent 2 hours washing it with baby shampoo, Dawn dish soap, flushing it with water and trying to get them all off of him. It is nearly impossible.. I am still finding them but I have put him in his cage to rest because he is surely exhausted right now.
I am seriously considering euthanasia and I need to make a decision tonight. The vet said he will only be in the office tomorrow from 8-10:30am.
Does anyone have any experience with this? Is it worth trying to save him because he has a disability. I am at a loss right now. Please help me decide what is the proper course of action!