Author Topic: Fly Strike (Read 2233 times)

Galahad · « **on:** September 18, 2014, 07:47:44 pm »

Please can anyone help me one of my sheep has maggot's at her rear-end I have clipped her out & put her inside & sprayed click, but is there anything I can do to treat her until shop opens, please any help would be appreciated.

shep53 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 18, 2014, 08:05:27 pm »

If you have clipped as close as you can and checked the fleece all around the strike area , then you should have got rid of all the eggs ( pale yellow clumps ) and all the maggots unless they are embedded in the skin then maybe tweasers might help . while clik is not usedto kill maggots it might sicken them ? . if the skin is not broken then tomorrow will be fine for a treatment/preventative . if the skin is broken then you need anti biotics and cover with savlon /sudacrem or similar

Marches Farmer · « **Reply #2 on:** September 18, 2014, 08:08:52 pm »

You could also crutch the whole area and put a few drops of something smelly on the thick fleece nearby - tea tree oil or similar - to mask the smell of maggots and prevent flies continuing to lay there,

Gunnermark · « **Reply #3 on:** September 18, 2014, 08:41:34 pm »

Do you have any Jeyes fluid?? If so tip that on!!

Hellybee · « **Reply #4 on:** September 18, 2014, 09:02:13 pm »

Plus spray with anti biotic spray x

MarvinH · « **Reply #5 on:** September 18, 2014, 11:09:05 pm »

Id agree with the Jeyes fluid but dilute to 10%

twizzel · « **Reply #6 on:** September 19, 2014, 09:10:23 am »

Once the maggot are gone there is a great cream called Summer Fly Cream it's bright yellow and very thick, I got mine from local country store in the horse section but it's specifically for after flystrike to sooth the skin, repel flies and create a barrier so the skin can heal and not get sunburnt.