The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Galahad on September 18, 2014, 07:47:44 pm
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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.
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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
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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,
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Do you have any Jeyes fluid?? If so tip that on!!
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Plus spray with anti biotic spray x
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Id agree with the Jeyes fluid but dilute to 10%
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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.
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I second that - Summer Fly Cream!
It is amazing stuff and it actually works!
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Thank you for all your advice I think I have now got it all under control :fc: