Bot Fly Facts

[Jackie in Tampa]

just a heads up...
although I have never done...
I was told putting vaseline on the warble will suffocate the bot and he will try to surface and leave...
also vet told me as well ...that if a larvea is broken off in the sq...it is toxic..and can cause death...
monsters!!!! Ugly monsters!

No bites at all yesterday Abby..smooth day...no bandaids!

[Charley Chuckles]

just a heads up...
although I have never done...
I was told putting vaseline on the warble will suffocate the bot and he will try to surface and leave...
also vet told me as well ...that if a larvea is broken off in the sq...it is toxic..and can cause death...
monsters!!!! Ugly monsters!

No bites at all yesterday Abby..smooth day...no bandaids!

I remeber as a kid when walking in the woods getting chiggers...we would just put clear nail polish on them and suffocate them or color polish will also work if you want to look fancy (this is for human use only )
Oh good Sprinkles is giving you the day off Jackie

[Rescue04]

Jackie have you tried putting a nut in for Sprinkles before you put your hand in just a thought
I use to do that with Wiggles & Jack/and here they come up to me now and sit on my arm....guess they never were going to bite me I just didn't give them a chance....but I hope in time Sprinkles will love on you I bet he does ...
OK off to clean their cage, better safe than sorry thank you

Rescue04 yuck I about was sickened when I saw the bot fly in the mouse....I hope I never have to remove one/I only worry if my released guys got it....how on earth could I get it out...guess catch them and take them to the vet if it were in a position it may do damage....otherwise I would have to just wait it out Glad you were able to get them out lucky you

brian just used tweezers and pushed them out. i dont think the squirrel was in any pain. they did not fight us when we did it. we had one that we pulled four from....the other i think was around six. we then flushed out the wounds with proxide and neosprin. we put them on some antibiotics. but the smell...that was so gross. i just held the squirrel still and turned my head. i just had a feeling if i saw it....i would have passed out. there are just some things i just cant handle. we did see other squirrels with the bot flies on them...we kept track and if they had less then four....we left them alone.

[Charley Chuckles]

brian just used tweezers and pushed them out. i dont think the squirrel was in any pain. they did not fight us when we did it. we had one that we pulled four from....the other i think was around six. we then flushed out the wounds with proxide and neosprin. we put them on some antibiotics. but the smell...that was so gross. i just held the squirrel still and turned my head. i just had a feeling if i saw it....i would have passed out. there are just some things i just cant handle. we did see other squirrels with the bot flies on them...we kept track and if they had less then four....we left them alone.

Rescue04 they look like something from a SiFi movie....that is why I don't watch that stuff

[Sweet Simon's Mommy]

Is that what is on my wilds??

I had a least 10 in my back yard during the summer that what looked like a combo of tumors welts and hair loss. Never so anything this bad before. Couldn't do anything for them.

[Jackie in Tampa]

hard to say from that pic..
pox or bot fly...

[Sweet Simon's Mommy]

may be this one is better

That is as close as I could get with the zoom, they aren't around any more all that had boo boo's are gone, I feel so bad for then. I need to learn what I can do for the wild ones here, they are dwindling.

[Jackie in Tampa]

that looks like bot fly...
it happens...
it's natural
the sq is the host to parasite insect.
I see it every year.
there are many many threads about it..
why are your wilds disappearing? cats? hawks?

[Sweet Simon's Mommy]

I really don't know, we have hawks and the occasional Owl, they really hide when they are around, but this is the sparcessed its been.
I posted in another thread, (started by Bobby in the panhandle) about this at the park I didn't see any there and it has always been full of squirrels.

[Rhapsody]

Sorry wrong Bot Fly thread........ LOL

[cnmnnaturalist]

A few of our Chipmunks have been battling with Bots too.