As I was cleaning WaiWai this morning I broke through a ayer of fat and I found maggots growing under the last flap of skin from the deepest wound. This area just refuses to let go of that hard fatty dead scab. And the flies found a way in.
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I have been working on and off all morning removing some of the dead stuff and all of the maggots. They are burrowing straight into the good skin and spreading. Maggots will eat rotton skin but when they run out they just keep on going into the good stuff. It must be very painful for him. No wonder he was grumpy.
He is fighting me like a frightened dog, growling and running away and jamming his side into the wall and snapping at my hands. He has not bit me yet but he wants to. So I am taking it slow. Picking every single wriggly out and pouring iodine into each hole. Then dried with a blow drier and on with his creams. He hates me today. 
It is a long process but I cannot give in this time – he has to be fully cleaned up now, all the dead fatty tissue has to be cleaned off. The flies are terrible.
Poor bastard.
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You are a saint. Honestly.
Oh, poor thing… You are such a God-send in this little guy’s life!
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So glad you’ve found them before they got farther in.
I wonder if they can be suffocated with a thick layer of petroleum jelly.
Oh my. I’m getting a real education in pig-(manage)ment. That fella is very fortunate that you are there. As if managing around the farm wasn’t enough to busy you. wow.
I am certain that he would’ve bitten you by now, except for the fact that he knows you’re helping. Poor like bugger indeed):): But maybe now that it’s been broken through that last chunk will start to let go…
I’m sorry to hear that he’s got maggots. He is in good hands, though. If anyone can conquer these wee beasties, it’s a very determined Celi.
I don’t know it this will work for you, but my mom—was a great healer of animals. Twice I remember maggots getting into animals and she healed them both time. Once with a pack of tiny puppies dumped off and left to die and another time with a little of just born kittens. The neighbor brought up the kittens since the mom had been killed on the highway.
What she did was pick out each and every maggot she could see, then poured in powdered penicillin tablets—she used at least three or four. She got the penicillin tablets from the vet. I remember the maggots would wriggle out of the hole very fast where she would pick them up and drop them in a container to be burned.
The exodus of all sizes of maggots was amazing to my eyes. She continued to do this every two hours until all maggots had fled the wound. I seems like she was able to get the wound clean in about three full days. Once the maggots were gone the skin would start turning pink instead of white, the blood vessels turned red. She would raise her head up and sigh with satisfaction telling me: “Now the wound will heal”.
If your vet , or an animal supply store, could get you penicillin tablets (or powdered form) I am thinking your might be able to get Wai healed from the maggots.
Wow – such an interesting story. Your mom certainly was knowledgeable !! I not only love that the penicillin tablets help the wound to heal… but that the maggots would crawl out once the powder was put on.
It did for her. But that was many years ago, and I’m not sure the strength of the penicillin is the same today.
hope that works; sending healing prayers and love to all
Not sure whether to say ''poor you'' or poor Wai……how awful for you both and I can fully understand why he is not being good…I would not like someone doing that to me with iodine… BUT…..it must be done…you have gone this far over the months with steady dedication and Wai would not really want you to give up…. Its easy for me to say..sitting here..but bite the bullet my friends, both of you…do not give up…I feel sure that the future will be better…I will pray for you both..in the meantime lots of love
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 5:38 PM
Oh, my. Poor guy. Poor you. Sympathy all around. 🙂
Oh, bless you….such a horrid job to be getting rid of the maggots, but wai must appreciate all you are, and have done for him. Such a sad, and happy life he has lived so far. You are such a kind soul to help him, and with all your work on the farm still to be done too. x
That sounds disgusting, but it might not be as bad as it seems. Dr.s have been experimenting with introduction of maggots to clean wounds. Apparently they do a very good job of eating the bad flesh and their secretions are said to be disinfecting. I think if you have removed the maggots and any eggs then Wai will be fine. It might actually have been beneficial…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggot_therapy
http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/news/20040920/healing-wounds-with-maggots
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/12/how-maggots-heal-wounds
Interesting! I hope it’s good news for Celi and Wai.
You are a blessing and a hero.
Oh C. And Oh poor Wai…how awful for both of you but you’ve come this far and this also must be done. I was reading dayphoto’s comment about the crushed penicillin tablets and that sounded like it work and maybe not be as stingy as the iodine. Either way…you will win out against this yukky setback I know!
You are Wai’s savior…bless you!
Yup – he hates you… I remember ‘good old iodine’ when I was a kid… It hurts like HELL… Poor you and poor Wai Wai. He’s lucky he has someone like you … who does NOT give up!!
I remember reading about maggots being used during the Civil War to clean infected wounds of the wounded soldiers. The article was very positive and told how lives were saved in those pre-antbiotic days. Unfortunately I have no specific reference to cite.
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