11/18/2023 0 Comments Fly strike cats treatmentI have heard of fly strike but did not know it could be fatal so fast, and did not know you couldn't bathe the eggs off. I am spelling this with two words so it will be searchable. It has to be applied every 10 days, but I don't know how often if the animal is being washed. But the product isn't available in Spain. PS: I am trying to get information on whether "Rearguard", by Novartis, which is for rabbits, can be used on cats. We are still debating about whether iodine does. Water will not wash fly eggs away, they have to be removed with a fine comb or the hair shaved. Fly strike can also afffect animals that have the runs and get dirty, or that have wounds, whether they are incontinent or not. So it was a kind of accumulation of circumstances, but it happened. I was very aware that fly strike exists and always check Kat over when showering her, but the wound was more like a graze, so it didn't bleed, was in a difficult-to-see place and also she wasn't shaved. Of course, sometimes she chooses to go somewhere without the mosquito netting but at least when she's under there she's protected. I usually set Kat a place up in the garden with mosquito netting, but because of the bad weather up to now, hadn't done so yet. (Kat felt no actual pain as she has no sensitivity in that area). But I feel it is worth warning people to be aware if they have an animal with incontinence and it attracts flies, because if just one person avoids having to go through what we did, it is worth it. I was in two minds about whether to write a message about it because it's one of those things that makes you feel dirty, like when kids get headlice even though you washed their hair. I'm not going to go into full details here because it is very unpleasant. If anyone doesn't know what fly strike is or wants more info, the word can be looked up on Google, and also under "myiaisis". She previously had skin issues with her incontinence and I am worried that diapers will start those problems up again, but I think it is worth taking the risk, fly strike is definitely more dangerous. The problem with using some kind of a body suit or onesies is the heat here in the summer. If it is loose, she walks in a jumpy kind of way, and the diaper ends up falling off. If the diaper is tight around her rear legs, she cannot walk and acts as though paralysed. Kat is now banned from going outside, much to her annoyance, and I am working on finding a way of diapering her that doesn't stop her from walking. I imagine it wouldn't have got as far as Wednesday because I would have seen it in time, but fly strike, which most commonly affects rabbits, can become life-threatening in a matter of hours. Even though we caught it quickly, it was extremely unpleasant to deal with. Tuesday was a holiday and the vet said if I had waited until Wednesday to take her, it could have been life-threatening. She had a small wound right between her belly and her vulva, and she was "fly-blown" or fly-struck.įortunately we found it in time and could treat her so she is fine, although she had to be shaved right up to her shoulders to check that she wasn't affected anywhere else (she wasn't). On Monday morning, I took her in to get her shaved. Last week I had started showering her three times a day. Last weekend was the first warm weekend of the year. I usually get the vet to shave her rear end in the summer, but because it has been cold and raining, hadn't done so yet. Normally by this time of year it would be hot here in Spain, but this year the weather has been strange. She likes to be outside, but can come in and go out as she pleases. Because she doesn't wear a diaper, if she is in the house, then everything she walks past or sits on gets dirty so she is confined to one half of the house to make cleaning easier. Last summer I had major problems keeping flies off her, the problem is if I put a diaper on her, she can't walk. She is an indoor/outdoor cat (garden, not street). I have to shower her rear end twice a day and in summer three times a day (apart from using wipes in between). Her incontinence is total, with no sphincter tone at all, her anus is premanently open like a tunnel and she constantly oozes pee and poop, even after expressing. Kat is nearly 5 years old, I took her in paralysed at 3 months, she recovered quite well and can walk and jump, her gait is strange but she manages fine.
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