piggies and flystrike
got this of a website
Flystrike
Flystrike affects rabbits and longhaired guinea pigs and is often deadly. This happens when faeces gets caught in the hair around the animals anus. Subsequently, flies lay eggs in the faeces, which hatch into maggots. In turn, the maggots will eat their way into the animal’s flesh. You need to check your animal regularly, especially in the summer when flies are more prevalent, and where necessary clean your animal. Keeping the cage clean will help, as will good diet.
FLYSTRIKE
Flystrike is a horrible illness that can cause terrible pain and distress to an animal and can even lead to death. However, there are simple, easy steps you can take to help prevent it.
What is it?
Flystrike happens when adult flies lay their eggs in faeces-soiled fur around a rabbit's or guinea pigs bottom. Within as little as 8-10 hours the eggs hatch into rapidly-multiplying maggots which feed on the animal by burrowing into its flesh.
This causes extreme pain and distress for the animal and eventually, they will go into shock and die. While flystrike most commonly occurs in rabbits and guinea pigs, debilitated cats and dogs who are unable to groom themselves properly, can be affected too.
hoping this has helped, when a child we lost a piggy to this, they can go down hill very quickily with this as it only takes hours for the eggs to hatch. hoping you have caught it in time.
sending hugs and healing vibesxx>>>xx>>>xx>>> please keep us posted. perhaps keeping piggies inside would help. sorry i can't be of more help. perhaps bathing them would also help. search through your piggies fur to make sure they are not on the piggies. good luck.
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