What creature was inside the dog???

[Jessika]

Sounds like a cuterebra, aka rodent bot fly. My parasitology book says:

"Importance: Infest dogs and cats. Larvae infest rodents, companion animals, and occasionally, humans. Act as an irritant; migration may be fatal. Only larvae infest animals. Eggs, pupae, and adult flies are in the environment. Rodents are the usual host. Larvae are in the host for 1 - 2 months.

Diagnosis: Cutaneous lump with a breathing hole , large light to dark-red larvae with dark spines.

Treatment: Careful extraction of larvae, antimicrobial treatment of wound."

Yeah my teacher described them like "whack-a-mole" in the clinic because they pop their heads out and suck 'em right back in, lol. They are nasty and soooo gross looking

More info:
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/in...m/bc/71500.htm

[CountryWolf07]

Ew! Wow.. that's gross.

[king2005]

Sounds like a cuterebra, aka rodent bot fly. My parasitology book says:

"Importance: Infest dogs and cats. Larvae infest rodents, companion animals, and occasionally, humans. Act as an irritant; migration may be fatal. Only larvae infest animals. Eggs, pupae, and adult flies are in the environment. Rodents are the usual host. Larvae are in the host for 1 - 2 months.

Diagnosis: Cutaneous lump with a breathing hole , large light to dark-red larvae with dark spines.

Treatment: Careful extraction of larvae, antimicrobial treatment of wound."

Yeah my teacher described them like "whack-a-mole" in the clinic because they pop their heads out and suck 'em right back in, lol. They are nasty and soooo gross looking

More info:
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/in...m/bc/71500.htm

hahaha whack-a-mole...

I think I would freak or faint if one of those nasty things ever got inside my dog. My weakness are parasites. I can eat lunch during a disection, poke dead things, play with bugs, kiss fish, but my god don't put me near any form of parasite! dog worms, maggots, & now those bot flies are on my freak list..

I can't even kill a maggot, cause I'm trying not to passout as I slowly stumble away... No idea why they bother me so much... kinda weird

[IRescue452]

Funny, somebody on the goosemoose rat forum just had four of them on their rat. It must be the season for bot fly hatchings. I'd have never known they were this far north.

[king2005]

Funny, somebody on the goosemoose rat forum just had four of them on their rat. It must be the season for bot fly hatchings. I'd have never known they were this far north.

4!!
Is the rat ok??? Were they massive like the one pulled from my friends father's dog?

[Catlady711]

My weakness are parasites. I can eat lunch during a disection, poke dead things, play with bugs, kiss fish, but my god don't put me near any form of parasite! dog worms, maggots, & now those bot flies are on my freak list..

I can't even kill a maggot, cause I'm trying not to passout as I slowly stumble away... No idea why they bother me so much... kinda weird

I supposed everyone has their weaknesses. Mine isn't parasites, I find them facinating. My weakness is drool and snot (any species, even humans). Blood, vomit, poop, surgeries, horrible infections, parasites don't bother me, but just let a big dog sneeze on me or drool down my arm and I'm heading for the nearest sink A.S.A.P. lol

[IRescue452]

4!!
Is the rat ok??? Were they massive like the one pulled from my friends father's dog?

The rat is doing fine. They were almost as big I believe, the owner thought the rat had some very fast developing tumors until a whack-a-mole popped out.

[king2005]

The rat is doing fine. They were almost as big I believe, the owner thought the rat had some very fast developing tumors until a whack-a-mole popped out.

that poor rat must have been in a lot of pain!
Bet it felt a lot better with those suckers out of its body,

[Medusa]

It's doubtful that the rat would've lived. Years ago, I had a cat w/a warble and she passed it, fortunately, but my vet told me that it's rare for an animal to pass it. Usually it kills them. I once rescued a little kitten w/a warble, the vet removed it and the kitten died that night anyhow. Warbles are nasty!

[IRescue452]

In my understanding, they are pretty harmless and rarely kill their host unless they are in a part of the body where it would kill them. If they are under the skin close to the surface it wouldn't kill the animal, but if the eggs are ingested and they hatch inside it is a different story.

Here's a gross post of a rabbit (still living) who had one in its nasal cavity if anybody can stomach pictures. http://www.goosemoose.com/component/...opic,4024579.0