If you want a thread to close, stop posting and it will die.

JKT, you have given me 2 reds because of your Opinion, you say contact an ATOURNEY, because your advice is not Legal advice, Please stop giving out REDs, this person is 11 years old and is doing the right thing, give a red to her DAD or someone else. People have oppinoions and feelings. Perhaps legal things and attourneys are what you are familiar with. SHE IS 11 YEARS OLD, PLEASE BE NICE TO HER. Thanks. I am expecting a RED at any moment.
She was thanking a person for their support, you gave her a RED. If I am punished for this statement, I will not return to this site.

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Originally Posted by JudyKayTee

Maggots used in wound control are disinfected first and removed when their "work" is done. They are not allowed to live in the wound forever. I find this an entirely different situation.

I believe this dog is suffering and time is at a premium. OP is also 11 years old - if her parents don't want the dog to get medical treatment even if she gets the money together, who is going to take her to the Vet?

This animal needs help now.

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First of all.. I did not say that this situation was OK in any way. The maggots need to come out.. Maggots don't kill animals.. Infection does.

"Maggots within a wound are typically not a major danger (and in fact sometimes a good thing, as they seem to confine themselves to consuming only necrotic tissue). This gives you time to assess the situation and choose an effective, safe approach.
Ideally, flushing maggots from the wound with sterile saline works very well. Sterile saline is pretty harmless stuff and is used to remove pretty much any foreign material from open wounds. Alternately, in the case of a very small number of individuals, you can also remove maggots from a wound with tweezers.

You most definately don't want to use toxins to kill them. First, as you're dealing with an open wound, the toxins you use will find easy access to the patient's system. Secondly, maggots can decompose when dead, thus introducing a bacterial threat.

Bear in mind that maggots are a larval stage, and as such will not reproduce within a wound.

Note also that maggots are sometimes used clinically, especially in cases where super-sensitive debridement of necrotic tissued, especially from burns, is desirable. In this case, the maggots in question are sterilzed (both in the antiseptic and reproductive sense).

Old school paramedics will also tell you that discovering maggots in the bandaged wounds of transients and people that cannot perform good wound care, is a good sign, usually meaning that the wound will be clean and uninfected."

WikiAnswers - How do you get rid of maggots living in a wound

Apparently this dog is destine for death. I feel sorry for the dog. I do hope it is in a condition that is really calling for that type of "humane" treatment. However, I don't think these people need to own dogs period. If a dog was allowed to have a wound become infested with infection and maggots, then I'd hate to know what they would do with their children if someone got a cut that was bigger than what a bandaide could handle...

That's all I have to say on this matter.. It appears that the thread is being push in another direction instead of helping this kid out.

I'm closing this one... the dog is being out to sleep and it doesn't sound like we can change her (or her parents) mind about it.

Just one last point - I had a rabbit euthanised a few years ago, it cost me $120 (for an under 5kg animal) A standard consultation at a vets for ANY animal is $40.

But anyway, I'm sorry your parents have chosen to go with this decision, remember the good times you had with your dog and try not to dwell on the past.