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A couple of weeks ago, we found a couple of botfly warbles on Jessie.
One was bleeding, so we got her to the doctor fast. The doctor was
able to remove one small larva from one of the warbles. He couldn't
find anything in the other warble that was in the inguinal fold.
Where had the evil worm gone?

Two nights ago, we found it when I was flushing the wound. It was
small and it was dead. God was certainly holding little Jessie's paw,
keeping her from going into anaphylectic shock. We flushed repeatedly
and gave her a dose of antibiotic directly into the warble.

The next morning, she had a good bit of swelling. We're keeping her
clean. The capsule for the tiny worm is huge! It holds .25 ml of
flush, even though the worm was small.

This morning the swelling had gone down -- a welcomed relief. I
compared the area on each side of her privates and they seemed about
the same. Then I felt a tiny lump on the side opposite the warble
we've been doctoring. It is a tiny warble. What the $#!+! Our
little girl hasn't been outside at all in two months. Is this a new
one or is it just one that took a bit longer to reach its destination
in her? If it is new, it would have had to come in via her food or
litter -- not likely. It must have just been wandering in her body
for a couple of months.

We are doing all the work on Jessie now. She trusts us, so it is
easier on her. I worry about her all the time -- about stress and
abscesses. Our lady has been through an awful, awful summer. But for
some reason, she has gotten sweeter and sweeter. She has come to
accept doctoring as a thing in her life (that isn't so dreadful since
it is followed by THREE craisins )

I just hope she gets through this long, wet summer without any
infection.

Anita and Jessie

mixter

anita, will it ever end? i sure hope this is the last of the warbles.
sending lots of healing vibes her way.

mickey, morgan & thumper

nhu

anita,
i hope the evil warbles on jessie will end soon, poor girl she been through
alots stress.
Nhu

afh

Poor Jessie, what a horrible experience.
We're still sending big healing vibes and prayers to protect her from
infection and botflies!

Anthony & Maximus

jerseybunny

i know she will be fine. you are taking good care of her.

beth and her cute little fuzzbutts

(with hair the color of strained peaches)
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kim mason

Poor Jessie. She has had more than her share of touble this summer. I hope
she feels better soon and recovers completely and never has to deal with
anything like this again.

Kim

nona

Poor Jessie kid.

Glad you're on top of it, Anita.

Hope she gets better fast -- and no more warbles!!!!!

Nona

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splashbunny01

OH no Anita poor little Jessie. I hope shes ok. And those damn bot flies need
to stay away. Pardon my language.
Judy and Precious (my little bunny boy)
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mixter

how does the fenbenazdole work? does it kill the worm while it is still in
jessie's system?

i'm clueless.

mickey

anita

Fenbenzadole and its relatives are used as wormers in horses and other
animals. They are also used to treat E. cuniculi, which is why Jessie was
on it. I suspect that the drug, which was given orally, may have inhibited
the growth and killed the botfly larvae in her body. This isn't a good
thing, though, since dead larvae can set off an allergic response when the
proteins start breaking down and being released. I was so thankful that she
was okay when I found those little dead worms in her. Maybe they were too
small to send her into anaphylactic shock. I didn't know Jessie had
botflies when she was on the fenbenzadole.

Jessie is in top form now... well, she was before I accidentally turned a
diet coke over and soaked her back. She probably thought I'd turned into
Toofer. He was bad about spraying her, too.

She was sitting between the chair and table when the coke went. She got
even, though. She took off running, showering the carpet in three rooms
with soda. Now she is sulking -- I got her pretty white hair all ugly with
caramel color stain

It sure feel good to talk about Jessie's feeling like herself.

Anita and Jessie