Indian pariah's question about Myiasis (Maggots)

Question

Stray dog was wounded. She is scratching the wound on her neck and bleeding. It's been 10 days since she wounded. She's not allowing me to touch her. I'm not sure if she has maggots in her wound. I used iodine spray and maggot spray for 3 days. I've given cephalexin tablets for 3 days. From today she is not allowing me to spray on her. There are no rescue teams. I can only give tablets in food. Please tell me what to do.

Accepted Answer

Thank you for your question.  Unfortunately, if you cannot touch her and there is no veterinary staff to help you, I'm not sure that you can do more than what you are.  If you are giving the appropriate dosage of Cephalexin, that might help, but the wound may need to be cleaned out if it is deep or there are maggots in the wound. I think that you may need to check your dosage of Cephalexin, 22 mg/kg every 8 hours is the labelled dose, and hope that she is strong enough to fight this off.  

I hope that she is okay.

Myiasis (Maggots) in Dogs