Treating Wound in Small Animal With Maggot

I have experienced a way to get rid of maggots. First was a stray cat with its ear bitten and serum dripping wound and maggot infested, and foul smelling. I searched the net for an answer. I found the only way was to put the animal to rest. Once infested with maggots, the net material said it was living death. Consulting a vet it was found that pouring concentrated dettol antiseptic liquid would make the maggots go away. But it did not happen. The maggots continued to stay happily in the flooded dettol. Then on my own Nebasulf was tried with no avail.

I had watched a television program on the Australian network TV. In it was shown that penicillin powder administration on the wounds suffered by soldiers had a healing effect.

Extrapolating the idea, I powdered some penicillin tablets and sprinkled it over the infested wound of the cat. And Lo! The maggots started jumping out of the wound. I continued this application of penicillin powder into the recesses of the wound under the skin and in the ear bore where hundreds of large maggots and young maggots thrived. Again there was an exodus of big and small maggots. By about six hours from the time I commenced this operation, almost 99% of the maggots had fled the wound. In the following 72 hours only 8 maggots exited. And then, there was none. The under skin of the animal had started turning pink from being pale in colour. Blood vessels turned red. I knew the battle had been won. Three months from the time of sighting the animal, the wound had closed completely.

This experience had to be repeated again on my aunt who had a breast removed due to cancer and the location had become maggot infested and foul smelling. She lived another year and half after the wound had closed.

I shall relate the whole experience in detail later.