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Amaranthus 04-09-2015 06:42 AM

Maggots
 
This is probably the wrong place to ask. but I only visit 2 forums and the other one is awful, so I'll ask here.
My cat kills a lot of mice. It's pretty hot now, so as a result we have some mouse-corpses filled with maggots.
I've read that sometimes they can be a danger to living animals and humans, and I really don't want my family or my cat to get any as a result of being outside.
Any tips or ideas?

Kanon 04-09-2015 07:01 AM

The maggots aren´t harmful (I never heard that they are :-?), but the dead body is!

You should get disposed of them, before your cat accidently eats something of it. A lot of bacteria is on it and the foul meat can make your cat really sick!

Amaranthus 04-09-2015 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kanon (Post 1442443)
The maggots aren´t harmful (I never heard that they are :-?)

Wikipedia has lied to me.

Shiro Kame 04-09-2015 08:27 AM

Maggots actually CAN BE harmful. They'll eat anything they can. One person nearly went blind due to 1 eating his eye, and I don't even want to think what it would do to a cat's organs.

BubblyShell22 04-09-2015 08:41 AM

Get rid of the bodies, stat! No need to have them just lying around. Ugh.

Kanon 04-09-2015 09:15 AM

Rubber Gloves, a big plastic bag and a lot of Germicide.
Get rid of the bodies as soon as you can, put them in a bag (if the smell goes through it you need another layer) and disinfact the place where it was laying.

When my cat killed a bird, I managed to burry it at once before someone noticed ;)

Amaranthus 04-09-2015 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kanon (Post 1442485)
Rubber Gloves, a big plastic bag and a lot of Germicide.
Get rid of the bodies as soon as you can, put them in a bag (if the smell goes through it you need another layer) and disinfact the place where it was laying.

When my cat killed a bird, I managed to burry it at once before someone noticed ;)

Well, the maggots already left the body. And my cat hasn't tried to eat anything so I guess it's fine.
Will still get rid of it though. But good god it's disgusting.

Powder 04-09-2015 06:36 PM

Are you just collecting dead mice or what? Dispose of the bodies, you nut.

Jester 04-09-2015 06:39 PM



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