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Barnyard Buddies:  This is really disgusting! UPDATE & Picture Added  |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 05 2007 : 9:16:39 PM
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With all this discussion and well-wishing for poor little Lucy, thought you might like to see her picture -
the other big butt in the picture belongs to Ari - our 15 year old.
Sorry this picture is so big - I don't know how to make it smaller. |
Edited by - mikesgirl on Aug 05 2007 9:17:41 PM |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Aug 06 2007 : 12:03:52 AM
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Sherri, she looks so sweet, poor Ari and her buns shot!!!!
Carol Sue
Enjoying life. |
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junkjunkie
True Blue Farmgirl
1306 Posts
Judy
Lawrenceville
NJ
USA
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Posted - Aug 06 2007 : 06:35:50 AM
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Oh my goodness....how adorable! Those eyes! I know it's because of the photo, but what a picture! I hope everything is ok, but she looks good. Nice butt on the other one...lol! Very cute!
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
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nut4fabric
True Blue Farmgirl
885 Posts
Kathy
Morgan Hill
CA
USA
885 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2007 : 09:00:15 AM
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Poor baby I sure hope the vet can give her something to stop this.
Hugs, Kathy |
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
734 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2007 : 10:03:09 AM
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What a cutie she is.
Hopefully those 2 were the only ones, but it would be interesting to know what they are.
Good luck
shirley |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
1277 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 11:20:44 AM
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| Sherri, I feel sorry for my dogs! After reading this, I'm going home and checking them over from nose tip to tail tip! Eeewwwww. Lucy is so cute. My first dog was a dachsund, and now my heart has a soft spot for all of them! Hope she feels better, soon! |
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Kathie
True Blue Farmgirl
2436 Posts
Kathie
Thonotosassa
Florida
USA
2436 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 1:30:30 PM
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What a pretty puppy Sherri!!
Hope she starts feeling better & gets rid of all her ish..!
That just can't be any fun!! & for a puppy.. she shouldn't have to be dealing with this.. should she.. poor baby..
Ari's cute little rump looks like it needs a nice scratch.. Give him one for me.. & snuggle up the baby for me.. !!
In a World Where you Can Be Anything, Be Yourself.. |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2007 : 6:42:40 PM
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Hey Sherri,
How did Lucy's visit to the vet go or have you gone yet?
Just wondering
Enjoying life. |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
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Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 2:41:40 PM
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Sherri, please give us an update on your puppy. Did the vet find out what kind of worm it is? Poor puppy!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
The Beehive Cottage~
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MulberryMama
Farmgirl in Training
37 Posts
Jill
Prospect Heights
IL
USA
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Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 3:05:48 PM
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Girls, What we have here is a bot fly. The cattle that were pastured for the summer would get then on their backs and we (my sister and i) would use the mouth of an old champagne bottle to extract the larve from the lump. There are lots of gross things on the farm. It's just part of being there. However, a bot fly must have made a huge lump on such a small dog. Hope she's feeling better.
I wasn't born in a barn, but I was raised in one. |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
2195 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2007 : 11:03:00 PM
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Oh My Goodness! I Googled "bot fly"! There are some video's on My Space of people taking these "worms" out of animals and humans!!!! The worms are huge and are in a little hole in the skin! Unreal! Sounds like Jill is correct with mikesgirl's little dog having "bot flies"!!!! 
Maryjane Lee
P.S. They have teeth to and live off us!  Sorry! |
Edited by - Maryjane Lee on Aug 09 2007 09:39:59 AM |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2007 : 07:11:02 AM
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| That video could have been of me!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
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Posted - Aug 09 2007 : 1:14:42 PM
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oh sherri...the ex girlfriend herself...on her big booty!!! isn't that hilarious, but not so hilarious atthe same time!!!????
take care of your pup...jess |
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MsCwick
True Blue Farmgirl
775 Posts
Cristine
Farmville
Virginia
USA
775 Posts |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 08:25:46 AM
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My cat just had one of these on his neck. My vet called it a warble(not sure of spelling). He said a certain type of fly will lay eggs on the entry to rodent holes so that whatever animal comes and sticks his head into this mole hole will "pick up" the larvae usually on the neck and act as a host while it grows inside them. The hole you talked about is actually it's breathing hole, along with some necrosis(dying flesh). Sam the cat got soooo sick and his was less than half the size of a lady bug. Vet said this is the time of year for them, and he removed two that same week. That was a month ago, and the hole is just now starting to close up and stop oozing. It sounds just like a bot fly though.
Check out the website. It's thoroughly disgusting!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warble_fly |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 10:05:16 AM
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| I've had pets all my life and never heard of this before. I don't think we have them in Western WA, I bet Lucy picked hers up when we were on vacation in Montana or wyoming. |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 6:22:01 PM
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Sherri-
I am from Wyoming and I never had a pet get those. I will have to call my vet in Wyoming and ask if he knows if there is something that he knows about that she could have picked up.
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora!
http://home.test-afl.tulix.com/aleeandnora/ |
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nut4fabric
True Blue Farmgirl
885 Posts
Kathy
Morgan Hill
CA
USA
885 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 07:13:51 AM
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Sherri You do have them in Western Washington. I was telling a friend in Redmond about this and her pet rabbit had them. Gives me the creeps just thinking about it. How's Lucy doing?
Hugs, Kathy |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 2:19:00 PM
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| Lucy's doing great now. I'm really surprised about the bot flies being here! I guess I've just been lucky before - goes to show you can always learn something new! Did any of you see the news about the man over by Yakima that killed a rattle snake in his field by chopping it's head off? He chopped it in two then went on about feeding his horses and when he picked the head up to throw it in his pickup to leave, the head bit him. He had to go to the hospital. Really strange - I guess it's the same phenomenon as chickens running around after you cut their head off. |
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nut4fabric
True Blue Farmgirl
885 Posts
Kathy
Morgan Hill
CA
USA
885 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 7:24:31 PM
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We used to live in Southern CA in a rural area and had rattlesnakes aplenty. The fire dept. would come out when you found one so that the head would be disposed of in a sealed container. A head that is just left or buried is still poisoness and is just as bad as a bite if you should step on it or handle it. Two of our dogs were bitten during the time we lived there. Not fun!!
Hugs, Kathy |
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sweetthunder214
Farmgirl in Training
26 Posts
theresa
smithville
tx
USA
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Posted - Aug 15 2007 : 1:34:16 PM
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| glad your sweet pup is doing better. awsome picture too! |
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This is really disgusting! UPDATE & Picture Added
