RoachCoach
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You can never have too many photos for us curious dorks.I think we need to see better photos of the organisms in question to determine this with any certainty.
You can never have too many photos for us curious dorks.I think we need to see better photos of the organisms in question to determine this with any certainty.
Blurry white things of unknown length could be like 500 parasites or grubsThey are inside the claw what more is there to determine?
...Whether or not they're maggots? Maggots can absolutely get inside of bodies without damaging the outside, I've seen a maggot crawl out of a dead cicada before.They are inside the claw what more is there to determine?
If the claw was damaged and a fly subsequently laid eggs in the exposed tissue, then we're talking maggots that are eating dead flesh, not actively hurting the animal, and it might be saved. If it's a parasite, they they are eating living tissue and the treatment options are as far as I know virtually nonexistent.They are inside the claw what more is there to determine?
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Gangrene is unmistakable by a magnitude of about 200xRegardless of the parasite, that odor is the give away. Let any person who has worked in a burn ward to take a wiff. The bacteria is the culprit.
Burn patient in extended debridement surgery. Between that stench and electro-cautery, memo to myself, walk very softly around the surgical nurses for the rest of the day.Gangrene is unmistakable by a magnitude of about 200x
Hah, a fellow medic I see.Burn patient in extended debridement surgery. Between that stench and electro-cautery, memo to myself, walk very softly around the surgical nurses for the rest of the day.
NA, B-MET, EMT II. Remember one patient. Shipped to our hospital for follow up. Chemical burn, 9%. That odor drifted around the hospital for a couple of weeks. Could tell by the smell he had been in PT. Then afterwards he became a pathogen nightmare, contaminating all sorts of things around the hospital. Dead flesh is such a wonderful incubator.Hah, a fellow medic I see.
You can pretend you are disgusted by the smell of burnt skin, but a few of us know. We know man.NA, B-MET, EMT II. Remember one patient. Shipped to our hospital for follow up. Chemical burn, 9%. That odor drifted around the hospital for a couple of weeks. Could tell by the smell he had been in PT. Then afterwards he became a pathogen nightmare, contaminating all sorts of things around the hospital. Dead flesh is such a wonderful incubator.
Fire & rescue service. We (privately) call the deceased 'crispy critters'. If they have been around for a day or more they have a sweet sickly cloying stench that can penetrate your SCBA and taint your turnout for weeks. Important safety tip:Never toss your cookies while wearing an SCBA.You can pretend you are disgusted by the smell of burnt skin,
Could be something like a phorid fly larva, some of which are known to attack living tissue in the way you describe.There is a type of tiny fly that lays eggs on live flesh. I cannot for the life of me remember the name.
I lost two clutches of snake eggs after an outbreak of them and found a few of my snakes with them that had to be removed with tweezers after burrowing under the scales.
I wonder if this could be similar?
That's the one, phorid flies.Could be something like a phorid fly larva, some of which are known to attack living tissue in the way you describe.
i would suggest to the op that the best thing to do at this point is to drop some of these larvae in some alcohol (or hand sanitizer) and send it to a local entomologist for identification. To me these don’t appear to be the same species as in the photos above, but I am not an expert in maggot identification.