[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Botfly on Squirrel (Page 1 of 2)
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Wait, is that in America? I thought botflies were an African thing, or are they here now too? Yeah... This. Thought Bot fly crap was third world south american jungle crap. I really dont want the knowledge that these things have migrated up here with a bunch of amnesty seeking future obama/democrat voters. |
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Yeah... This. Thought Bot fly crap was third world south american jungle crap. I really dont want the knowledge that these things have migrated up here with a bunch of amnesty seeking future obama/democrat voters. Quoted:
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Wait, is that in America? I thought botflies were an African thing, or are they here now too? Yeah... This. Thought Bot fly crap was third world south american jungle crap. I really dont want the knowledge that these things have migrated up here with a bunch of amnesty seeking future obama/democrat voters. What makes you guys think squirrels don't live in Africa? Or botflies in the US/Americas? |
My Dad said their horses used to get them all the time on their backs, in Southwest Luziana back in the 60's... he said they would take an empty Coke bottle, put the open mouth over the worm hole and then slap the shit out of it until the worm popped out... he said they would shoot right out like a pimple... 
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What makes you guys think squirrels don't live in Africa? Or botflies in the US/Americas? Quoted:
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Wait, is that in America? I thought botflies were an African thing, or are they here now too? Yeah... This. Thought Bot fly crap was third world south american jungle crap. I really dont want the knowledge that these things have migrated up here with a bunch of amnesty seeking future obama/democrat voters. What makes you guys think squirrels don't live in Africa? Or botflies in the US/Americas? I know there are squirrels around the globe. What I dont know is if those squirrels look remarkably similar to the disgusting vermin I am familiar with having plastered their guts across countless hillsides. Ca ground squirrels are some of the most disgusting disease ridden pests I have ever seen. It there is a bot fly type parasite I wouldnt be surprised if the Ca squirrel had them. |
| Botflies are common in cattle here in the US too. A friend came home from a trip to Ghana and had one in his back, his doctor started to inject it with novicane and the little guy jumped out on the exam table! Doc said it was the first one in a human he'd seen, but that they were in cattle regularly, especially in the southeastern US. |
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Quoted: What makes you guys think squirrels don't live in Africa? Or botflies in the US/Americas? Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Wait, is that in America? I thought botflies were an African thing, or are they here now too? Yeah... This. Thought Bot fly crap was third world south american jungle crap. I really dont want the knowledge that these things have migrated up here with a bunch of amnesty seeking future obama/democrat voters. What makes you guys think squirrels don't live in Africa? Or botflies in the US/Americas? |
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I just watched the whole thing. As someone who takes some sick pleasure out of blackhead popping videos, I wasn't sure what to make of the combination of relief and skin crawling... 
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I tried pulling one out of a wild cat's jaw, but it broke and pulled back into the hole. The cat's head swelled up for a few days, but it survived. I've always heard them called "wolves" on squirrels. Odd that you use that term. My grandparents used to say that rabbits during the warm months would have "wolves". I never knew what they meant and just assumed it was some type of worm,. |
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Odd that you use that term. My grandparents used to say that rabbits during the warm months would have "wolves". I never knew what they meant and just assumed it was some type of worm,. Quoted:
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I tried pulling one out of a wild cat's jaw, but it broke and pulled back into the hole. The cat's head swelled up for a few days, but it survived. I've always heard them called "wolves" on squirrels. Odd that you use that term. My grandparents used to say that rabbits during the warm months would have "wolves". I never knew what they meant and just assumed it was some type of worm,. That's what I have always heard them called too. Growing up we never hunted squirrels until after the first frost so the wolves would be gone. |
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Quoted: I just watched the whole thing. As someone who takes some sick pleasure out of blackhead popping videos, I wasn't sure what to make of the combination of relief and skin crawling...  http://youtu.be/GCh3JdMMwY0Quoted: I just watched the whole thing. As someone who takes some sick pleasure out of blackhead popping videos, I wasn't sure what to make of the combination of relief and skin crawling... http://youtu.be/GCh3JdMMwY0Great vid for those with trypophobia. |
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And people wonder how Ebola spreads (IE lack of gloves and probably washed hands sterilized instruments) |
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I pulled one out of our daughter's rabbit after it was shot by some wannabe gangsters while her and her friend was playing with it. it was a miracle the girls were not shot. the bullet hit her goose in the head first, and deflected into the rabbit as the girls were playing with them. we thought the rabbit just got nicked but a few days later the tail of the bot fly was sticking out of the wound so I grabbed a needle nose pliers to pull it out and that is when I discovered bot flies |
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Quoted: Odd that you use that term. My grandparents used to say that rabbits during the warm months would have "wolves". I never knew what they meant and just assumed it was some type of worm,. Quoted: Quoted: I tried pulling one out of a wild cat's jaw, but it broke and pulled back into the hole. The cat's head swelled up for a few days, but it survived. I've always heard them called "wolves" on squirrels. Odd that you use that term. My grandparents used to say that rabbits during the warm months would have "wolves". I never knew what they meant and just assumed it was some type of worm,. |
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I pulled one out of our daughter's rabbit after it was shot by some wannabe gangsters while her and her friend was playing with it. it was a miracle the girls were not shot. the bullet hit her goose in the head first, and deflected into the rabbit as the girls were playing with them. we thought the rabbit just got nicked but a few days later the tail of the bot fly was sticking out of the wound so I grabbed a needle nose pliers to pull it out and that is when I discovered bot flies Wait, what? |
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Quoted: Now why would you put them in your pocket. Quoted: Quoted: Meh. Stick 'em in your coat pocket or game pouch. The dead squirrel gets cold, the larvae comes out by itself. Shake 'em outta your pocket at the end of the day. Now why would you put them in your pocket. |
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I have only killed a few rabbits, but tons of squirrels. Squirrels were taken before and after frost (SE Tx) and I have never seen a wolf, warble or botfly larvae. I know my grandfather and uncle would dustthe cows to keep the flies off, but just assumed it was the regular flies.
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I pulled one out of our daughter's rabbit after it was shot by some wannabe gangsters while her and her friend was playing with it. it was a miracle the girls were not shot. the bullet hit her goose in the head first, and deflected into the rabbit as the girls were playing with them. we thought the rabbit just got nicked but a few days later the tail of the bot fly was sticking out of the wound so I grabbed a needle nose pliers to pull it out and that is when I discovered bot flies Wait, what? He lives near gangsters |
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Quoted: I have only killed a few rabbits, but tons of squirrels. Squirrels were taken before and after frost (SE Tx) and I have never seen a wolf, warble or botfly larvae. I know my grandfather and uncle would dustthe cows to keep the flies off, but just assumed it was the regular flies. Wes Also from setx and have never seen one. We have cattle too, we always sprayed or poured insecticide on cows to keep the flies off. It's not the same fly as the bot fly, these are just the regular black biting flies that bother the animals down here. |
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We run a yearly battle with botflys on our horses each fall.. They lay eggs that look like tiny yellow grains of rice on the inside of the horse's front legs and around their lips. We scrape them off with a sharp pocket knife or rough sandpaper, and de-worm with Ivermectin or other agents at least twice a year. They can really screw up a horse's digestive system if preventative measures are not taken.
Because they lay the eggs while flying, they're sometimes called "nit-shitters". |