Cats become infected with a botfly larva when they come into contact with a blade of grass that has a maggot on it. The movement of the cat against the blade of grass stimulates the maggot to crawl onto the cat. The maggot then crawls around on the cat until it finds an orifice in which to enter.
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my cat that doesnt live with me has a bump on his right side...could it be a tumor? (he lives outside)he acts fine and eats fine...do u kno of any signs of a tumor? it isnt a BIG bump but maybe it is part of his stomach but it is on the side of him.
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you squeezed it out? Well, chances are that you may have just killed your cat. The larvae can be deadly if its fluids are dispersed in the blood stream. Why didnt you just take him to the vet?
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Botfly larvae found in my dog ... found a bott fly in my cat. ... it was gross, but i was wondering how did it get on my cat? some one help me please.
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I do think its likely, if it really was a botfly, that your other animals could be infected and you may need to deworm them all. ... You wouldn't want to kill the larvae while it's still in the cat since that could lead to infection. I wouldn't recommend randomly trying some type of med without knowing if it will truly...
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The botfly egg is deposited by a mosquito or sometimes by another insect. The larva grows in the host's body until it is fairly large. The botfly larva can easily be killed by taking away its air supply -- by putting vaseline or similar on the skin where the lump is, but then you still have to extract the larva.
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