Botfly in Cat

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Tonight I literally pulled a bot worm from my year old kitty.  About a week ago she must have gotten into a fight and she did get a cut.  I treated it with antibiotic ointment after cleaning it and  noticed it had still gotten infected.  After cleaning it out again tonight I noticed what I thought was just "pus" but, also noticed it looked like it was moving and had an eye ??  I put vaseline on it...and waited and then washed it again and got an old pair of tweezers and pulled about a 1/4 inch ugly worm out of poor kitty's neck.  UGH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I then took a q-tip and cleaned it out again and then took strips of gauze with antibiotic ointment and packed it into the open hole.   And then..gave her a shot of penicillin.  So I hope I have done the right thing...Can not believe that this worm thing was in my poor kitty.  Anymore advice for us..??

[Otter]

No advice, bots are pretty gross. Sounds like you did everything right.

[willowgirl]

We had one last year with a bot in his NOSTRIL! OMG, so revolting. The good news is that they usually heal up clean and fast once you get the grub outta there.

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well..I am so paranoid on any bump I now find on any of my animals !!! Kitty seems to be doing well but, daily I clean the "hole" in the side of her head and continue to pack with a small piece of gauze and antibiotic ointment and betadine.Have a few penicillin capsules left over from previous illnesses and use a small amount of the medication onto her food. I want it to heal from the inside out so hopefully, I can keep the gauze in the opening for a few more days.