sorrrrrrrrrry very awful title! so we are looking after my partners grandads dog while hes having an operation done, hes a lovely animal, hes a cross breed of a parson and a jack russell, so we were out for our walk, we had drove to the woods where we normally go and the grandad had said its ok to let him off the lead while out and about, so i had done, he had took off into a field and i seen him near some cowpat, i shouted and he came back but i believe he ate some! so in the car on the way home he was sick..... i went to clear it up when we got home and it had live maggots squirming around in it, honestly i feel awful! shakey, sick and dizzy lol, he seams ok in himself and this just happened 15 minuets ago, should i call my vet who may see him? im unsure which vet he is with and i dont want to go worrying the grandad in hospital who is being prepared for a bypass!

UPDATE::::: hes just puked 3 more times all with more live maggots in!! and some dead

Live maggots would just be extra protein, basically and can't do any harm.   He'd just over-indulged and his system is chucking it back.   it's gross to us - but humans eat maggots you know.   Once this has cleared his system he'll most probably be fine.   At least if he's not, you'll know why - that's a plus!!

ps    As long as these are maggots and not live tapeworm or similar?   If it will make you feel better about all this, phone your own vet.   It's usually a good idea when taking on somebody else's dog, to have a note of the vet they use, and written permission to present the dog for treatment if needed.   Under the circumstances clearly this isn't possible however.

I would think he has eaten something that was rotten and it is making him vomit, would be a bit worried about the rotten meat upsetting him but not by the maggots as they are there because they were on and in whatever he has eaten.

it was deffo maggots, hes stopped being sick for now and drinking alot so hopefully that is the end of it, i called my vet who said it would be what he ate making him puke not the maggots and he will probs be all better now its up

When my first Bedlington was about 16 weeks old, she got into the bin bags outside (high summer).    I found her chomping something and went to retrieve it, only to find it was a cooked chicken carcass.   I went to put it in the bin, and...

well it was like something out of the X-Files!

there was maggots spilling everywhere!  and they just kept on coming  

Pup had to be restrained from the bag, as she thought the whole thing was marvellous!

After putting pup in house and pouring boiling water on and into the bin bag, and all around it, I shovelled the now dead maggots back and rebagged.

Pup had no ill effects at all - none, nichts, nada !  Not even a hiccup!

I know just how you feel, sick gagging etc but if eating maggots didn't hurt my pup, I doubt they'll bother an older dog :-D

Not really dog related and just catching up on posts here but Dill's post evoked childhood memories of the days when household fridges were not commonplace. One enduring memory is of returning from a family holiday and my poor mother discovering the kitchen full of maggots -some piece of meat had been forgotten . The vision of my father sweeping hordes/squillions ( collective noun please !) of the revolting creatures out into the yard still haunts me.

>collective noun please

How about..  a heave of maggots

A squirm of maggots  (a swarm of flies)   :-)

> One enduring memory is of returning from a family holiday and my poor mother discovering the kitchen full of maggots -some piece of meat had been forgotten .

Oh don't! I can't even say the m word!
They got into our food caddy a few weeks ago (we have to put leftover food separate for recycling) and they were all overt he counter. I closed my eyes, sprayed fly spray over the lot, and ran out of the kitchen. Spent all day wondering how I was going to clean them up without any kind of contact or too much looking, then had a brainwave, went to Argos and bought a Dustbuster, and sucked the little b^ggers up!

>then had a brainwave, went to Argos and bought a Dustbuster, and sucked the little b^ggers up!

I spray flies with flyspray and then they die on the kitchen window sill. I can't bear to risk touching them when getting rid of the bodies so get the dyson on full power and upo they go. does anyone else vacuum their windowsills :)

Heave or squirm would do nicely !

Eerrgggggg! I know the feeling! We had a food caddy infestation too when the OH forgot to put it out with the recycling one week. Went to put it in the bin as the smell was so bad and they were everywhere!! GROSS! Poured bleach all over them. Maggots really are the worst - the neighbours cats poo all over the place here and their poo is also full of maggots!!

> Heave or squirm would do nicely !

it's got to be Heave.
Needless to say, I'd never make a good fisherperson.

We too had a food waste bin incident this week.... Oh yuck, I opened the bin to put a bag in and it was alive.. the whole thing was moving ! OH and his sidekick (Friend/labourer) had just popped back to pick up some tool or other and he said "I saw that this morning and was going to tell you" .... My answer....not printable but along the lines of "Why the B****y H*** didn't you sort it out then ??"  His reply "That's a  housekeeping job isn't it ?" Men Eh... don't you just love 'em !!
I donned rubber gloves and tipped the whole heaving mess into a double black bin liner, poured bleach over the lot of it and double bagged it again ! it went into the wheelie bin then.
We had a minor maggot episode with Rioja's squeaky fluffy racoon..... She must have been playing with it just after eating and got some raw food on it, she carried it into the lounge to beat it up and a few maggots wriggled out !! needless to say it was swiftly ousted to the washing machine !! Much to her disgust....
This heat is certainly doing the fly population the world of good...
I am being 200% careful as we raw feed to cover everything up while thawing and to keep all defrosted food in the dog fridge. Bowls are washed immediately after eating and the surfaces in the dog room washed with bleach twice a day.
Dog beds are shaken out daily and washed every other day too.
I have Vino in season and I am washing her flowing knickers every day too just at the moment. Not taking any chances at all.
Aileen

OH yes I had a dustbin incident last week, that's the problem with 2 weekly collections and hot weather yuk yuk yuk Yes  boiling water and loads of disinfectant. Trouble is I am only little and the black bins are big so I have difficulty getting it really clean without putting my head in lol
My next most un favourite things are those squirmy mites you can get in flour. Have only seen it twice equally as bad.

>those squirmy mites you can get in flour

weevils

yes weevils!
that was the word I lost lol measly flour according to mum yuk yuk !