Maggot on my bed

[sair5412]

Help!! I am absolutely distraught!! I have just been up to my bedroom to put some washing away and I saw a maggot on the top of my duvet cover! I looked at it (whilst screaming quietly of course) and it started to stretch and crawl accross my bed. I grabbed it in some tissue and threw it in the toilet. I now have all my sheets, including cushion covers and throw and stuffed toy in the wash. I am a clean person and I am truely discusted. I feel sick. How on earth did it get there? I do have a lot of trees outside my bedroom window and a small river running through the garden. Or has it come off my body!!?? ARGH! HELP!

[RATTER15]

Could it have possibly dropped from the ceiling rose onto the bed? if so it could be a dead bird or rat, mouse in the loft. Do you have any pets it could have dropped off if so check your pet for wounds.

[sair5412]

No and no! Oh now it gets worse. I was just about to eat something too and I have to say I won't be able to now! I have a bunny but he lives outside. I did just pick him up to put him in his run earlier on. Don't say I've been walking round with maggots stuck to me! Why would bunny have maggots anyway? My window has been open but don't suppose maggots jump through upstairs windows do they. Do you think there will be more than one? You know like ants, you find one and there are bound to be more?

[RATTER15]

I think your maggot came from your rabbit, maybe the cage needs cleaning, I shouldn't worry about it unduly, just keep an eye out for anymore, I think it is a one off, and no they cant jump or fly.

[Briar_x]

but still... yuck!

[sair5412]

Thanks Ratter. I have just finished cleaning my whole bedroom with Dettol and hoovering my mattress. Clean sheets are on and I will now hang out the others. I'm such a wimp! I'm all shaken up. The cage prob does need cleaning and actually hosing out this time. Washing up liquid would be ok for bunny's house wouldnt it? Or something stronger?

[B00]

you may also want to check your rabbit for Fly Strike.........

http://www.rabbit.org/journal/2-12/fly-strike. html

[sair5412]

Gosh. Thanks Boo. I'll keep an eye on him.

[B00]

good luck, I'm atually shuddering along here with you, I'd have been hysterical if i'd found that on my bed too.

[RATTER15]

Think yourself very lucky Sair5412 I have been on jobs where I have had to pick up maggots by the shovel load and carry them out in buckets, lady buried her giant rabbit in the garden in a shallow grave very close to the house and then went on holiday, such a treat to come home to lol

[skylight]

Hi sair, Check out rabbit's bum by lifting its tail and having a good look. Occasionally you can get fly strike there especially if bum is dirty. I've seen it - not nice - worth checking.

[ken c]

could just be a moth larvae
take a look at the stuffed toy
we had some in an old stuffed teddy not very nice
but nothing to do with cleanliness,
my wife freaked out too washed everything in the cupboard

[RATTER15]

Good thinking Ken! I concur

[sair5412]

Ok, it was off white colour with erm... a red/orange on its...nose?!? Is this maggot or moth? We do get a few moths as I'm by the stream, but then again, hundreds of daddy long legs and other flying thigs. Could it be a baby no legs-yet?
I have looked at bunny's bum and it is clean. He is white so it'd be difficult to see. And I don't want to start digging around in there! I have tipped him up and held him like a baby to see, do you think that's enough or do i have to poke? Thanks for help with this gross subject! I don't want to tell anyone who knows me as I'd never live it down! My friends call me Monica (off Friends- she is always cleaning and tidying!!!)

[ken c]

have a look at this site it shows a larvae. is it the same ?

http://www.bugclinic.com/clothes_moths.htm

[skylight]

Hi again sair, http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navcl ient&ie=UTF-8&rls=SUNA,SUNA:2006-12,SUNA:en&q= vine%20weevil%20grub&sa=N&tab=wi this is a long shot but have a look

[skylight]

Hi sair, Sorry meant to say I still think it may have come from Bunny. Keep checking.

[WendyS]

One little maggot on the bed and the whole house stripped and put into the washing machine. Don't you think that's a bit of an over reaction? It was probably just a stray one which may have fallen into your clothes while you were out into the garden or handling the rabbit and then happened to fall off onto your bed.

My old granny always used to say "You'll eat a peck of dirt before you die".

There's a theory around that people are picking up more illnesses now because they can't build up an immunity by being in contact with a bit of dirt. When I wss a kid I probably played in all kinds of muck and had insects crawling on me but it never seemed to do me any harm !

Honestly, one maggot is not going to kill you or do you any harm. In many countries they actually fry them and eat them as a delicacy !

[sair5412]

I know Wendy, as you can tell... I am a complete wimp when it comes to things like this!! I'm not scared of dirt, I'm just frightened of something crawling on me! Anyway, I have just found another one and my grandad came round and said it wasnt a maggot, it was a larvae of some description, possibly a vine weevil which could have comke from my house plant. I've looked them up on google.com and I'm sure thats what it is. Still gross in my opinion!