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| July 13, 2010 at 12:34 am #170 | |
 ratwoman | Hi all, I’m Dawn from England. And I did something very, very lazy and stupid last week. I left a bowl of uneaten dog food out in my flat for days, and it was hot, and I noticed a strange smell….. eventually I guessed it might be the dog food so I picked up the bowl to smell it and there, literally *inches* from my eyes was a mass of maggots <shudder>…….. Now for 38 of my 38 years I have been petrified, appalled and disgusted by these creatures in equal measures. So you can guess how horrifed I was. I threw the bowl down – yes, another ‘clever’ thing to do, with the consequence they splattered all over my carpet. After having hysterics down the phone to my mom I decided to kill them with boiling water. This did the trick immediately thank God. I then could not bear to get near their corpses so I hoovered them up, emptied the hoover bag, and have spent most of today disinfecting everywhere I think they might have touched. My problem is – I can’t stop thinking they’re still hanging round in some nook or cranny. I feel like my entire flat is now contaminated. I literally want to move out, leave all of my possessions and start fresh somewhere these things have never been. I’m terrified to touch anything and I can’t eat inside my flat as I’m so repulsed by the whole episode. Ok so I know I sound like a psycho and i know it was all my fault, but has anyone got any advice as to how I can start to live my life again?!!!! If the odd one is still around in my flat how long will it stay in its horrible maggoty stage before it becomes a fly? And will there be maggot eggs in my carpet that could still hatch? Oh man…………… Many thanks indeed, Dawn |
| July 13, 2010 at 10:59 am #171 | |
 James | I would say just vacuum the carpet and you should be fine. It will probably take a few days until they become flies. Don’t worry about them. Just ensure there’s no food source and you should be fine. If you REALLY want to spend money and ensure they’re gone, steam treat your carpet. But I really doubt you would need to do that. |
| July 14, 2010 at 3:34 am #172 | |
| ratwoman | Thanks for the reassurance James. The nightmare is still continuing – I got up this morning only to find one in my *bed* – OMG, that has got to count as one of the worst experiences in my entire life. Admittedly it was dead, but it was just soooooo gross – it was actually part-maggot, part-half-formed fly, and to make it worse I didn’t realize what it was straight away and picked it up with my *bare* hands….. cue another attack of the hysterics. I don’t think I shall ever feel safe here again – I just didn’t want to come home from work today, the relief of being out of the house was so great. Silly isn’t it as I know on an ‘intellectual’ level they are harmless and defenceless and I even feel a tiny bit sorry for them, but I just *cannot* and never will be able to tolerate them! Dawn (ps this forum is just great, keep up the good work!) |
| July 14, 2010 at 12:49 pm #173 | |
| James | Thanks for the compliments, and good luck… |
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