Fly strike - any cat friendly products?

[Millys Mum]

A couple of summers back one of the ferals dumped her kittens and the one i got had a maggot up her botty, she had to go to vets now and have a capstar flush out even tho the pesty thing had wiggled out on the drive there  sadly her 2 siblings were gone before i got to them 
They had got it because they had diarrhoea and were too small to defend themselves only being 4 weeks old 

[Bazsmum]

Oh that is sad Mark! 

I always cut my 2 long hair's trousers....even if they hav'nt got a runny bottom, they still manage to carry the poo with them! 

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Misa had his trousers trimmed this week at the vets but its Sasa who is a problem, although I know something I can see is a slug! Dried up and dead but she cant reach it and I am not allowed to touch her.

Thats a very scary story Mark

[Mark]

Flystrike is where flies lay their eggs on a host animal and the ensuing maggots burrow and feed on the live flesh of the animal.

Its common in rabbits who have dirty bottoms as the flies are attracted to that area.

Never heard of it in cats although of course its possible I guess.

I read an article online yesterday where a woman worked at a cattery. There was a long haired cat with a runny bum she had been keeping an eye on. She had her day off and other staff were supposed to keep an eye and hadn't when she went back the next day, the maggots had done so much damage the intestines were visible. The poor cat was rushed to a vet but had to be PTS  - it just shows how dangerous this is and how quickly it can damage or kill an animal  - I was googling for products but the safest thing seems to be to shave vulnerable cats and keep a close eye on them and wipe bottoms frequently.

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

I had this happen to Kocka in the 2003 very hot summer after a cyst burst on her side.

As far as I remember they cleaned her up and gave her abs injection and also sprayed her with frontline  and she recovered before having an op to remove the cyst which was very successful. I had wanted the cyst removed for a number of years but they said to leave it grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

[Philip]

Flystrike is where flies lay their eggs on a host animal and the ensuing maggots burrow and feed on the live flesh of the animal.

Its common in rabbits who have dirty bottoms as the flies are attracted to that area.

Never heard of it in cats although of course its possible I guess.

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

What is flystrike?

[Millys Mum]

Iv not heard of a preventative treatment for flystrike in cats unlike rabbits, will be interested to know if you do find something thats safe to use

[Angiew]

Still looking several hours later.

I have phoned 2 vets we use, one has put some REARGUARD aside for me saying though not licensed for cats she has used it before - though I have to sign a waver for its use on Ebony ....

but the other vet said definately NOT rearguard as its extremely toxic to cats so.............

It can't be that difficult a product to find 

[Angiew]

I'm trying to find something for Ebony to prevent any possiblilty of fly strike. Web seems useless and I'm waiting for a call back from my vet.
Anyone know of a cat safe product?