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RLAwhitetails

What is the best treatment when a fawn gets real loose? I have a 12 day old fawn started getting loose 2 days ago. Will eat fine in the morning and mid day but not so well in the evening. I have gave it Target Probiotics paste today and yesterday, also a shot of Baytril (spelling ??) tonight.

redwood_river_whitetails

www.whitetailsales.com has a great product that I have used for the last 3 years. It is called All Natural Correction and it is a gelling product. It is the only thing that I have found that actually helps with loose stools. I use it in every bottle for one day for all feedings and by the next day, they are usually firm and most start to pellet. It does not help with a coccidia infested fawn though. I usually cut the milk replacer in 1/2 for the day too. It is an awesome product and I can't say enough good about it!!

RyanR

Albon, 3 day treatment based on weight there weight. Sets them straight fairly quick.

gcw matt

What are you calling real loose? All Water? Any Blood?

RLAwhitetails

No blood, just not much to any solid. Feed the fawn this morning he is strong and ate well but has the squirts.

Arrowhead Whitetails

I would feed only water and electrolites for a few feedings and that should help firm him up

Midwest Deer Sales

I just had the same problem. See if your vet has any sulfaquinoxiline, give 1 cc on day one and 1 cc on day two and mine cleared right up. This is a great product but you need a vet to get it.

PaintedMeadowsBJs

Please don't take this the wrong way...

But you don't know what problem you are trying to correct...

Antibiotic's may make it worse ...It could be he is starting to eat grass or hay...As long as it is taking in an OK amount of milk (Daily) and acting OK...

Pumpkin is a natural solution.

I would watch sticking it or feeding it a bunch of meds without knowing there is a problem,Or you could make it much worse...Just my thoughts...

Coming from an EMT...I see people try to self medicate themselves and O'BOY...

ddwhitetails

Billie Jo is right the best thing you can do is take a sample to your vet and have them send it off to be cultured.........you don't want to treat something if it does not need treated......this is why when my fawns started having loose stools I sent it off to be cultured and in my case it came back positive for coccidia not good....so now i am trying to aggressively treat the fawns for coccidia.............there are many reasons for the scours and sometimes it could be something that just didn't agree with them which is what i hope is the case for your fawn..........good luck!!

Tundra Ridge Whitetails

did you up the ozs givin? this will loosen them up. Or too much replacer will do it to. And I'm with BillieJo dont like pumping meds. I like using pumpkin also and it works well.

ddwhitetails

Good luck finding pumpkin.........if you find it let me know where.......there is a darn shortage or at least that is what i am being told...can't find it anywhere around here in Western PA????!!! Thanks to Virgil I got a few can from him.....he is usually not so nice I must have caught him on a good day.......I did tell him his goats were nice.....that may have did it.

allenb

I know what you mean Dennis. There is no pumpkin to be found in my area. In years past I normally add a few teaspoons to every mixing. I feel lost without it. Allen

Tundra Ridge Whitetails

here is the pumpkin story http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...060101810.html

ddwhitetails

well thanks for the story tundra Ridge......I am not paying 30 dollars on ebay for a can i can tell you that much...lol!!!!

RLAwhitetails

our local store keeps plenty of pumpkin in stock if it is the right stuff, say's 100% pure pumpkin ingredient list is just pumpkin. If someone wants some and cant find it just let me know I will send you some. it is Libbys exact can as in the photo above.



My fawn is much better now not 100% but improving.