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doe fawns face. any clues?
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what exactly is that? and how do you treat it?
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Treat with antibiotic ointment if you can. It will usually clear up on its on in 2-3 weeks but is contageous.
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i can try. its one of the few doe fawns that we arent bottle feeding. shes about a month old
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the jaw is swollen, and its losing the fur on both sides of its jaw. cant tell if its hard or not
This is a staph infection likely, and you need to contact a vet to get the appropriate antibiotics administered into the fawn. Likely, the mother has passed it to her fawn... Usually a DVM would do a staph test or similar to determine which bacteria is causing the infection.
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will darting the mom help the fawns any? i was just out in my pens trying to dart the fawn with my blow gun and had no luck.
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i am out of exceed right now. but i just caught the one fawn a few minutes ago and put her in the cradle and gave her 1/2cc oxytetracyclene. my vet suggested that. so i hope she will start to get better soon. thanks for the help everyone!
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my vet talked to her dad, (dr.schaefer) who is a very well known deer vet in indiana, he said this is a form of foot rot. the adults will get it in their feet and the fawns get it in their mouths. just thought id update everyone on whats going on.