HELP! My 3 month old fawn is losing all his hair & winter is coming.

HELP! my 3 month old fawn is losing all his hair & winter is coming. I found him 3 months ago caught in a barbed wire fence, almost dead at about 4 days old.  This is my first care of  a fawn & so am not experienced at this at all.  I am wondering if the hair loss is due to something I am feeding him: or not feeding him: or maybe it is a bacterial or fungal problem. Hi skin is not sore or scabby nor do I see any insects unless they need to be under a microscope to see them. (He does have a few small black ticks though--any help on how to get rid of them would be helpful too.)


 


He has been bottle fed on raw goats milk since I got him until now.  At about 3 weeks old, I brought him outside to live in a 40x40 foot pen (partially sunny area) where he was trying to eat the wire fence & the wood posts.  For this cribbing, I gave him 2 teaspoons a day TOTAL of Redmond's natural trace minerals salt with selenium 90 (ground up in a coffee grinder & put in his bottles throughout the day since I couldn't get him to eat any feed for the first 2 months to put the supplement in.) He is no longer cribbing.


 


For the first 2 months, he just lived on goats milk & just a few lilac leaves a day from my lilac bush because that is all the leaves there is since I live in a pine forest. About 1 month ago, I got the bright idea to put some molasses mixed into his feed & so due to this, for the last month, he is finally eating some feed.  I feed him daily a mixture of 3 cups Three Way corn, oats & barley; 1 cup Manna Pro Calf Manna (thanks to the advice of you guys) with about 1 tablespoon molasses mixed into it.


 


I have tried to give him alfalfa hay for the last month & he won't eat it.  Just a nibble or two out of my hand & the rest lays on the ground (I have tried not feeding him his milk or his Three Way feed/Calf Manna mix, hoping to get him hungry enough to eat the alfalfa hay, with no avail.) He won't eat alfalfa pellets either.


 


COULD THE HAIR LOSS BE DUE TO:


1.. My putting too much minerals a day in his bottles


2.  Not enough minerals in his bottles


3.  Not getting enough leaves


4.  Not getting any alfalfa hay


5.  A fungal or bacterial problem


6.  OR some other reason??


 


Any feeding ideas to supplement him is welcomed along with any medication ideas or advice you might have. He has become a part of the family & I really love him.  The nearest vet is about 5 hours away as I live out in the middle of nowhere, so appreciate any help you can give.  Thank you so much.

Hi Everyone,


I just thank you so much for all your help. I am just so new to all this and I appreciate so much all your expertise, kindness, generosity and all your time when I know you must be so busy with your own lives.  You are just a great bunch filled with integrity and I am so glad I found you!  Thank you, thank you so very much.  I wish you all a great day filled with sunshine, abundance and all good things.  Best always, Dianne

Dear Jadaho,


Thank you so much for the apple/pear idea.  I have been trying them for the last 3 days and my fawn is just devouring them, especially the apple when I bring one to him sliced thin like leaves.  He pushes my hand out of the way and sticks his nose in the bag gobbling them up.  It is just a feast for him; he is so hungry.  I really appreciate your help because he has found something he likes to eat. Thanks for the tick info too.  You guys are the best!