I lost a buck a few weeks ago and was not sure what had happened to him. He was a healthy 2 year old. So this morning I noticed there is another dead buck. He is a yearling buck. I did notice he is bloated a little and had a pink frothy foam coming from his nose/mouth. Is this EHD? If so...should the cold weather and frost we are having be stopping this from happening? Please any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
Joined Aug 2012
303 Posts | 0+
Billings, MO
Sounds like it could be EHD. Hard to say without cutting them open. If you get a good frost, it should kill the midge flies, but if a deer is infected, it may still get sick. Best of luck.
I've seen em die weeks after a good frost. Usually the disease takes about seven days to show from the actual infection date. Sometimes it kills a healthy looking deer overnight. Sometimes it takes two months to killem. And everything in between. I hate EHD and midges. I'd like to see all the midges die slowly, bleeding out their tiny ears and screaming.....
Blood in the froth sounds like EHD.
Sorry for your loss.
Blood in the froth sounds like EHD.
Sorry for your loss.
Joined Feb 2013
780 Posts | 1+
Markleville IN
Sure sounds like it could have been EHD. We lost our last buck to EHD last fall Oct 30. Our best 2yo. One last kick in the nuts. Sorry for your loss and those who have experienced EHD I'm sure feel the same. Some go slow most go fast. I swear some have anaphylaxis like a bee sting. We lost a buck a month ago. Fine at eve feed dead the next morning, picked him up and 1/2 gallon or more of fluid came pouring out of his lungs.
I think I have been fighting EHD or blue tongue, the last 3 or 4 weeks. First symptoms I seen was
sitting by them selves and not eating
Foaming a little around the mouth
There hair turns dark brown like its standing on end
When I would make them get up, at first I was thinking it was there front legs hurting them but the more I see it, It looks to me like its in there chest possibly ulcers or some thinking inside. When they first stand up they stay hunched up for a while
I darted every one of them with Dex, it seams it help some of them the next day they are fine but others look like it just won't go away.
Before this started I was so proud of my deer they looked so healthy and I was actually bragging about how good they look sense this started my deer won't eat it seams like even the ones that didn't get it or not eating like they were. I used to go to my trough and they were waiting for me to feed now every day they still have feed left
sitting by them selves and not eating
Foaming a little around the mouth
There hair turns dark brown like its standing on end
When I would make them get up, at first I was thinking it was there front legs hurting them but the more I see it, It looks to me like its in there chest possibly ulcers or some thinking inside. When they first stand up they stay hunched up for a while
I darted every one of them with Dex, it seams it help some of them the next day they are fine but others look like it just won't go away.
Before this started I was so proud of my deer they looked so healthy and I was actually bragging about how good they look sense this started my deer won't eat it seams like even the ones that didn't get it or not eating like they were. I used to go to my trough and they were waiting for me to feed now every day they still have feed left