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Bright red blood on fawn

Joined Apr 2009
524 Posts | 0+
Russell, MN
Any ideas of why a buck fawn on the doe would have bright red blood coming from his butt? No runny poop....just blood.



He is very sick and sure he is going to die, but just want some ideas as to what it could be.



We are going to have a necropsy done when he dies. This is something that I have not seen yet.
 
If he is still drinking milk,mix sulmet with the milk,put in probiotics also,have had very very good results anytime that any poop with blood or scours,will stop very fast,hope that works for you,good luck.
 
The buck fawn is on his mother. There are no signs of poop on his buck, in fact his butt was clean yesterday. Bright red blood all over it today....no poop.
 
Bright red is fresh blood, as you know I am sure...It may be an internal injury or If he strains alot when pooping that may be the reason,polyps can form from straining also...if straining is the cause it can/will get worse as it continues to strain.
 
Fernando,

I am glad things sound like they are doing good for you now.

Sorry I cut you off the last time we talked, a farmer with an emergency fawn pulled in...KEEP IN TOUCH :)
 
He's dead...going to send him in.



To me, it was same symptoms as coccidia with out the runs. He was skinny, in the body and face, lethargic, cold, wobbly. You could walk right up to him....same as last year. Only thing different, was the butt covered in bright red blood.



Last year, running poop all over is what we dealt with coccidia.



We have been so proactive on the coccicidia, I hate to think it is that. We have been doing maintenance treatments in the water since early May and have Bovatec in the feed yet. If it turns out to be coccidia, I give up! You can't beat it.