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The South
We noticed our fawn had started to lose hair on her face two or so weeks ago. She had a cut on her ear which grew into what you see in the attachment. We've had her since around the end of May when she was a couple of weeks old.
We fed her goats milk at first, then transitioned to cows milk, sometimes mixed with water, but recently not. She refused drinking out of a bottle, but drank from a bowl or bucket which is what we've been doing. When we noticed the hair loss, we changed her diet to include apples, grapes, and berries. We bought deer feed but she doesn't seem to eat it.
She prefers milk and will head butt and nibble us trying to get it. She will eat the fruit at first but start to refuse it and only want milk, so within the past day I've only given her fruit. She always finishes it by the time I come back to feed her again. I'll feed her milk later as to not stress her out.
The cuts on the left side of her face happened today. Since she drinks from a bucket I thought that the milk that gets on her may cause the hair loss, but it hadn't waned. What worries us the most is her right eye, we aren't sure if it's infected or what to do. I've noticed yellow jackets in the container that I leave her fruit in. Could they be stinging her? What causing the hair loss? The problem with her right eye?
We fed her goats milk at first, then transitioned to cows milk, sometimes mixed with water, but recently not. She refused drinking out of a bottle, but drank from a bowl or bucket which is what we've been doing. When we noticed the hair loss, we changed her diet to include apples, grapes, and berries. We bought deer feed but she doesn't seem to eat it.
She prefers milk and will head butt and nibble us trying to get it. She will eat the fruit at first but start to refuse it and only want milk, so within the past day I've only given her fruit. She always finishes it by the time I come back to feed her again. I'll feed her milk later as to not stress her out.
The cuts on the left side of her face happened today. Since she drinks from a bucket I thought that the milk that gets on her may cause the hair loss, but it hadn't waned. What worries us the most is her right eye, we aren't sure if it's infected or what to do. I've noticed yellow jackets in the container that I leave her fruit in. Could they be stinging her? What causing the hair loss? The problem with her right eye?
