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Fawn DIARREAH

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Hollowroad Whitetails

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Hazleton, PA
Hello Everyone:



We are bottle raising two of our buck fawns that were abandoned by their mother. Prior to starting on the bottle, the one had perfect bowel movements and the other one came out as a soft clump, but not diarreah. Since that time, their bowel movements became softer and softer until finally there was some diarreah. We mixed some pumpkin with the millk and their movements became better but are still soft and loose, not watery but soft and loose.



I don't know if these symptoms are merely temporary as a result of their systems reacting to the red cap, goat colostrum, dirt, ground feed, pro bios, vitamins, bo-se and draxin that we gave them. This seems like alot for their systems to handle and perhaps it might take a little bit for them to get used to it. On the other hand, I want to be on the look out for something more serious.



Any suggestions on how to combat this problem and get the fawns back to regular bowel movements or changes in what I am doing would be greatly appreciated.



Thanks
 
Daniel, when ever we brought fawns in to bottle feed their poop was almost always pelleted. But when we began to bottle feed them, the texture would religiously soften and sometimes soften to a texture of mustard. Without doing anything, and probably cause their system just needed time to adjust as you suggested, it would eventually begin to firm back up within a few days or so to a week. That being said, I think it's a good idea to begin to try and stop soft stools right away for the times it will escalate to full blown diarrhea. We have always had good luck with Kaopectate.
 
LS-50.....1/8 teaspoon 2x per day 8 hours apart for 2 days (morning and 3rd feeding of the day). Cut milk 50-50 for at least 2 days and gradually increase milk to water ratio on 3rd day.



Whitetails Sales has some awesome gelling powder (Schmuckers) that is a miracle worker.



Its the only 2 things I've used the last couple of years for loose fawns. Also can use .25 cc Baytril 2x per day SQ.
 
Sounds like you are on the right track keep adding a little pumpkin til they get adjusted. No reason to over medicate them with a bunch of junk sometimes this just makes matters worse. If pumkin doesn't work and diarreah is bloody then you might want to give electrolights inbetween feedings and treat for cocsideah with something like corrid. Only do this if you have to though.
 
Lanaset, at the risk or sounding argumentative, which I'm not trying to be, I want to say this to be informative. In the last 15 years I have dealt with 3 different vets, and all of them use corrid as well as albon for the treatment of coccidia. I think it might all depend on what is easier to use for the given situation.
 
Thanks for the information re corrid. I did not know that it could be used on small, newborn fawns... I was under the (mistaken?) impression that it would be too harsh on their systems. Of course, I appreciate the free advice from you at Sandridge and from Dr. Jay. All the best to you.



re Pumpkin

I heaping tablespoon per 8oz bottle. My doe fawn really liked the pumpkin, so I would even add more. It didn't seem to harm her.
 
I am new to this forum and am not sure how to ask a question, so if I am doing this incorrectly, I apologize. My name is Jennifer. 2 weeks ago we found a fawn who's mother was killed by a car. She was approximately 10 days old we're guessing and had been without her mother for 5 days. At first her poop was pelleted, then after getting goats milk it became like pudding. We figured this was her body adjusting to getting milk again. We began adding pumpkin to her feedings and it immediately turned back to pellets. The strange thing is the pellets are all connected. It's like a string of pearls. Every bowel movement is like that. I have researched all over the web and can find out nothing about this. Can anyone give me some info on this. She is fine otherwise. Eating great, running around, peeing and pooping on her own and going frequently. Is this normal? I have worked with animals for most of my adult life and know this is not normal in other animals, but this is our first fawn.
 
I sent you a message earlier, but I'm not sure if I did it right.Thank you for your info.

We do stimulate her at every feeding and she does plenty of pooping on her own. Thankfully she has not had diarrhea since we started adding pumpkin to her bottles. Are her bowel movements normal? Is this what normal fawn poop looks like?
 
add manapro colostrum (green bag)- 1 tsp to each bottle each feeding until weaned.. save draxxin for pneumonia not for diarrhea.. Good Luck.. God bless!!!
 

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