My three week old doe fawn has diarrhea that has progressively gotten worse. It started a few days ago with a runny orange color so I let her outside thinking that maybe some roughage would help. The next two feedings after that she has had watery green stool and this morning there was a bit of bright red blood in it. I just put her on Re-sorb, can you treat fawns with corrid? If so what dose is recommended?
Autumn, if we have 1 bottle fawn with a bloody stool, we treat all the bottle feds with Corid in their bottle... 3 cc's for 3 days, then 2 cc's for a day and 1 cc for a day.
C&E wildlife has a good product for deer scours, also what typically works the fastest for us is about 1cc per 15 pounds bodyweight of nuflor injected sub-q. I would recommend trying the nuflor once.
@hharyh, Great, thank you! We actually have NuFlor, would it be to much medication if I gave that her while treating with Corrid and Re-sorb?
Autumn, Just a note, you'll want to include fortified vitamin B along with the Corrid, as Corrid destroys thiamine in the system...This is really a small-ruminant Vet question, but I can tell you most small ruminant health pros are moving away from Corrid, to Sulmet or DiMethox...as is always the case, nothing is really labeled for deer, thus, dose rates could vary greatly...a task-specific probiotic is certainly indicated also. Wish you well!
we just got over with 2 of are fawn having alot of blood in stool mixed up corid for 5 day s stools are back to normal vet said it was coccidia worked for us
We use 1/2cc of baytril in the milk one time a day for 3 days and it clears it right up. If you have the scours we like to add some pumpkin and good yogurt (Greek Yogurt) to the milk. I had some early fawns with scours and they all cleared up. How much you feeding your fawns and how many times a day are you feeding if your over feeding and they are getting the bloat that will lead to scours. We feed our fawns five times a day we have healthy fawns...
It seemed like she was clearing up, little to no blood and firmer stool. Then I started to switch her back to formula and things got worse, she's back to pooping water now. At the last feeding I put a teaspoon of fruit pectin in her bottle put it didn't seem to help right away but I'll keep trying.
Last year I used red cap and had no problems, this year we switched to milk replacer. I feed three times a day and feed 14oz to her. I also mix a good dollop of %100 pumpkin and Dannons plain yogurt. I will give them all some B complex after the next feeding.
After thinking it over I believe I will let her tummy rest for a day with out meds (except the corrid) and go from there.
I really appreciate your advice! I try to keep a notebook with different methods of treatment for various ailments and you all have been so helpful.
Last year I used red cap and had no problems, this year we switched to milk replacer. I feed three times a day and feed 14oz to her. I also mix a good dollop of %100 pumpkin and Dannons plain yogurt. I will give them all some B complex after the next feeding.
After thinking it over I believe I will let her tummy rest for a day with out meds (except the corrid) and go from there.
I really appreciate your advice! I try to keep a notebook with different methods of treatment for various ailments and you all have been so helpful.
14oz 3 times a day!!!! Holy Crap no wonder she has the craps!!! That's way too much milk!!! Drugs are not helping this fawn!!! Cut back to like 5-6 oz!!! That will solve your problem!!! She is probably bloated like a balloon that is why she is scouring!!! What type of milk replacer are you using? Are you mixing it right??
A quick update for this thread. Although they weren't bloated and only one fawn had scours I dropped them back to 10oz for a week (they were on UniMilk). I put the scouring fawn onto electrolytes and medicated scour formula and she firmed up, now she is back on their regular formula and doing well.The Corrid fixed their bloody stool problem, I added plain yogurt and pumpkin to their bottles during that period as well as some probiotics.
Thanks for the advice and opinions from everyone!
Thanks for the advice and opinions from everyone!
That is a lot of milk for a 3 week old. My experience is they quit eating when they are full.
I just got results back from a fawn that had watery/bloody stool and showed she had e coli. When my fawns get loose stool, I attack it with pumpkin, 3 cc sulmet, 1/2 packet of Unflavored powdered gelatine (in the canning isle of grocery store). Has worked every time with me. Put it in every bottle for 3 days. Make sure the eat the whole regiment every time. I mix it with 3 or 4 oz to make sure they get it all and then go back feed them the rest of their milk. I also switched to real goats milk last yr. it is costly but seems to keep the scours down to a minimum. Hope this helps
I just got results back from a fawn that had watery/bloody stool and showed she had e coli. When my fawns get loose stool, I attack it with pumpkin, 3 cc sulmet, 1/2 packet of Unflavored powdered gelatine (in the canning isle of grocery store). Has worked every time with me. Put it in every bottle for 3 days. Make sure the eat the whole regiment every time. I mix it with 3 or 4 oz to make sure they get it all and then go back feed them the rest of their milk. I also switched to real goats milk last yr. it is costly but seems to keep the scours down to a minimum. Hope this helps
I`ve mentioned this in the old forums but people bottle feeding it is a very good Idea to keep on hand from your vet is SMZs . This is the only safe drug i know of that will treat our issues of ecoli and coccidia . Trimethreprim to treat ecoli and sulfamethoxazole will treat coccidia. Comes in cherry and Grape flavors . You can take it yourself it`s very safe. Just what i`ve treated with for years. Mother raised fawns need checked daily to see if they are getting lathargic. If they don`t wanna run check them out and if they don`t act right suspect Ecoli or salmonila . In deer farming he who hesitates has lost. I`m not being rude I`m just telling you to be very vigalant in knowing when things aren`t right with these little guys. 
Mitch has it, "he who hesitates is lost". I've always said when you realize you have a problem you are already two days behind the curve.
Need help fawn with diarrhea lots of mucus and small amount of blood
I am a wildlife rehabber with a fawn brought to me with diarrhea. It has progressively gotten worse. Vet has me giving half pedialyte and half formula since it would not take just pedialyte or watered down pedialyte. Also infant gas drops since it is starts to get a round belly with only 2oz of feeding. It is still the same only now a very small amount of blood in stool here and there. Any suggestions on what i can do to help this little guy? It kinda hunkers up after it eats gets a bellyache every time it acts like. I don’t want to loose him . I would appreciate any help anyone can give
I am a wildlife rehabber with a fawn brought to me with diarrhea. It has progressively gotten worse. Vet has me giving half pedialyte and half formula since it would not take just pedialyte or watered down pedialyte. Also infant gas drops since it is starts to get a round belly with only 2oz of feeding. It is still the same only now a very small amount of blood in stool here and there. Any suggestions on what i can do to help this little guy? It kinda hunkers up after it eats gets a bellyache every time it acts like. I don’t want to loose him . I would appreciate any help anyone can give
Infant fawn
Abandoned fawn. Emaciated, coved in ticks and bloody stool. All rescue numbers I called are closed for the Memorial Day Holiday.
I have on a heating pad, feeding pedialyte & goat milk mix.
I bought Corid. I think from reading here, I should add ½ cc to my 5 ounce bottle. He isn’t drinking that much. Maybe ½ oz every 3 hours at this point.
I found him finally after hearing him cry all night long, I got him inside, he had fixed and dilated eyes. I’m in a very urban woodsy area. Deer jump my fence and cross through the neighborhood to go from one water spot to another. I think the mother had the baby on the wrong side of the fence and then he was stuck.
I’ll keep him in my backyard where they cross and one day he will rejoin the herd. It is what it is. Nature is ever changing landscape for animals. This has made me want to plant some fruit trees to provide food for them.
Meanwhile, I need to clear up the tiny worms and bloody stool.
Any and all recommendations welcome.
Abandoned fawn. Emaciated, coved in ticks and bloody stool. All rescue numbers I called are closed for the Memorial Day Holiday.
I have on a heating pad, feeding pedialyte & goat milk mix.
I bought Corid. I think from reading here, I should add ½ cc to my 5 ounce bottle. He isn’t drinking that much. Maybe ½ oz every 3 hours at this point.
I found him finally after hearing him cry all night long, I got him inside, he had fixed and dilated eyes. I’m in a very urban woodsy area. Deer jump my fence and cross through the neighborhood to go from one water spot to another. I think the mother had the baby on the wrong side of the fence and then he was stuck.
I’ll keep him in my backyard where they cross and one day he will rejoin the herd. It is what it is. Nature is ever changing landscape for animals. This has made me want to plant some fruit trees to provide food for them.
Meanwhile, I need to clear up the tiny worms and bloody stool.
Any and all recommendations welcome.