Fawn with congestion

This is my first post to this website, though I have been following it for the past month. I am a first time fawn raiser and have gathered a great deal of information from these forums. The helpfulness from this community has been amazing.

I have a fawn that is 5-6 weeks old. We’ve been thru the “runs” and everything on that end has been improving. It’s not a pellet yet but a pretty solid green paste form. A thank you to all the information I have gained about this topic. Here in the last week she has developed some type of congestion. It seems to be getting worse and sometimes you can hear it as she breathes. She really goes at a bottle and we use multiple baby bottles we opened at the ends for her 5 daily feedings. She will consume about 6 ounces in about a minute. She floats from outside to an air conditioned inside environment. She travels with me to work 4-5 days a week and stays in a kennel in an air conditioned office. Because of that, she was getting bathed on days the runs were bad. Most nights and weekends were spent outside.

Are there any hints on what she has, what I shouldn’t be doing and what I can do to help out her condition? Not sure if we were giving her the bottle incorrectly, wrong bottle or if it’s the air conditioned environment.

Aww, I hope she feels better. I have raised 2 fawns and never had that problem so I really do not have any advice, sorry. But both of mine were basically raised in my home until they were old enough to enjoy the outdoors. My first spent her first year in the house! Of course on a daily basis they would get some time outdoors, but this mommy worried too much to leave them out at night so they would come in and sleep on their comfy doggy beds!

But I love this site because you can pretty much find answers to all of your questions with a little research. I think it's so sweet that you take the baby to work with you! Keep us posted!

Gail-

Are you feeding her fresh dirt? What kind of milk are you feeding? What are you adding to it...Ect.

5-6 Week old should drink more than 6oz in a minute....How small is the hole/what kind of nipple.



Do you have a vet or deer farm around.

For her lungs you may need Draxxin or Nuflor.

1cc NuFlor subQ immediately

I agree with Scott. Sounds like pneumonia to me. NuFlor will clear that right up.

What if you just can't seem to knock chronic pneumonia out of your bottle fawns. I've given batril, nuflor and LS 50 (because that is what I have). The LS 50 seems to loosen it up, but just can't seem to get it to go away. Symptoms are congestion and coughing.



Drugs given have been given at different intervals. Probiotics have been given. Fawns are from 7 weeks to 4 weeks. Healthy otherwise....taking bottle good.



Just don't know how to get the cycle broken so suggestions greatly appreciated!



Weather hasn't been cooperative which could have alot to do with everything. In the last few weeks, we've had about 12 inches of rain and on the days the sun shines, it is muggy.

There is a vaccine for pneumonia used in goats. I would think it would also work in deer. Try one deer on it and see if it helps. If the deer you medicate with the vaccine seems to tolerate it then do a few others in your herd at a time until all are innoculated. Now what you have just read is an opinion, not a recommendation. Off lable use of drugs can cause catasrtophic results. Let your conscience be your guide.

She spent the weekend outside and the congestion seemed to clear up. We were away from internet so I didn't get a chance to log on.

We changed out the nipples this weekend. I think we had some nipples that we cut too big. She used to have access to dirt but not on a full time basis as she does now. I may want to give her a shot of Nuflor anyway. Can I get this at a feed store/tractor supply or do I need to go thru my vet?

Thanks for the help.