I have a doe fawn that is a little more than 3 months old. She has a hard lump under her jaw. It's been there for a few weeks. It was about the size of a big pea when I noticed it but is is getting bigger now. It is hard and seems to be under the skin. I can't get inside her mouth but I don't think it is a tooth or anything in her gums. It's down under the back of her jaw like right on the hinge of the jaw bone below her ear. My Vet says keep an eye on it but it seems like she is holding her jaw a little crooked now. She is eating and drinking normally and it doesn't seem to bother her other than holding her jaw a little funny and she doesn't like when you squeeze and feel around it. I have another that had gotten a lump on the side of her face, like a small chew of tobacco, but it would come and go. Difference is this one is making this fawns jaw look a little crooked. Is there anything I should look out for or any advice as what to do before it turns into a big problem? (Hoping it's not one already!) Maybe I'm just paranoid but an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!!
3cc of exceed and half cc of baytrel get it before it gets out of control or it could kill herive been fighting it all year
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We had a doe this year with lumpy jaw.I drew 33cc's of puss out of the lump and it had already ate into the jaw bone.This is some nasty sh!t and you need to jump on it fast.We tried draxin and it brought it down some but it came back and burst this time. When it burst it was then exposed to the flies,dirt, her hind foot scratching it and so on.
I treated her every week for 5 weeks with 10cc's of nuflor and cleaned the wound with peroxide,catron and blue coat.It is just now down to a scab about the size of a dime. If it was me i would treat the fawn nuflor and mabey some albon. It is so important to jump on this fast as i have never seen something this nasty.The puss kinda looks like acid and it must be that bad because it did some kinda number on the jaw bone!!
I treated her every week for 5 weeks with 10cc's of nuflor and cleaned the wound with peroxide,catron and blue coat.It is just now down to a scab about the size of a dime. If it was me i would treat the fawn nuflor and mabey some albon. It is so important to jump on this fast as i have never seen something this nasty.The puss kinda looks like acid and it must be that bad because it did some kinda number on the jaw bone!!
We had a buck fawn last year with a hard puss filled lump and we had to drain it twice and give 1/2 cc draxin along till nuflor weekly and it cleared up right away. I would suggest draining it before it gets too bad.
If this is a lumpy jaw.. The best treatment would be 5cc per 100 lbs in muscle with tetradur(noromycin) and 12cc per 100 lbs iv of sodium iodide and retreat in 14 days. NaI will penetrate bone and fight the infection in bone. The most common bacteria isolated in these is fusobacterium found commonly in the soil. Fusoguard vaccinations will help with the rest of the herd. Especially the fawns