Has any one seen this before? Spider legged fawn

i post the same thing 2 weeks ago. the advice i received was bose, i used 1.5cc SQ every other day for 2 days . and then quit. he is now 3 weeks old and is fine. my vet said you could kill them with too much bose, but what is too much? i think it will differ from animal to animal. my fawn was one of two buck fawns. the other was normal,go figure

tom l

i notice that your fawn has some white on his hooves, as did the one of mine. as a newbie, my question is, is white in /on the hooves a common thing? as i don't think i have ever noticed it on the ones in the wild that i have harvested in the past.

tom l

I have experienced the bow leggedness before in some fawns and they always come out of it and ended up completely normal. I gave them nothing for it, not saying you shouldn't, I just wasn't aware to do anything about it.

Is she abnormally large? Has she been feeding properly? Any signs of infection?



Genu Varum (bow leggedness) is not all that uncommon in human infants. Basically caused by slowed cartilage ossification and the weight of the structure causing the more pliable tissues to bend. Typically this is grown out of as the bone ossifies to better support the newly growing structures of the body.



Another cause could be linked to rickets, which is basically a nutritional issue. (Vitamin D, Calcium, Phosphorous deficiency)



I highly doubt much research has been done on genu varum in regards to cervidae development, but It wouldn't be entirely off base to link bone development among mammals.



In 12+ month children they will caste or brace as a form of correction to prevent gait deviations and iliotibial band syndrome to name a few.



If it isn't a bone infection or a nutritional issue, I would say Mark has the right idea, let it be and hopefully (and most likely) she grows out of it.



Hope that helps ease your mind even though its only a more human comparison.

Read this thread... It may be a similar type of problem.



http://www.deerforums.com/vbforums/showthread.php?t=4576

Had a small doe fawn last year exacly like yours, It straightened up with age, not to worry it will be fine!!



Scott Neeb

Chanllow Farms

The heart of Pa dutch country

Genu Varum is very common in veterinary medicine but affects the hind legs. This is called carpus varus an we see it in the long legged animals that are rapidly growing. It is due to positioning of the leg in uteri and usually these animals will straighten on their own but in your case the deviation is bad enough that I would splint the legs for a week or so. To place a splint you can use a PVC pipe cut length wise and place it on the inside of the leg. Pad it with cotton or linen (alot of padding) and be certain that the padding extends past the pipe on the top and bottom. Use coflex or vetwrap to wrap the splint on but don't get it too tight. If the foot swells then the wrap is too tight! Place the splint on the inside of the leg and pull the deviation into the splint. Don't try to straighten it all at once but gradually over the course of 2-3 splint changes. Change your splint daily watching for skin sores,etc. This may straighten on its own but if it were my fawn I would splint it. BoSe can be given but this is not a typical White Muscle presentation. Good Luck and she should turn out well for you.

keep her confined like you are doing and she will grow out of it.. Good luck, God bless!!

had a fawn that was contracted at the ankles, back at the knees and walking on the front of her ankles. I used 4" cast padding rolls and cut them to 2". Wrapped them up above her knees and down to her toes. I then covered the cast padding with 2" gauze roll. Then I used tongue depressors for splints on the back of the leg with the end just below the back of the heels and wrapped them with coflex. The ankle was pulled snugly to the tongue depressor. The nice thing about the tongue depressor is that it was slightly flexible and I think gave a little to help keep from creating pressure sores. They were left on for 2-4 days. She was wrapped this way 2 times and then the third time I put the tongue depressors on the front. She is doing great after 10 days. Also gave her bo-se with each wrapping. We also tried la200 but do not think it made much difference.