Hello,
To start off I’m a certified large and small animal vet tech however have little to no experience with deer besides hunting. A neighbor found a fawn stuck in their cattle fence and called me to help. He injured himself pretty bad with a suspected dislocated hip, corneal ulcer, and very large leg wound.
No local rehabilitation can take him and DNR otherwise recommended euthanasia. I’ve taken him in to give him a fighting chance since he’s pretty lively and healthy otherwise.
Besides the wounds that I’m cleaning, bandage it, and managing I’m bringing him to my clinic Monday morning to see if we can fix his hip.
He’s been stubborn eating but I’ve been getting him to drink a fawn milk replacer from a bowl. I’ve been offering every 3-4 hours, sometimes he indulges others not really interested. He does have some teeth and will munch on grass I hand pick and offer him. I’ve been stimulating him and he’s regularly defecating and urinating. I’ve dosed him with some electrolytes and so far no signs of fever.
Any recommendations or help would be great. He’s unable to stand without assistance and for only a short period of time. I’m working on a hind end harness to try and get him moving more otherwise he crawls around for the most part.
His fate ultimately depends on if we can fix his hip but I’m trying everything I can do help him through this. Todays he’s a little more lethargic but genuinely seems tired since it’s been a stressful two days.
I cannot tell how old he is also if anyone could help with that!
To start off I’m a certified large and small animal vet tech however have little to no experience with deer besides hunting. A neighbor found a fawn stuck in their cattle fence and called me to help. He injured himself pretty bad with a suspected dislocated hip, corneal ulcer, and very large leg wound.
No local rehabilitation can take him and DNR otherwise recommended euthanasia. I’ve taken him in to give him a fighting chance since he’s pretty lively and healthy otherwise.
Besides the wounds that I’m cleaning, bandage it, and managing I’m bringing him to my clinic Monday morning to see if we can fix his hip.
He’s been stubborn eating but I’ve been getting him to drink a fawn milk replacer from a bowl. I’ve been offering every 3-4 hours, sometimes he indulges others not really interested. He does have some teeth and will munch on grass I hand pick and offer him. I’ve been stimulating him and he’s regularly defecating and urinating. I’ve dosed him with some electrolytes and so far no signs of fever.
Any recommendations or help would be great. He’s unable to stand without assistance and for only a short period of time. I’m working on a hind end harness to try and get him moving more otherwise he crawls around for the most part.
His fate ultimately depends on if we can fix his hip but I’m trying everything I can do help him through this. Todays he’s a little more lethargic but genuinely seems tired since it’s been a stressful two days.
I cannot tell how old he is also if anyone could help with that!
