Mummified fawns?

JEJ7 · Jul 25, 2012

One of my does that I figured didn't catch last fall gave me a surprise this morning. She was acting a little funny last night almost like signs of labor, but had no udder and not "belly" either so I just ignored it. Well this morning I found her standing with afterbirth and two mummified, underdeveloped fawns hanging out of her. I'm hoping tonight when I get home and check she has completely passed everything, but if not how long do I wait to intervene? My experience with cattle is a couple days and then lutlyse if it doesn't pass, but first time for this with the deer? Any thought would be appreciated. Thanks.

ddwhitetails · Jul 25, 2012

Jens why do you say they were mummified? Did they look different than a typical underdeveloped fawn? Just curious......oh and congrats on the Texas tea yearlings.....they look awesome!!

Johnny B · Jul 25, 2012

I would certainly like to know more details, that sounds very interesting.

Lanasvet · Jul 25, 2012

You clearly have healthy deer, if she survived this and hasn't gotten toxemia or similar.

I would send a PM to Scott Heinrich asking for his advice. I searched the boards for you and found Scott's response to a farmer in a relatively similar case a while back:

I'm copying Scott's post verbatim:

Now is the time to give the doe Baytril. This is the drug of choice for fighting infection following mis-carriages/difficult births and still births. If there is some of the placenta left i9n the doe, or possibly another fawn, it will cause an infection. The Baytril will help fight the infection. Use the 5 day method of 2-3cc SQ. Good Luck

You can also consult Dr. Joe Ables (TX) at [email protected]

JEJ7 · Jul 25, 2012

Not sure if mummified is correct terminology but I'll do my best to explain what I mean. In my opinion based on exposure dates she carried these full term, but they obviously have been deceased for quite some time due to their size. They both would have fit into a pop can, legs and all. The other reason is that they looked "dried" or "preserved" when they came out. I did get some pics I'll try to post tomorrow.

As for this doe, she passed everything on her own today and looked clean when I got home tonight, and seems to healthy. I will be keeping an eye on her though.

And Dennis thanks for the compliments on my yearling.

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