I have just found your site and am relieved and worried at the same time. I am caring for an 8 week old born-in-the-wild fawn who was orphaned at 1 week from all estimates. I called the vet today as he was coughing and spit up foam after eating two times in the past two days (he is on diluted goat milk from a bowl and free ranging in my yard. He also has been getting a small amount of mashed ripe papaya for the past week. He loves it. (I live in St. John, USVI and there are lots of wild deer here, 3 bucks routinely jump my fence to come in the yard as it is dry season now). The vet came this morning and he is on 1/2 ml penicillin for a week given subcutaneously. He seems a bit bloated and after reading so much I am worried that I am not doing enough to address the bloat and that the papaya was too much for his developing digestive system. I thumped his tummy and it did sound a bit like a drum and is quite firm. He is active and bright eyed, though resting now and had a temperature of 100.5 F this morning. I have stimulated him and he has peed and pooped though not a lot. I don't have access to baby gas until maybe tomorrow but do have on Pepsid Complete tablet. Should I use that? And would it be better to have him fast for the night? He usually would have more goat milk around 10 pm.
