Putting out an S.O.S.!

I'm bringing this problem to you guys because our vet won't call us back!



At the beginning of the month we noticed that our bucks were looking thin, not growing their antlers real fast, and had started to get diarrhea. We gave them Safeguard on Aug.1 and started the five day corrid treatment on the 2nd. That didn't seem to help at all and we tranquilized all of the bucks on the 8th and gave them Nuflor, Ivomec, vitamin B, and Bova-sera. Their diarrhea got worse but I figured if the meds are cleaning them out then they'll have the craps for a day or two.

I'm concerned because they still have diarrhea bad and I saw bright red blood mixed through a puddle of poop. One of our yearling has always been very small (runt of twins) and he looks like a skeleton and is very weak, I'm praying that he makes it!

Any idea of what we can do? If anything?

Thank you so much for the advice, I appreciate it tremendously! I did finally get a hold of the vet and sent a stool sample to her, she could not tell us anything wrong other than there was some coccicidia in it which is normal. She suggested doing another corrid treatment. The stool sample was sent to Cornell so they can culture it and see if it might be clostridium. I'm going to look around for another med for treating coccicidia.



Mike, We are going to definitely have the water checked because it is out of a spring and who knows what nasty bacteria is in it!



The odd thing is, it is only effecting the bucks in that pen. I had put a doe over with them because she was getting picked on pretty bad. She had started scouring before I treated for worms/coccicidia and after that her and her fawn were great. The vet said that it is possible that some deer are naturally susceptible to coccicidia or just have a low immune system.



@Jarrid, yes, they have plenty of good browse. We are putting up the gates to the new pens today and are planning on moving these deer into the new ones. That way we can lime down the old pen and disinfect it some.

Quick update here, the bucks are doing much better. I've been giving them high quality probiotics and another coccicidia treatment. I haven't noticed anymore blood in the stool either, then again I haven't been stalking their bowel movements. I'm not sure how I could administer Marquis without knocking them down again, has anyone ever used Bovatech?