I have a 5 year old doe, she had her fawn's on the 14th. I took them at 24 hrs. and have them on the bottle. The doe has not acted just right since she had her fawn's. She dose not eat as much, I do see her grazing. I watched her for a while today and she is alway's squating like she is trying to go but dose not. I just went out to check fawns and seen her doing this again. She is droping weight. I thought her breathing was a bit off a few day's ago and did give her 1 1/2 cc Draxxin. I have never had a doe do this and have no idea what to do for her or what the problem could be. She looks fine and had no trouble giving birth and took good care of the fawn's before I took them off of her.
Question on a doe
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I'm certainly no expert, and am only offering these thoughts as something to consider, but it might be that she didn't expel the afterbirth completely, (or possibly another fawn), and is getting an infection that is now poisoning her system, which would explain the weight loss. If you put her out to check her, you might want to check her temperature. Do you notice any discharge? And if so, can you tell if it's really foul smelling? If she were mine, I'd probably start her on a Draxxin and penicillin regimen for a while to see if she responds. (Just some thought from my previous experience as a dairy farmer.)
I only had this happen once a few years ago with a two year old doe that delivered triplets. She was in such an anxious state that she wouldn't take care of the fawns--she just continued to lie down and strain and getting up and squatting, as if she was trying to deliver another one. I put her down and checked her, but could find nothing wrong. I pulled the fawns the first day, gave her antibiotics, and after a couple days she straightened out and has been great since.
Hope this helps. Good Luck
I only had this happen once a few years ago with a two year old doe that delivered triplets. She was in such an anxious state that she wouldn't take care of the fawns--she just continued to lie down and strain and getting up and squatting, as if she was trying to deliver another one. I put her down and checked her, but could find nothing wrong. I pulled the fawns the first day, gave her antibiotics, and after a couple days she straightened out and has been great since.
Hope this helps. Good Luck
RLA, If your considering knocking her down to treat her, I'd of course run her through the gammit of meds, ie wormer, C&D antitoxin, draxin, and you probly already know that. But if I was to guess, she is apt to have some infection goin on, so I would not back off on the draxin. I would not wait more than 2 days before giving her more, and give her at least 3 doses. There seems to be alot of questions on how often you can/should give draxin. Had a real sick buck last year, so sick I could walk right up to him and give him a shot, and this was a buck that was ALWAYS raced to the other side of my 1 acre pen when I came to feed. I gave him 2 1/2cc of draxin every other day for 3 times. A few days later, there was my ''brown rocket'' racing to the other side again. Amazing, thought he was a gonner for sure. In past years I have lost ''healthy'' does within 36 hours of them giving birth. Maybe your doe has a touch of what ailed mine. Guess if it was me RLA I would knock her down so you can give her more meds, then back it up with a continuation of draxin through darting. Best of luck!
I know there is a clean out shot you can give that will cause the doe to try and deliver whats left in there if anything, but I have never tried giving it after that long. If she still has it in there infection is defianatly the best possible explanation. Rick
She had twin's, I will give her a heavy dose of Draxxin. She has no discharge or fowl smell. She was a bottle fed and I can get pretty close to her, not close enough to touch her but I can look her over pretty good. I will give her wormer as well when I have her down.
Buckskin said:
This shot you're talking about is called Oxytocin. It wouldn't be a bad idea to try it, but it also has a tendancy to aid in milk production, which might cause her more discomfort if she has no fawns to nurse.