Re-curring scours in doe

Hey gang - we have a doe that is the definition of a see-saw. She was pretty sick early this spring - very thin, terrible scours, really didn't expect her to survive, and we treated her very aggressively with tetradure, dimethox, probiotics. Needless to say, she did not deliver fawns, but she made a recovery, to almost 100%, but now she is back and forth with scours. Holding her weight and has a good appetite, but will get liquid, then toothpaste, then back to liquid. Over the last several months, we have treated the water with auromycin, dimethox, given her more tetradure, put out medicated coccidia pellets..... I am at a loss on what else to do for her. Not a tame doe, so requires darting for injections, which is why we have tried so many oral treatements. Been keeping her in a pen alone, so that she gets the meds we are putting out, just don't know what else to try with her.



Any advice???

Thanks, Scott. I'll look into getting it around here, or ordering.

Thanks for the feedback, Jeff.

Sulfadimethoxine, is Di-Methox soluable. That tends to be my first line of attack - I really like the sulfa based meds because they are so broad spectrum and are very easy on the organs.



Thanks, DC. I have gotten a few personal emails and phone calls with suggestions and advice. Seems a lot of folks are really reluctant to throw out advice on here these days. Have we shot ourselves in the foot just a little, or what!?!?!?!?



Sara Evans is one of my favorites, thanks for the compliment!

I'm going to take the advise that 2 different people came up with, and back this doe down on the protein level she is getting, up her roughage, and see what that gets me. The logic here is that when nursing, or in this doe's case, rebuilding her body condition from being sick, the high protein is used up. This time of year (ref. weaning season), and now that she is back to normal weight and in maintenance mode, the high protein may be too much, and might be causing the scours. I'll let you all know how it goes. Come Monday, if there isn't any change, I will also be looking into getting a stool sample analyzed.



Thanks everyone that offered up thoughts and suggestions.