Hi there, really looking for guidance.
Have had this fawn a little over a week. Was feeding 6oz. kid milk x3 a day and she was loving life. Has access to clean dirt, water ect.. She spiked a fever last Monday and I started her on 3 days of Penicillin last week (Monday - Wednesday) and she came out of it great.
Last Thursday I think she bloated. Had that million mile away stare with eyes half open, head titled back, can't get comfortable, shivering yet no fever, etc. That was 2 hours after her bottle. I stimulated her to poop, massaged her left side and after a few hours she was back to normal and acting starved.
I started her back on the bottle Thursday night and added baby gas (Simethicone) drops (3mL), cut her milk back and mixed it with Gatorade and made sure she took breaks during feeding. I let her have 1 oz. She seemed okay.
The following morning, Friday, I let her have 3oz. and all seemed great! She did have audible bubbly tummy sounds and she would grind her teeth maybe 3-4 times right before falling asleep. She would also do this weird eye twitch after feeding, only in the left eye. She had a total of 12oz. milk/Gatorade on Friday across 6 feedings.
Saturday went great, 14oz of straight milk across 5 feedings with Simethicone drops, peed, pooped just fine, no signs of discomfort, teeth grinding stopped, no eye twitch.
Sunday went great, 15oz of straight milk across 5 feedings with Simethicone drops, peed, pooped just fine, no signs of discomfort, teeth grinding stopped, no eye twitch. I did notice she was sleeping a lot but just assumed she was growing. Last feeding was at 11:15PM.
Monday morning (today) I checked her at 1:30AM and BOOM, acting bloated again. I gave her 6mL. Simethicone and massaged her left side. She seemed to come out of it. 7:30AM she went to her water bowl and began drinking. I'd say she got a cup of water in her before I took it away. Within minutes she was VERY uncomfortable again. I dosed her with baking soda and within minutes she was much more relaxed and normal. She was acting like she was starving at 1:30PM (roughly 14 hours since her last bottle/milk) so I figured I'd chance it....1oz. Gatorade, 1oz. milk, 1/8 teaspoon baking soda, 3mL Simethicone drops, served barely warm and made her take breaks while eating. I pinched the nipple off so she really has to work for it. I made her take 8 minutes to finish 2 oz......within an hour (2:20PM) BOOM bloat. Had to hit her with baking soda again and she went and laid down/to sleep.
What am I doing wrong here? I cannot find any C&D Antitoxin. How about Probiotics (I can get Probios Dispersible Powder)? Should I be doing anything differently? I did get new nipples that should slow her consumption down. I'm just at a loss with how to proceed from here. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Have had this fawn a little over a week. Was feeding 6oz. kid milk x3 a day and she was loving life. Has access to clean dirt, water ect.. She spiked a fever last Monday and I started her on 3 days of Penicillin last week (Monday - Wednesday) and she came out of it great.
Last Thursday I think she bloated. Had that million mile away stare with eyes half open, head titled back, can't get comfortable, shivering yet no fever, etc. That was 2 hours after her bottle. I stimulated her to poop, massaged her left side and after a few hours she was back to normal and acting starved.
I started her back on the bottle Thursday night and added baby gas (Simethicone) drops (3mL), cut her milk back and mixed it with Gatorade and made sure she took breaks during feeding. I let her have 1 oz. She seemed okay.
The following morning, Friday, I let her have 3oz. and all seemed great! She did have audible bubbly tummy sounds and she would grind her teeth maybe 3-4 times right before falling asleep. She would also do this weird eye twitch after feeding, only in the left eye. She had a total of 12oz. milk/Gatorade on Friday across 6 feedings.
Saturday went great, 14oz of straight milk across 5 feedings with Simethicone drops, peed, pooped just fine, no signs of discomfort, teeth grinding stopped, no eye twitch.
Sunday went great, 15oz of straight milk across 5 feedings with Simethicone drops, peed, pooped just fine, no signs of discomfort, teeth grinding stopped, no eye twitch. I did notice she was sleeping a lot but just assumed she was growing. Last feeding was at 11:15PM.
Monday morning (today) I checked her at 1:30AM and BOOM, acting bloated again. I gave her 6mL. Simethicone and massaged her left side. She seemed to come out of it. 7:30AM she went to her water bowl and began drinking. I'd say she got a cup of water in her before I took it away. Within minutes she was VERY uncomfortable again. I dosed her with baking soda and within minutes she was much more relaxed and normal. She was acting like she was starving at 1:30PM (roughly 14 hours since her last bottle/milk) so I figured I'd chance it....1oz. Gatorade, 1oz. milk, 1/8 teaspoon baking soda, 3mL Simethicone drops, served barely warm and made her take breaks while eating. I pinched the nipple off so she really has to work for it. I made her take 8 minutes to finish 2 oz......within an hour (2:20PM) BOOM bloat. Had to hit her with baking soda again and she went and laid down/to sleep.
What am I doing wrong here? I cannot find any C&D Antitoxin. How about Probiotics (I can get Probios Dispersible Powder)? Should I be doing anything differently? I did get new nipples that should slow her consumption down. I'm just at a loss with how to proceed from here. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!