Alright, seeing as i have no previous experience with deer this is probably going to start a big war.... but lets just try and focus on saving my little deer.
A friend and I were riding our horses through a field just below our barn and we came across two baby deer, One already dead. There was a dead mother deer not too far away and we assumed they we're from her. We left the babies alone and waited approx 3 hours to see if they were maybe from a different deer, but no other Doe came. The field is very large and very wide open, so it was clear there was no mother deer.
We took the one baby home, she was weak and cold. She got better for a few days and now she's takin a turn for the worst without us having changed anything. She was really bouncy and hoppy and now she can't stand on her own, and she has trouble holding her head up.
She's reluctant to eat and it's sometimes quite a work out to get her to poop.. if at all. When she does poop they are dark in color and semi hard, However She's currently not pooping and we can't seem to get her to now.
We have her on a goat milk replacer (Best available here, Deer are considered extreme pests) Goats milk unflavored yogurt for some probiotics and Electrolytes to help rehydrate her and such.
Is there anything else i can be doing? Anything i should be feeding? Routines i should be doing? Amounts? times?
She also has Bumps on her nose? they are semi crusty, Someone said its caused from milk? similar to what human babies get? There's also what feels like small scabs on the inside of her ears, they don't appear to be sensitive and they come right off to the touch.
And yes, She's bottle fed, but she doesn't like to succle on the bottle, we often have to use a syringe to get her to eat.
Sorry this is Kind of scattered, just trying to fill you in as best as possible without missing anything.
Any advice would be great, Really looking to avoid having a casualty.
Thanks SO much.
A friend and I were riding our horses through a field just below our barn and we came across two baby deer, One already dead. There was a dead mother deer not too far away and we assumed they we're from her. We left the babies alone and waited approx 3 hours to see if they were maybe from a different deer, but no other Doe came. The field is very large and very wide open, so it was clear there was no mother deer.
We took the one baby home, she was weak and cold. She got better for a few days and now she's takin a turn for the worst without us having changed anything. She was really bouncy and hoppy and now she can't stand on her own, and she has trouble holding her head up.
She's reluctant to eat and it's sometimes quite a work out to get her to poop.. if at all. When she does poop they are dark in color and semi hard, However She's currently not pooping and we can't seem to get her to now.
We have her on a goat milk replacer (Best available here, Deer are considered extreme pests) Goats milk unflavored yogurt for some probiotics and Electrolytes to help rehydrate her and such.
Is there anything else i can be doing? Anything i should be feeding? Routines i should be doing? Amounts? times?
She also has Bumps on her nose? they are semi crusty, Someone said its caused from milk? similar to what human babies get? There's also what feels like small scabs on the inside of her ears, they don't appear to be sensitive and they come right off to the touch.
And yes, She's bottle fed, but she doesn't like to succle on the bottle, we often have to use a syringe to get her to eat.
Sorry this is Kind of scattered, just trying to fill you in as best as possible without missing anything.
Any advice would be great, Really looking to avoid having a casualty.
Thanks SO much.
