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sick fawn ?

Joined Jul 2009
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had a two month old doe fawn come to the bottle Monday am with her rt front leg raised, no injury visible. Also acting a little disoriented. Ate bottle fine. I gave her 8mg Dex, thinking hit the fence.



Tues am she has lame back left leg, hock joint swollen, refuses bottle, looks a little bloated. 8mg Dex SQ given. She takes half a bottle later, refuses evening bottle.



Wed am laying flat , refuses bottle, still looks slightly bloated. 8mg Dex and 2cc C&D antitoxin given, also baby gas drops. Takes some milk, maybe 1/4 normal.



Thurs, worse, refuses bottle, acts like stomach cramping. 2cc C&D antitoxin, 8mg Dex



Does not look like any EHD I've seen. I cannot correlate the stomach issues with the leg issues. Any ideas?????
 
I would have the vet do a necropsy so if it ever happens again you will have some direction to take.