I have several fawns that all look to be under weight, some more then others. Not all my fawns are like this but it is more than just one. I have treated the herd's water with Corrid and I gave them some deworming pellets. I have also taken a couple stool samples to the vet and he has sent them to the university for a broader analysis. I am just wondering if anyone else has seen this and what have they done for it.?
Under weight fawns
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You say you treated with corrid. Why did you treat with corrid and when you treated did you give them the 5 day heavy treatment or did you use the 21 day treatment?? After your sample comes back then you will know for sure. If its not worms or coccidia then you will want to do something with their feed. You want to make sure its all balanced out and if needed you can add some other high fat products that will help them gain weight. Stupid question probably but are they getting enough of whatever you are feeding them? Are you giving them good alfalfa hay.If it comes back worms then i would say do the whole herd with ivomec plus injected so you know every animal is getting what they need. Sometimes with safeguard one adult deer will get alot and a fawn wont get any if you dont have the fawns in their own pen!! Ofcourse this i just my opinion!!! Good Luck!!!!
Yep good advice mike.......sometImes the deer will just look a little rough coming out of winter......rice bran will fatten them up as well...mix it in their feed......good luck!!
If it's just last year's fawn's, it is hard for a deer that is growing as fast as they are to look as heavy or filled out as your older deer. My fawn's have good hay and feed in front of them all of the time, have been wormed as they should but I would not say that they are fat. Healthy yes but not fat. Some look a bit thiner than the other's.
True enough...deer can look pretty ''ratty'' coming out of winter, yet still be healthy. It's no doubt the worst a healthy deer will look out of the whole year.
That being said, don't drop your guard Tail White. Continue as you are doing to seek a possible problem and keep an eye on them.
You got some good advice above...and nobody was trying to get you to drop your guard, they were letting you know that sometimes this time of the year our deer, and like RLA said, fawns especially, can just look like ''not so much'', and still be healthy. They told you that so you don't get ''wigged out'' and to give you some peace if your efforts of finding a problem show nothing.
Best of luck!
That being said, don't drop your guard Tail White. Continue as you are doing to seek a possible problem and keep an eye on them.
You got some good advice above...and nobody was trying to get you to drop your guard, they were letting you know that sometimes this time of the year our deer, and like RLA said, fawns especially, can just look like ''not so much'', and still be healthy. They told you that so you don't get ''wigged out'' and to give you some peace if your efforts of finding a problem show nothing.
Best of luck!
Thank you all for your posts, They are really appreciated. Here is a little more detail. I have 9 fawns from last year. I have noticed their spring growth has begun and they are all starting to grow quite rapidly again. They have food and hay available all the time. They do not eat much of the baled hay because there is quite a bit of natural growing hay available for them, and has been all winter because of the lack of snow. I would say all of the deer have lost some weight this sping but I feel there are a few that have lost more then they should have and it has become a concern. I will see if I can get some rice bran to add to their feed. They could all use a little fattening up. I am anxious for those test results, as it has been more then a week now. I hope we get them soon. Thanks again for all the help!
I picked up some Healthy Glo and added a little to their feed, well I guess they don't like it. They hardly ate any feed yesterday, Kind of the opposite of what I was looking for. So I cleaned it all out of the feeder and put in fresh food then poured that in a different feeder figuring if they eat it good if not no harm. Then I remembered I had some crushed acorn in the house, I got that and sprinkled it on and they seemed to like that most of them were eating out that feeder instead of the one with the fresh food. Anyway I am still waiting for the lab work to come back.
Here is a link to ADM's information page on Healty Glo.
http://www.admani.com/horse/Products/Horse Healthy GLO.htm
I have 2 primary feed stores that I use just depends what direction i am heading but both carry this product.
http://www.admani.com/horse/Products/Horse Healthy GLO.htm
I have 2 primary feed stores that I use just depends what direction i am heading but both carry this product.
The lab report finally came in and Good news is they found nothing, Bad news is we are still guessing, and the vet wants to run some more tests. Good news is with more tests we can either find the cause or rule out more diseases. I also talked to the vet about the food and water, while he does not suspect them we are running out of options, So I have contacted ADM and one of their nutritionalist has gotten in touch with me and I will be going over my whole feed plan with him. Thank you ADM!
