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  1. D

    sick fawn

    rehabber I know got a fawn today, maybe 15 pounds, male. It was found walking down the middle of the road. It seems disoriented. It has no injuries showing. It stands with front legs apart, usually head down. It has turned its head hard to it's left shoulder and held it there. Its head wobbles...
  2. I

    Muscus Poop 4 week old fawn

    I have a 4 week olf fawn who's having mucus poops.  It's yellow, and like snot.  I've run an Albon treatment which cleared up the blood she had her first week, but the poop has gone from soft brown to just yellow mucus now.  I'm giving her probiotics in her bottle, and offer her grain, dirt...
  3. Deep Rooted Whitetails

    3 month Buck Fawn with limp

    I know this may be hard to pin point but looking for some advice. In 5 years never had this happen and I know most of you have probably seen this. Today I walked down to the fawn pens and my 3 month old buck fawn has a bad limp. Front left leg. He would put pressure on it when he walked. I...
  4. B

    7 week old fawn with pneumonia

    What meds would yall suggests for 7 week old bottle fed fawns??
  5. R

    HELP, my 9 week old fawn wont eat

    I have a 9 week old fawn whose mother died when he was 3 days old.  I keep him in a 30 by 40 foot pen.  I feed him goat's milk in a bottle with a nipple on it and also some leaves, but I have never been able to get him to eat his alfalfa pellets or his commercial feed with molasses, grain, corn...
  6. N

    fawn down - need help!

    (40,40,40); We have a two month old doe fawn, we noticed this morning she had one ear drooping and was shaking her head a bit. it almost seemed like a fly got into it and was annoying her. she's been energetic, eating well, no scours, no cough, no drippy nose. No other symptoms. This evening we...
  7. I

    Losing hoof -fawn

    I have about a month and a half old buck fawn, now on the bottle.  He was brought in with a terrible case of e.coli, but he has recovered since.  He recieved an injection (can't remember the name of the drug offhand). in his back hindquarter, to which a day later he started to knuckle on his...
  8. R

    Bloated and lethargic fawn

    I have a buck fawn who is about a month old. He is very bloated and lethargic. Took his temperature its at 98.7. Have given him antitoxin and 1cc of penicillin for 3 days now, not getting any better. His stool is normal and he is peeing on his own. Does anyone know of anything else I can do for...
  9. A

    Fawn Hit The Fence

    I am a wild life rehabber and I have a fawn that got spooked and hit the fence yesterday morning.   So far:   She weighs 22 lbs   Gave .03 cc Banamine within minutes of the hit.   Got Dex and gave 1/2 cc 2 hours after the hit.   Has no use of  both front legs.   Initially...
  10. D

    Breeding Using a Buck Fawn

    As I sit here pondering breeding and ai this upcoming fall, i am wondering what everyone's opinions are on using a fawn to breed? I know it's risky with him not having horns yet so i would be breeding him purely on pedigree. (which by the way is Energizer/Texas Tea) The does i want to put in...
  11. toddhoeffel

    Blister on fawn noses

    I'll have to get some pictures when I get home, but I have 3 out of 7 bottle fed fawns, that have what looks like a blister started on the end of their nose.   To me, I thought irritation on the end of the bottle, or maybe a bee sting.   They all look well, eat grain, clover, etc, and...
  12. J

    Fawn Digestive Health

    I have a fawn with droppings covered in a yellow film. The fawn has tons of energy and isn't acting out of the ordinary, but droppings had a bright Orange film and now yellow. What is this indicating? Any natural remedies?
  13. Jack

    Fawn chews on wire and presses head to corner

    Well even old guys can have something new happen when raising fawns.  Started today with weakness.  Think it had too much sun as it didn't come out of the sun and go to the barn.  Went from weakness to flat on the ground in shed.  Bottle fed a little.  Now it is up but pushes it's head to the...
  14. MuleyBreederBen

    Bloated Fawn

    I have a fawn that is bloated. Tried thiamine and probiotics first. No luck. Tried pepto. No luck. Small amounts of antibiotics. No luck. Finally put a tube down her esophagus and into the rumen and relieved the pressure. Then put veg. Oil and dissolved baking soda in her stomach through the...
  15. M

    broken leg of a month old fawn.

    I got a call today on a fawn that was stuck in fence. it has a broken leg, its not up by shoulder so growth plate isn't involved. I stabilized it with popcycle sticks on both sides,wrapped it with cotton wrap then bandage. The other rehabilitater is tied up on calls and other broken bone...
  16. A

    Rehab fawn with serious skin issues

    Hello,   I am a Wildlife Rehabber and I have never seen anything like this. Hoping someone can help.   Fawn History:   Intake: last night around 7 pm   Was Caught in flood waters. Found washed against a fence covered in washed up brush etc. Had to cut her out of the wire. Minimal...
  17. I

    Fawn won't eat grain: wry nose

    I have a fawn with a crooked face [aka wry nose/ mouth syndrom].  Loves his bottle, and munches his clover, and we've had him hanging out with the other babies hoping he will learn to eat grain like they do.  I've tried sneaking feed in his mouth but he just spits it out.  Is there anything else...
  18. M

    sick fawn

    I recently started wildlife rehab and needless to say right after I finished my class the calls started rolling in. I have one that was fed goats milk then the people fed it baby formula. The fawn was very weak when I got him. I finally got him stronger and no diarrhea but he was still on the...
  19. J

    Why did this fawn die? Ideas?

    In addition to my struggles with my own fawns (see other post) I got a shock first thing this morning, finding a 4 week old doe fawn that I was raising for the previous owner of my adults dead in the fawn pen. I had gotten her 2 weeks ago, caught off of her mom, after three days she quit being...
  20. R

    Sick newborn fawn

    Randall owner of Waldrep Whitetail Farm here in Alabama. We had a fawn born last night that we found this morning to tag. When we located the buck fawn he was laying head down and ants were biting him around his eyes and rectum. We clean him up, removed all the ants, and checked his temp which...
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