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    Help week old Fawn.

    Help Fawn has hard ears! Hi, I have taken in an abandoned Fawn that is now about two weeks old. She was touch an go at first but now she seems to be doing much better. She is eating and walks around just fine but recently I have noticed that her ears are not only curling but are hard and seem...
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    10 week fawn suddenly cannot stand

    I have a 10 week old bottle fed doe fawn that seems very healthy, but suddenly can’t Stand. I seen her playing this morning and fall, I thought it was just her playing too hard. Now she obviously cannot get up or stand. Little muscle control and balance. Has not had any issues until now. She has...
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    Raising a two week old fawn

    We have a fawn saved from a dog, never could find his mother and couldn't put him back due to the dogs. We've had him almost 2 weeks now and figure he was 1 or 2 days old when he was rescued. He's been eating good, won't take the bottle until I force it into his mouth but once it's in he goes to...
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    2 week old fawn with weak legs and dizziness

    I found a newborn fawn in the woods when I was four wheeling. I set up my dads trail cam to watch it and after 2 and a half days the mother never came back. I couldn’t just leave it there so me and my parents took it in and fed it goat milk and colostrum for all species. It was eating really...
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    6 week old Fawn losing hair

    Hello - I see quite a few posts about this but not many that say what ended up happening. After changing diet, adding vitamins and getting them outside more did the hair grow back? And did it grow back baby coat or once the spots are gone they are gone and the hair that grows back with will be...
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    3 Week old Fawn

    Hey Guys I have a 3 week old Axis fawn and she is very picky I am bottle feeding her often and in the past 2 days I have had to force feed her although she was never a very easy eater. She doesnt show a desire to eat at all but it using the bathroom just fine She will walk around...
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    3 week old baby deer little buck

    Hi everyone I/ we are new to this site, however I hope we can help with our knowledge. We have a 3 week old little buck who is good most of the time. After we feed him, there are times his back legs start to drop. We are not sure what to do or what is he not getting. We feed him Unimilk...
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    3 week old fawn - very lethargic and can’t stand

    I’m pretty new to deer farming and need some advise from any seasoned farmers out there. I found a 3 week old fawn on Thursday night who was laying on his side, very lethargic and could not stand. I assumed he was dehydrated so we took him in the house and have been giving him shots of vit B...
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    3 week old fawn

    Put 1cc ivermec on 3 week old fawn. Its now very lethargic. Gave it Vitamin B complex orally, at this point now just sleeping and wont Stand on her own. Any help would be appreciated.
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    5 week old orphan

    We recently lost the mother to two fawns. One fawn we were bottle raising, but the buck fawn was with the mother. We were able to get our hands on him yesterday, and noticed lots of rattling in his lungs. We gave 1/2cc Resflor gold yesterday. Any other help would be appreciated.
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    Hand Reared - 5 Week Old Fawn

    I have been taking care of an abandoned 5 Week Old male Fawn. Everything seemed to be going well upto now and he is constantly grinding his teeth and is not keeping anything down, after feeding over a period of time he keeps bringing everything up, and see other bits of food hes eaten before he...
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    2 week old fawn

    I have a 2 week old fawn on mama has white dirrahera fawn look good and healthy any ideas thanks in advance
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    Fawn on week 3 with Scours HELP!

    I have a fawn that was rejected by the mother. I gave her colostrum and probiotic paste before 24hrs old. But she soon after began with the scours and a whistle when breathing. I was told to treat this w 2cc Tylen 50 and 1cc the next day which I did. This fixed the breathing issue. Since then I...
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    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...
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    7 week old fawn with pneumonia

    What meds would yall suggests for 7 week old bottle fed fawns??
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    Help, my 7 week old bottle fed fawns are not defecting yet...

    My 7 week old bottle fed twin fawns are not pooping on their own yet. They were both less than 4 pounds when they were born and late bloomers. So, we have been continuing to stimulate them. How long should we let them go before we try an enema or something else?
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    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...
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    4 week old not drinking water?

    I am rescuing my first fawn, this is a great site for information, thanks! I have had a bowl of water available to 'Buck Rogers' since we found him 4 weeks ago. I have NEVER seen him drink any of it.  He takes 4 bottles a day (1qt) of milk like a champ. He is growing and gaining, eating...
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    2 week fawn help!

    I have a 2 week old doe fawn. She has from the start not wanted to eat. Acts hungry then sucks a few times and turns away. We've tube fed and gotten all her meals in her. We noticed she was bloating, we've given antitoxin, penicillin, simethicone drops and probiotics. For 2 days she's been off...
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    3 Great Pyrenees pups born this week

    I have a friend about 20 miles from me whose female GP had four pups this week. I am going to buy one of the female pups. Our bale has been a wonderful help patrolling our pens. There are three more. They could be weened at Christmas and would make nice presents. They are in eastern Indiana...
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