Help!!!!

[La. Bone Collector]

First time mama having fawn. Already seen legs and head stick out a little during contractions. How long should I allow that to happen before I call vet to do C section?

[Bruce]

she should have them within an hour. too late for c section I think. it\they will need pulled if she can't have them natural.
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[Browning2]

Another thing as well unless she is a very tame doe and even if she is tame she may not have them with anybody there. Try and make sure to give her some time and room to do what she has to do. Good luck.

[redwood_river_whitetails]

I pulled one out a bottle fed doe last year with my hands. Watched for about 20 minutes before I decided that she had given up. She let me pull it out.....took about 3 pulls but he came out healthy.

[La. Bone Collector]

Thanks guys for your input! I had watched her try to have it by herself for an hour and finally she got the head and one leg out. The other one only partial
She was having it rough. She fell down after five minutes. Darted with half CC cocktail. Pulled fawn for first time. I was scared and nervous
Saw heart beating. Great. Rubbed dry with towel to stimulate while allowing head to hang down. Reversed mom. Carried both to shade tree. Moms up but groggy. Gave fawn 1/4cc reversal just in case! I need to know how long I should wait to get fawn some colostrum? I want mom to do it but still in recovery! I put her to mom tit while she was out sucked but nothing came out. How long guys? Thanks Jason.

[Bruce]

Jason,
The procedure we use is to keep mother trank'd while we rub/dry fawn vigorously until fawn is active enough to suck. If fawn isn't active within in 45-60 minutes we milk doe to give colostrum by bottle. More often than not mother will abandon fawn after this procedure. Tolazine is not good for newborns.
I would let mother alone for an hour to see if she accepts fawn.

For future ref. While mother is out we check for 2nd fawn..small hands long arms. Its tempting to pull loose attached afterbirth, don't.

[La. Bone Collector]

Thank you Bruce for your timely info. You have now helped me twice on this site. By the way Ebeneezer is still the biggest framed yearling to date hands down!

[WhitetailWoman]

just curious but wouldn't the tranq. meds be in the mothers milk? I had heard of someone doing it and it knocked the fawn out. just wondering........