Shock Effect Bacteria, Probiotic, Enzymes and the Deer Stomach

Shock Effects has numerous benefits designed specifically for whitetails.  Read about the stomach of the deer and how Shock Effect can help improve your deer's performance.  E-mail Me for more information or to order some.

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Shock Effect Fawn Gel

Shock Effect Fawn Gel gets your fawns started with a boost.  It is also great if you have a fawn that just isn't performing like you think it should.  With the probiotics, vitamins and charcoal you can increase survivability of your fawns.  Charcoal is important to keep on hand for combating poisoning and some bacterial infections such as E. coli.  If your fawns get diarrhea give them a dose of Fawn Gel immediately!  E-mail Me for more information or for ordering some.

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Louisiana Bred Does for Sale

We have some more Louisiana bred does and fawns for sale from our 200"+ pen.  We need to make more room for our new additions from our 2-year old breeders and X-Factor.  Great deals on group sales.

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Whitetail Rack Ranch fawn edema

We have had problems with this little guy and his brother off and on since they were born.  We found both of them in the pen and didn't appear that they had nursed.  Both were premature and weak.  Their front legs bent backwards at the joint and they couldn't stand without assistance.  We immediately took them in and gave them colostrum.  This one is Heat Stroke.  My wife, Annette, gave him the name because when he could finally walk he would wobble around the yard until he got tired and collapse.  He would often be hot in in full sun.  Once when she found him he had convulsions.  She said he must have had a heat stroke, thus his name.  She would often pick him up, limp, with his head drooping and drooling. 

We've had conversations with Dr. Chris Sullivan, at Sullivan Veterinary Clinic as we were recently treating Heat Stroke for diarrhea.  He would look great and then have health issues like pneumonia or diarrhea.  We'd turn him around and then have problems again.  Dr. Chris and I think it's because they never got colostrum before we gave it to them.  We check the pens daily for new fawns but the first 12 hours is critical.

The swelling in this picture is edema, a swelling cause by fluid trapped under the skin.  This picture is typical of a large parasite load.  We had a fecal sample run but it didn't show parasites were exceptionally heavy.  We had wormed him with Ivomec and Safeguard within the last month.  Since he did show 2 strongyles, Dr. Chris suggested we worm him again with Cydectin.  We always worm for more than one day.  You should ask your vet but I usually worm at twice the cattle dose for 3 days.  Deer have a higher metabolism rate than cattle and I want to make sure they keep the drug in their system long enough to work.

Heat Stroke's edema could have been from parasites but since the load was not severe I think it may have been because of his lack of nutrient uptake from the diarrhea.  He may have poor immune system response because of his lack of colostrum at birth. 

We finally got the diarrhea under control using Arrest.  We used Banamine for inflammation in the gut on a limited basis.  He had 104.1 fever one day and the Banamine had it down to normal the next.  Talk to your vet before using Banamine about the complications from stomach irritation.  He finally got to the point he would not eat.  We lost his brother a couple of days earlier with the same symptoms.  Dr. Chris had me give Heat Stroke one dose of Dexamethasone and some B-12.  He said it would stimulate his appetite.  Dexamethasone can cause immune system compromise from multiple doses so weigh the options with your vet.  It took about 48 hours but Heat Stroke started eating voraciously!  I gave him Karo syrup and some molasses.  His edema was gone the next day.  His stool had started firming up but the Karo and molasses loosened him up again for about a day.  He's going pellets now and has gained weight.  We may always have trouble with him but he's turned the corner from death again.  Being bottle fed makes him easier to handle.  He'll come out of the handler and stand there for you to pet him. 

Hope this gives you some ideas if you have similar problems.

Louisiana bred does and fawns for sale

We still have some bred does for sale at our Louisiana ranch.  The genetic background on our does ranges from 200" to over 400" and we'll have a large group of fawns next spring from X-Factor giving us over 500" genetics, the highest in the country.  Our doe fawns from our 200"-344" gentics pen are weaned and ready for release into your hunt pens to increase your genetic base or for use as breeders in your breeding program.  Here is a list of some of the bucks in our background. E-mail me for more information.
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X-Factor 509 6/8” (official 2010 World Record)

Rolex 441”

RDM Goliath 429”

High Roller 418”

Blue Mountain Bill 347“

Big Jake 344”

30-30 300”+

Northern Gold 292” @ 4

Soaring Eagle 290” B&C @ 4 year

MO Geronimo  288”

Jack the Ripper 284”

Max 270”

Redoy Magnum 267 at 5 ½ years old

Sundance 262” (High Roller sire)

Thunder 262”

Redoy Bill" 256

Kujo 255”  sired over 20 200”+ sons

PA Geronimo 251” at 6.5 years old

Outrageous 250”

Narley 175” at 1, 255” at 2 (largest ever Soaring Eagle son)

Hatchet Jack 241”

Tex 240”

Redoy Penn  232”@5

Thor 226”@4

Buford 204” w/30 ½” inside spread @ 4

Internal Parasites of Fawns

One of the most common problems of fawn death is internal parasites. Does should be wormed just before fawning, as parasites can be transmitted to the fetus in the womb. Fawns may be wormed at birth if you're handling them anyway. Check with your veterinarian for proper dosage and administration.