farmerjan
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Sorry that the doeling has the problems, but glad that the vet could get a handle on it. Sounds like they have some good knowledge and experience. Having a good relationship with a vet is so important.
They had the worms when you got them but since they had not gone through any stressors, they did not overwhelm them. You buying them were a stressor, not that you did anything wrong. When this happens, their immune system also gets tested and that is where the pneumonia came in.
Strangely enough, pneumonia will hit as often or more often in hot weather as in cold damp "pneumonia weather" that we all talk about. See it even in calves when we wean in the "nicer weather".... respiratory problems.....
Hope she continues to improve and you can find her another buddy. Let us know how things go....
They had the worms when you got them but since they had not gone through any stressors, they did not overwhelm them. You buying them were a stressor, not that you did anything wrong. When this happens, their immune system also gets tested and that is where the pneumonia came in.
Strangely enough, pneumonia will hit as often or more often in hot weather as in cold damp "pneumonia weather" that we all talk about. See it even in calves when we wean in the "nicer weather".... respiratory problems.....
Hope she continues to improve and you can find her another buddy. Let us know how things go....
