How did the silly roe deer recover in Beijing Zoo after being informed of critical illness and now recovering？

The Beijing News According to the Beijing Zoo, there are two Siberian roe deer "bags" and "sisters" living in Luyuan on the west side of Beijing Zoo. "Bag" is the "Siberian roe deer with hairy horns" that attracts many tourists to take pictures, and the meek and timid one next to it is "sister". Now that they are chasing and running, who would have thought that "sister" was given a "critical notice" last year?

One day at the beginning of December last year, the breeder prepared feed for them as usual. During the observation, it was found that "Sister" had a poor appetite and walked unsteadily, so she immediately contacted the veterinarian, and under the guidance of the veterinarian, she was transferred to a cage suitable for treatment and nursing at the first time, and the grass was added to keep warm, and palatable food was added while feeding in a single circle and focusing on observation.

The next morning, the breeder found that the "sister" was lying down in the cage and could not stand, so he immediately contacted the veterinarian. The attending veterinarian rushed to the scene to treat him. When he saw that the animal was prostrate, listless, lost appetite, and basically unresponsive to touch, his condition was in a critical state. This kind of animal was in this state, and it was generally difficult to treat it. According to the preliminary diagnosis, because the "sister" has been raising cubs before, her physical strength is high, and when the temperature drops suddenly, there may be cold stress leading to illness. Veterinarians immediately carried out "infusion" treatment according to the requirements of health management, supplemented nutrition, and took blood samples for testing. The attending doctor said: "Unlike people who are sick, this state of animals may be a precursor to critical illness. It is very important to supplement nutrition and symptomatic treatment immediately."

In the next few days, breeders and veterinarians continued to observe the animal’s state and took targeted treatment and nursing measures to make the "sister" from losing her appetite to slowly recovering her appetite, from lying down and unable to stand to standing and stumbling on her own.

Under the professional treatment of veterinarians and careful maintenance of breeders, "Sister" has basically recovered at the end of February this year, which also makes its attending veterinarians and breeders breathe a sigh of relief.

According to the breeder, in order to supplement the nutrition of "Sister" after her illness, the breeder grinds jujube and peanuts into fine particles every day and adds rehydration salt and glucose to the drinking water, and feeds mulberry leaves and elm leaves to increase crude fiber components to promote gastrointestinal peristalsis.

The breeder in charge said: "My sister was greedy when she regained her appetite. She likes to eat dates and peanuts. Just like a sick child, she will give her more every time, but she should try to let her eat more coarse fiber feed according to the veterinarian’s advice." Because the "sister" has not recovered, the breeder needs to increase the frequency of feeding every day to make it eat less and eat more meals. In order to promote it to resume rumination, the veterinarian specially prepared "Simo Soup", which was fed by the breeder.

With the joint efforts of veterinarians and breeders, "Sister" finally returned to "Bao Bao" in March, running and chasing heartily in the animal house, and being a happy "silly" roe deer.

■ Tips

Under normal circumstances, the male Siberian roe deer loses its horns from November to December every year, and begins to grow new horns from January to February of the following year, and grows into velvet horns from March to April, and becomes unglued and ossified in May. Therefore, visitors who want to visit the "Siberian roe deer with hairy horns" should pay attention to the time and don’t miss it!

Editor Fan Yijing