Diarrhea in 9 month old buck won’t clear up (currently on day 8)

I’ve got a 9 month old buck who presented with diarrhea 10/11/20. I did a fecal and it was negative. Famancha was a 1. So treated with Probios paste and Spectoguard. On 10/12/20 diarrhea was significantly worse and now had mucus in it. Famancha dropped to a 4. Temp was 102.6. I did another fecal and it was still negative, so I started the buck on Sulfadimethoxine 40% for coccidia. I also repeated Probios paste and Spectoguard along with giving 30mls of pepto, Red Cell, Vitamin B Complex and Normosol R SQ fluids. I have continued all of these meds and the only change I’m seeing is the mucus is gone and the diarrhea isn’t so watery. The buck is still very lively and is eating and drinking great.

*At the same time this buck presented with diarrhea I had a 6 month old start having diarrhea the same day. I gave the exact same meds and on day two of Sulfadimethoxine his diarrhea started firming up and on day 4 it was back to normal pellets*

 

He is on Coastal Bermuda hay and browse and I’ve added beet pulp and alfalfa pellets to his diet to help put weight back on him but he eats less than a handful of it a day.

 

It is brown and smells like normal feces. It did stink when their was mucus in it but not now.

 

He’s on Normosol R fluids. I’m giving 600mls, SQ, twice a day. I’ll look into the herbal meds

 

They have sweetlix loose minerals free choice but they’ve had then for over a year and I last bought new pails of them about 2 months ago, so it shouldn’t be the minerals

 

He was treated with Draxxin and Dex yesterday and my CD Antitoxin came in yesterday and I gave him 10mls. This morning his stool has firmed up a lot. So I’m not sure what was wrong but his diarrhea is clearing up.

 

My vet gave me 2 extra doses of draxxin, but he told me to give it in 4 days. Which I believe when I had a kid with aspiration pneumonia he told me to give a dose on day 1,4 and 7.

 

I did another fecal today and I’m now seeing a lot of strongyle eggs. I dewormed 10/13 with Equimax and Valbazen and gave another dose 10/20. He had about 20-25 eggs on the slide and I usually deworm at 10+ eggs. Should I use another dewormer instead of the two I’ve been using? Or just wait until 10/30 and do another round of the Equimax and Valbazen?

also isn’t the dosage for draxxin 1ml per 100lbs? I noticed on the 2 syringes of draxxin the vet sent home both contain 1ml each and my buck probably currently weighs 35-40lbs.

 

He is still improving. His Famancha is now a 2 and he is still passing normal pelleted poop. He’s starting to fill back out and still has a good appetite. Although for the past 3 days he’s been foaming at the mouth. It’s not much and when I first saw it I thought he had choked on his feed but he hadn’t. It seems like it’s happening constantly, anytime I go out to check on him he’s got foam all around his mouth.