Newborn Fawn

iLoveMyBabyCairo · 06-03-2009, 12:19 PM

Alright, so I'm still in North Carolina and i was outside trying to make a phone call when I looked down into the flower garden to find a VERY newborn baby fawn (maybe a day old? two days old max)... I don't know what to do for it! It's SO hot out... I know not to touch it or anything like that.

I called my friend (whose parents' house I'm staying at) and she said to just let it be and the mom will come back for it...but it's been like 2 hours now and I just checked to see if it was there and it still is, curled up sleeping in the greenery.

I feel like I should call the DNR or something? It's SO tiny. Eek.

Any advice? Thanks!

EQD · 06-03-2009, 12:22 PM

leave it alone. dont touch it, dont move it. dont go around it if possible
mother deer leave babies alone for several hours at a time so predators wont be attracted to it.

Sooo many people think that the fawn has been 'abandoned' when they see this but really its just waiting. 9 times out of 10 the mother comes back by dusk and takes the baby and relocates it.

iLoveMyBabyCairo · 06-03-2009, 12:24 PM

Really? Several hours? So I shouldn't be worried about it then? He/she's just sooo tiny and it's soo unbearably hot (90ish).

There are 3 dogs here wanting to go out, I hope mom deer comes back soon. (I know better than to let the dogs out)

**avman** · 06-03-2009, 12:25 PM

Yeah it's common for the mother deer to stash the fawn in a place she feels is safe and then go off foraging. I've stumbled on a fawn in my backyard once or twice and just backed off and left it alone. Eventually momma deer comes back for the fawn and off they go.

EQD · 06-03-2009, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by iLoveMyBabyCairo

Really? Several hours? So I shouldn't be worried about it then? He/she's just sooo tiny and it's soo unbearably hot (90ish).

There are 3 dogs here wanting to go out, I hope mom deer comes back soon. (I know better than to let the dogs out)

yep. when fawns are born they have no natural scent. the more time the mother spends with the fawn the more scent transferrs to it. which is why they deposit their baby and only come back once in a while to let it nurse until it is older.
its pretty interesting.

i wouldnt worry about the heat.

iLoveMyBabyCairo · 06-03-2009, 12:27 PM

Hmmm...okay, thanks.. I just worry! He's sooo cute and sweet looking. I never realized the mom would leave them for so long

hersmudders · 06-03-2009, 12:35 PM

Take a picture!!!

EQD · 06-03-2009, 12:37 PM

^Next thing we see on her avatar is her with a big thumbs up and a baby sleeping fawn in the background, and in the back baacckk ground we see a pissed off and curious mama deer. lol

ghost69 · 06-03-2009, 12:40 PM

got a grill?

does cairo see it? play buddy.

renaissancewoman101 · 06-03-2009, 12:54 PM

yeah, take a pic.

I'm curious to see how the fawn looks like.

06-03-2009, 12:19 PM	#1
iLoveMyBabyCairo Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Liverpool, where the sun never shines. Gender: Female Age: 22 Posts: 6,037	Newborn Fawn Alright, so I'm still in North Carolina and i was outside trying to make a phone call when I looked down into the flower garden to find a VERY newborn baby fawn (maybe a day old? two days old max)... I don't know what to do for it! It's SO hot out... I know not to touch it or anything like that. I called my friend (whose parents' house I'm staying at) and she said to just let it be and the mom will come back for it...but it's been like 2 hours now and I just checked to see if it was there and it still is, curled up sleeping in the greenery. I feel like I should call the DNR or something? It's SO tiny. Eek. Any advice? Thanks! __________________ JenSocietyOfSloreMaking!© --Lionel Hutz No that's not how you express love! You express your love by calling her a dirty little ***** and slapping her in the face with your penis! --hersmudders...always classy.

06-03-2009, 12:22 PM	#2
EQD Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Gender: Female Age: 22 Posts: 5,972	leave it alone. dont touch it, dont move it. dont go around it if possible mother deer leave babies alone for several hours at a time so predators wont be attracted to it. Sooo many people think that the fawn has been 'abandoned' when they see this but really its just waiting. 9 times out of 10 the mother comes back by dusk and takes the baby and relocates it. __________________ http://sumitsays.com/2009/05/29/in-your-headlights/

06-03-2009, 12:24 PM	#3
iLoveMyBabyCairo Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Liverpool, where the sun never shines. Gender: Female Age: 22 Posts: 6,037	Really? Several hours? So I shouldn't be worried about it then? He/she's just sooo tiny and it's soo unbearably hot (90ish). There are 3 dogs here wanting to go out, I hope mom deer comes back soon. (I know better than to let the dogs out) __________________ JenSocietyOfSloreMaking!© --Lionel Hutz No that's not how you express love! You express your love by calling her a dirty little ***** and slapping her in the face with your penis! --hersmudders...always classy.

06-03-2009, 12:25 PM	#4
avman Offline Administrator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Minnesota Gender: Male Age: 42 Posts: 6,524	Yeah it's common for the mother deer to stash the fawn in a place she feels is safe and then go off foraging. I've stumbled on a fawn in my backyard once or twice and just backed off and left it alone. Eventually momma deer comes back for the fawn and off they go. __________________ "Children are a wonderful gift . . . They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are." Desmond Tutu

06-03-2009, 12:27 PM	#6
iLoveMyBabyCairo Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Liverpool, where the sun never shines. Gender: Female Age: 22 Posts: 6,037	Hmmm...okay, thanks.. I just worry! He's sooo cute and sweet looking. I never realized the mom would leave them for so long __________________ JenSocietyOfSloreMaking!© --Lionel Hutz No that's not how you express love! You express your love by calling her a dirty little ***** and slapping her in the face with your penis! --hersmudders...always classy.

06-03-2009, 12:35 PM	#7
hersmudders Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: 6151 Richmond St, Miami, Florida Gender: Female Age: 27 Posts: 8,311	Take a picture!!! __________________ "yeah but i want a glow in the dark clone of my penis!!!!"--Epicproportion Spay or neuter your pets! Don't breed or buy while shelter animals die! Remember to click "helpful post" if something on a thread was helpful!

06-03-2009, 12:37 PM	#8
EQD Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Gender: Female Age: 22 Posts: 5,972	^Next thing we see on her avatar is her with a big thumbs up and a baby sleeping fawn in the background, and in the back baacckk ground we see a pissed off and curious mama deer. lol __________________ http://sumitsays.com/2009/05/29/in-your-headlights/

06-03-2009, 12:40 PM	#9
ghost69 Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Desert Gender: Male Posts: 33,436	got a grill? does cairo see it? play buddy. __________________ Not only am I friendly, but I'm invisible too. Too perfect of a relationship is too weird-g69 If you say you are normal, I'd think you are weird-g69 The world can only get better, it depends on how you look at it-g69 'As wicked as you are, you're beautiful to me'-5fingerdeathpunch you cannot control the world, you can only live in it the best you can for you-g69 NooOoOoooOOoOoOoooooo

06-03-2009, 12:54 PM	#10
renaissancewoman101 Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: the land by the sea Gender: Female Age: 36 Posts: 8,564	yeah, take a pic. I'm curious to see how the fawn looks like.