This was exactly my thoughts. OP may have a recurring visitor. My neighbors had that and it was cool to watch nature outside your window. Especially babies!Also this will probably happen more frequently. When a doe finds a safe place, they will leave their fawns there. We have a large patch of blackberries. The does will frequently leave their babies their and come back.
Not the OP but I was looking for the photo of the one time I was immediately thinking of but couldn't find it where they very young baby was under the tree/bush. I have a ton of other deer photos though, my phone has cat photos and deer photos lolAnyone else wanting to see this baby deer?
Please show us the baby deer when/if it returns!
Sad story: As I said, there are lots of deer in our area (I was living across the street from the forest preserve). I was exiting the highway one day and there was a backup. When I got to the cause, I saw that a foal had been hit by a car, and the doe was lying next to it, protecting it. They both must have been so scared. I felt so bad.
Why couldn't they just leave them alone? Tiny things grow.I have a similar story. We were driving down a back road in New Jersey, and came upon a doe who had probably been hit by a car and was obviously dead. Two little fauns were just standing there with the body. We pulled over and called the cops, who advised us to call fish and wildlife and gave us the number. We waited for them and when they showed up to collect the babies I asked what would happen to them, and the two guys said they were terribly sorry but they'd likely be euthanized because they were so tiny. I cried all the way home. It's the saddest thing I've ever seen.
Likely they were too tiny to survive on their own. They were just standing there with the body. It's making me cry just remembering the poor things, now.Why couldn't they just leave them alone? Tiny things grow.
It's similar to how people get wildlife euthanized in national parks, some animals can't survive once something happens between mother (or herd) and them. That said I assume there's a cutoff for when truly baby deer could and couldn't live and some may be related to where someone lives with the environment (especially predators or lack of natural habitat and inability to relocate them or rehab them). I would hope that someone's wildlife department is making good choices about this and not just euthanizing indiscriminately.Why couldn't they just leave them alone? Tiny things grow.
If they were nursing, they would starve without their mother.Why couldn't they just leave them alone? Tiny things grow.
That’s such a great story!
I have a Bernese and can vouch ...they're an unusual mix of tenderness and loyal protection of their "people"That’s such a great story!
Yeah, and if you bring them in and bottle feed them, they'll likely have to live in captivity their whole life. And most zoos have enough deer, and they're so big and boundy they'd be almost impossible to keep, even on a farm.If they were nursing, they would starve without their mother.