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Post by june on Jun 22, 2022 10:27:22 GMT -6
Rescued this fawn this morning. I know we're suppose to leave found fawns alone, but this one definitely needed help. Eyes matted shut and head covered with flies and ticks. I don't think it would have lasted another day. Called Wildcare Oklahoma (in Noble, OK)...they said to bring it in, but I didn't have any transportation. They put out a request for a volunteer to help and within two hours I had a call from a man in Edmond (hour north of me) and he picked up the fawn at my house and transported to Wildcare (in Noble, an hour south of me.) So thankful for kind caring people.
I think this is the 2nd time I've found this fawn. Had one born in the back yard 2 or 3 weeks ago--to a tiny, young mother. She spends a lot of time at my house and frequently sleeps here, but have not seen her lately. I suspect this is the same fawn...definitely needed help this time. Wildcare will take good care of him.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Jun 22, 2022 13:59:55 GMT -6
Poor little guy ... ticks are a cruel thing for baby wildlife to have to endure.
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Post by june on Jun 22, 2022 15:03:08 GMT -6
I'm not sure this baby will make it. I think he was near death. I'll call tomorrow to see if he (or she) is still alive.
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Post by chrysanthemum on Jun 22, 2022 21:19:04 GMT -6
I’m glad you were able to find someone to help, June.
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Post by june on Jun 23, 2022 10:17:37 GMT -6
Sad news. I just called Wildcare....sadly the baby was dead by the time it got to Wildcare.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Jun 23, 2022 15:02:40 GMT -6
Life is so fragile.
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Post by chrysanthemum on Jun 26, 2022 15:41:02 GMT -6
Thanks for trying, though, June.
There was a fawn in my fenced backyard when I got home from church today. I had gone out to move the hose that connects to the air conditioner condensation, and I startled it, and it started trying to jump through the fence. We have several gates that we hold shut with rocks, so I opened three of them. The fawn kept running around the fence line like crazy, and its mother was outside circling the yard. It took a while, but it finally went through a gate, and I shut them all as securely as I could. I’m not quite sure how the fawn got in. It may have slipped through a gate that has a gap but was too frightened to slow down enough to go out the same way when I startled it. I was glad when it got back to its momma (and I was glad not to find Momma in the backyard because I have some plants back there that I don’t want eaten.)
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