Red Cap Facts

virgil said:

Thats all my aunt uses when bottle feeding any little critters.She has good sucsess with it but it would get awful expesive.

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Helenette Silver said:

Composition of undiluted evaporated milk (Avg. percent: water, 73.8; protein, 7.0; fat, 7.9; sugar, 9.8; ash, 1.5) was some what closer to that of normal deer milk than originally supposed, except for sugar content which was over three times as high. Protein, although more nearly adequate than in the deer milk substitutes used in our early experiments, was, nevertheless, below that of deer milk. Fat content was similar to that of deer milk except, presumably, near the end of lactation.



Weight records for the twin fawns of the doe that furnished the milk samples, were kept for comparison with those of the two artificially reared groups described above (Fig. 1). By chance their original condition was closely comparable, being of the same ***, and averaging 9.5 lb. at a known age of 1 week. None of the fawns, either in the artificially reared or naturally reared groups, were among the largest does raised here, either at the start or at the end of the experiment.



At 6 months of age the evaporated-milk-fed deer averaged 14 lb. heavier than the ones on whole milk, and 2.5 lb. heavier than the naturally reared fawns. A question which could not be answered without sacrificing the animals was whether the excess sugar and lower protein of the evaporated milk may have produced weight at the expense of some change in the normal ratio of fat to muscle.



Neither the evaporated-milk-fed nor naturally reared fawns suffered digestive up set or disease. The four on whole milk were subject to the usual digestive difficulties, which were controlled without medication by temporarily reducing the quantity and fat content of the milk, and heating it to just below the boiling point.



All fawns were allowed grain (sheep and goat ration) at will from the time they would eat it. There was no observable difference in condition between fawns fed evaporated milk and those which nursed their dam.



Both groups were noticeably healthier, larger and sleeker than the fawns on whole milk. All animals, with the exception of one in the whole milk group, came in heat and were theoretically capable of breeding their first year, although none was with a buck.

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Buckskin said:

Sounds interesting as long as that extra sugar doesn't make them a little more hyper. Any mention in the article about fawn temperment? Rick

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Helenette Silver said:

There was no observable difference in condition between fawns fed evaporated milk and those which nursed their dam.

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Helenette Silver said:

A question which could not be answered without sacrificing the animals was whether the excess sugar and lower protein of the evaporated milk may have produced weight at the expense of some change in the normal ratio of fat to muscle.

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virgil said:

How much of each were they feeding and were did you come up with 150 cans.

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