Yearling pregnant doe panic

I have a yearling doe that is due any day. Today when I went to check on her, she charged at me, then our buck came over and she began running around the pen and has been doing so for he last 3 hours. At first we thought it was because the buck was chasing her and she was trying to hide from him to have her fawn, but he has lost interest in following her and she is still running wild. She even hit the fence twice. She is extremely tame, so this is very unusual for her. Almost their entire pen is thick brush, so I can not easily keep an eye on her. We have minimized all noise, etc. Wondering if there is anything that can be done to help calm her down. I am doubtful that she is going to make it through the night if she keeps running like this. I am sure the fawn will be not make it either. I don't know if I should check on her in the morning? I don't want to bother her unnecessarily, but think that I should find out if she needs the vet or something. How long can I leave her alone before she could really need a vet. This is our first fawning experience, so any feedback would be very much greatly appreciated.

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Some does will act crazy just before fawning. I'm sure she will be fine. I had one due the same thing this year without any problems.

Unfortunately we only have the one pen. Part of the problem is that he follows her everywhere she goes like a little puppy. Now, though he is calm and eating, and not really interested in following her, but she is still running, mostly for no apparent reason. She will be quiet for a few minutes and then take off crashing through brush. She has been getting less friendly the last few days, but nothing like this. I'm afraid she is going to kill herself. She never runs. Thanks for the reply, if you think up anything else, please do let me know.

Michael,

How long do you think I should leave her alone? I don't know how long this normally takes?

Have you every been in labor!!! She doesn't know what's going on and it hurts. Just keep an eye on her....it's probably just her way of dealing with it. My 2 yr old bottle fed was a maniac this year also....first fawns for her. She is extremely tame too. She ran around for over 24 hours.

Hunts........she will be ok like susan sai she doesn't have a clue what is going on but when she fawns she shoul be fine....Its normal to see the deer running the pen just before having a fawn.........just keep an eye on her and make sure she takes care of the fawn...........

Well put guys.... Keep us posted on how she is doing

Well put guys we had two this year act the same way. As soon as the fawns arrived everything was back to normal.

I waited until tonight to check on her, tried to see just enough to make sure she was ok and fawn wasn't stuck or anything. She started running crazy again, but calmed down shortly after I left. I saw her from the house at the feeder, and her belly looks smaller, and there is nothing hanging from her. I watched her for at least 5 minutes and her tail never moved once, so don't know if anything looks different back there. She has run around several times tonight for no reason that I know of, maybe the buck finds her. I think she had it but don't know for sure. I can't tell if she has it or is taking care of it because she won't tolerate me in the pen yet. I guess I will have to let nature take its course. I am at least relieved that she doesn't look injured from crashing into the brush/fence yesterday. Thanks so much for all the replies. I will keep posted her progress.

I appreciate your comments, It helps put us at ease.

I'm very thankful that you guys took the time to comment on this.

As of yesterday we seen her feeding at the feeder, she did have some

outburst of crashing around the thick brush, but not as much as yesterday.

she looks like she had the fawn but can't tell for sure. Were going to definetly

let nature run it's course and not bother her at all until we can see that she

is back to her pesty treat obsessed ways. Raising deer I feel is 75% good,

and 25% miserable. I'm just glad I have this forum, and good friends at Little Falls

Whitetails to help us along with our deer ventures.

Amanda Reid

The reason I asked if you could take the buck out easy was sometimes deer can be cruel to one another as soon as one doesn't act right...or if one smells blood...

I have seen buck kick doe's that were fawning and she sounded unreasonable to deal with at the time ...but she sounded like she needed to be alone...away from him maybe...

I hope all is well

Take care

Thanks for all of your comments, having this forum really helped to put at some ease. Last night we seen her feeding, she doesnt look pregnant anymore, but cant tell for sure. She had some outburst of crashing around the brush again for about 2 hours, then she was quiet the rest of the night. We plan on leaving her alone for another 24 hours (via the advise given) or until she is back to her treat obsessed ways begging at the gate.

I really wished she never got bred that young. It's been very stressful.

Raising deer is 75% good and 25% miserable. But I love the animal.

Here is the Culprit to the problems. He was a late fawn that our friends at Little Falls Whitetails gave us last year, he's just turned 1 year old a few weeks ago. They have some great typical genetics.

Thanks Again to everyone.

Amanda Reid