Blindness
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thank you for your kind words.. i have my little guy to get raised now, finish the work on the stall and pasture and get ready for the orphans next spring that i am sure will be here.....i have learned so much so fast from the great bunch of folks here
Welcome to rehabbing. Your loss was not in vein, as you learned much from this fawn. This will make your successes much sweeter in the future. Sorry for the outcome.
Rene, I am so sorry. I cried when I read your post and I feel for you. You are in my prayers. It is so extremely easy to fall in love with these little fawns. In my opinion, fawns are the most precious, beautiful, sweet, etc.......creatures God created. I fell hard for my girls when I first laid eyes on them. I remember the day I picked up Nina - from the deer farm. A gentleman pulled up looking for the owner but he was not there. His wife was there - very sweet lady by the way, and he told her that he found an injured fawn while cutting grass and he had the fawn in his truck. I followed them (against my better judgement) and saw the tiny little fawn laying on the front seat of his truck - looked like it had been attacked by something - there was a huge hole in the thigh with maggots. I gave him some of the milk I purchased for Nina - and the lady gave him advice on how to care for the fawn and gave him her number if he had questions - and informed him she would not be able to take the fawn because of the risks that are associated. I headed for home, crying the whole way, thinking of that fawn. When I got home I called the lady farmer to see if she had heard anything. She said she had called the man to check on the fawn and his wife informed her that the fawn died and he was outside crying. His wife said he got so attached to the fawn after having her for only 3 hours. I then cried myself. It's amazing how much we fall for them 
You are in my prayers.
Gail
You are in my prayers.
Gail
oh yeah... then i had to put my 12 y/o shih tzu down yesterday (her back legs and bladder gave out) and sent my big yard dog off to a new home also (he is too "pit mix chase frenzied".. so it has been a few days of heartache.
my Easy Does It doe stole and broke my heart in 5 days.....she will always be the REASON that i strive to be better and better. Do it all again ? YOU BETCHA ! I still cry over her, but she is what i am painting on my shop that is being converted over to the "rehab area".. by next spring i will be equipped to handle whatever comes down my driveway. she died in my arms vs the road..... i know animals dont feel what we do, but i have to live with doing my best in a situation that i KNEW would not end well......blind in 1 eye (the other eye was getting better) and God knows what internal damages from the car hit...
I know that she will not be the last that i will lose, but as my dad said "you gave her more in 5 days than anyone else would or could have, theres no room for didnt do enuf"..
the part of rehabbing that sux is the losing, but you cant always win, and as long as i try my best, i can go on.. but we are building a secure area so that if i have any that are not able to go back to the wild, will have a safe place to live happy...
but i do know that you guys and gals have taught me so much and shown me how easy it is to appreciate the beauty of these creatures. I am from a hunting family, and all the friends hunt. even these big ole bad redneck hunters of mine were sad...
thank you again. and Gail {{{{{{hugs}}}}}}
my Easy Does It doe stole and broke my heart in 5 days.....she will always be the REASON that i strive to be better and better. Do it all again ? YOU BETCHA ! I still cry over her, but she is what i am painting on my shop that is being converted over to the "rehab area".. by next spring i will be equipped to handle whatever comes down my driveway. she died in my arms vs the road..... i know animals dont feel what we do, but i have to live with doing my best in a situation that i KNEW would not end well......blind in 1 eye (the other eye was getting better) and God knows what internal damages from the car hit...
I know that she will not be the last that i will lose, but as my dad said "you gave her more in 5 days than anyone else would or could have, theres no room for didnt do enuf"..
the part of rehabbing that sux is the losing, but you cant always win, and as long as i try my best, i can go on.. but we are building a secure area so that if i have any that are not able to go back to the wild, will have a safe place to live happy...
but i do know that you guys and gals have taught me so much and shown me how easy it is to appreciate the beauty of these creatures. I am from a hunting family, and all the friends hunt. even these big ole bad redneck hunters of mine were sad...
thank you again. and Gail {{{{{{hugs}}}}}}
{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}} back to ya!
You are EXACTLY right, at least your precious girl died in her "mommas" arms instead of alone on the side of the road. The thought of any fawn or deer suffering alone on the road side reaallllyyyyy makes me sad she didn't. Here I go again..........sniff......
I love this forum but I hate the stories that end like this...........
If you ever want to talk I can PM my phone number to you. You let me know
Gail
You are EXACTLY right, at least your precious girl died in her "mommas" arms instead of alone on the side of the road. The thought of any fawn or deer suffering alone on the road side reaallllyyyyy makes me sad
she didn't. Here I go again..........sniff......I love this forum but I hate the stories that end like this...........
If you ever want to talk I can PM my phone number to you. You let me know
Gail