how long between fawns.

Tail White · May 26, 2012

How long can it take before the second or third fawn appears after the first is born. I have a doe that had a single fawn last year. She was young and we did not know she was pregnant until she fawned. This year she looked quite pregnant and had a fawn at 1:15 today two hours later is seems here labor has almost stopped but no sign of any more fawns. So I am just wonder should I keep waiting or is she done.

Gehringer Deer Ranch · May 26, 2012

We had two doe who had twins that were over an hour apart. The longest we had was about an hour and 20 minutes. Then we had a doe today have triplets within 20 minutes start to finish.

roughcountrywhitetails · May 26, 2012

a few years back i had a doe that had twin buck fawns 24 hours apart. she had the one but that night and the next day just did not seem right and looked to still be in labor so had to have the vet come out he gave her a shot and out came the second fawn. both lived and are now growing there 3yr old racks.

Tim Matthews · May 27, 2012

The longest I have documented is two weeks.

ddwhitetails · May 27, 2012

Tail white with a few exceptions to the rule.......they usually fawn out within a couple hours unless there is complications.........anytime I had one that took more time than that there were problems.......I certainly hope this is not the case for you.......

Tail White · May 28, 2012

Thanks for all the information, My doe had one fawn last year and surprised us, we didn't even know that she was pregnant. This year she was big and really showing so we expected twins. She was in labor at night and the next day she delivered one fawn. She was still having contractions 2 - 3 hours later but they were becoming less frequent, We were still expecting another fawn. Finally I saw her pull out the last of the sac and placenta and the contractions did stop all together. She is back to normal now doing fine. Thanks again for all the info.

Whitetail Sanctuary · May 28, 2012

Great news! If it's not stressfull enough this time of year...............But to have an extra worry is NO fun!

Tail White · May 28, 2012

Your right, There is a lot of stress with this. But it seems there is always extra worries. For example, The day the fawn was born I was just hanging around to keep on eye on mom and baby when I saw some of the other does in the herd start attacking this little tiny fawn. We wound up having to isolate the mom and fawn from the rest of the herd. This of course was very temporary, There was reports of sever weather coming the following day. So we wound up pulling the fawn a little sooner then we were planning but fortunately she was in during some very bad weather. All worked out in the end.

ddwhitetails · May 28, 2012

Glad to hear everyone is doing fine!!

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