Hello everyone,
Somehow I stumbled across you all this evening which I’m glad I did as I have learned a couple things already so thought I would tell my story and any advice appreciated!
My bf sons gf (young girl 22 I think and not very wise) walked in the door one night holding a fawn and said it was laying in the road and was going to get ran over. She said it was a twin and the twin was laying in the ditch. Why we didn’t just scoot it to the ditch I don’t know
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anyhow after the few minutes oooo’s and ah’s and how cute I said ok where did it come from we need to put it back and the girl had left. She said she didn’t know exactly where just down the road. Well pardon me but I said WTF north south what?! Anyhow I got nowhere and have been feeding this baby for about 6 weeks now. We did attempt to find its mom the next day but no luck. I didn’t have the heart to hope I put it back where she thought she found it and hope it’s mom would take it after we touched all over it. So here I am a deer momma. My hope is it will eventually wonder out with the deer and go back to where she belongs. It’s made me angry because the poor thing doesn’t not belong with us it belongs in the wild. I’m guessing it was a day old as it still had the umbilical cord dry of course but like 6inches long. But I don’t know anything so who knows maybe older but so so tiny. She’s happy as can be and loves us. I have given her plenty of milk but not to much, she’s eating calf manna and I’ve recenty bought some trail mix stuff and mixed in her calf manna. She loves romaine hearts! I’m now starting to cut a branch here and there off different things around our property that we have for her to nibble on. Recently her hair on her head has started thinning turned kinda a grey color and is now falling out. There’s one spot on her back small spot where hair is gone. What are your thoughts? Is it shedding for winter coat? But the hair on her head going first seems odd. She’s only wondered out twice all this time she stays up on our covered deck and would prefer to come inside to sleep in the closet 
she has a bed on the deck covered so she feels hidden with alfalfa hay. Any guidance on anything would be appreciated I’d like to give her the best chance at making it back out where she belongs and have heard when she goes into heat she will go with the other deer please tell me I’m right?!
Somehow I stumbled across you all this evening which I’m glad I did as I have learned a couple things already so thought I would tell my story and any advice appreciated!
My bf sons gf (young girl 22 I think and not very wise) walked in the door one night holding a fawn and said it was laying in the road and was going to get ran over. She said it was a twin and the twin was laying in the ditch. Why we didn’t just scoot it to the ditch I don’t know
* anyhow after the few minutes oooo’s and ah’s and how cute I said ok where did it come from we need to put it back and the girl had left. She said she didn’t know exactly where just down the road. Well pardon me but I said WTF north south what?! Anyhow I got nowhere and have been feeding this baby for about 6 weeks now. We did attempt to find its mom the next day but no luck. I didn’t have the heart to hope I put it back where she thought she found it and hope it’s mom would take it after we touched all over it. So here I am a deer momma. My hope is it will eventually wonder out with the deer and go back to where she belongs. It’s made me angry because the poor thing doesn’t not belong with us it belongs in the wild. I’m guessing it was a day old as it still had the umbilical cord dry of course but like 6inches long. But I don’t know anything so who knows maybe older but so so tiny. She’s happy as can be and loves us. I have given her plenty of milk but not to much, she’s eating calf manna and I’ve recenty bought some trail mix stuff and mixed in her calf manna. She loves romaine hearts! I’m now starting to cut a branch here and there off different things around our property that we have for her to nibble on. Recently her hair on her head has started thinning turned kinda a grey color and is now falling out. There’s one spot on her back small spot where hair is gone. What are your thoughts? Is it shedding for winter coat? But the hair on her head going first seems odd. She’s only wondered out twice all this time she stays up on our covered deck and would prefer to come inside to sleep in the closet she has a bed on the deck covered so she feels hidden with alfalfa hay. Any guidance on anything would be appreciated I’d like to give her the best chance at making it back out where she belongs and have heard when she goes into heat she will go with the other deer please tell me I’m right?!