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    Fallow Deer Won't Eat. Need Help !

    Hi, This is my first post in the forum. I have a Fallow Deer adult buck with me since about an year that I keep in my home. About a day ago, we let him out of the pen and accidently he chewed up a lot of bread after which he has not been eating anything amd being very lazy. His stomach is...
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    Do they eat ginger?

    Hello everyone, I'm new here. Do deer, fawn specifically eat ginger? A fawn accidentally got access to some ginger and seemed to enjoy it a lot, but I was unsure so I took it away when I noticed. Have googled but can't seem to find a clear answer regarding the ginger itself. Thanks in advance.
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    HELP, my 9 week old fawn wont eat

    I have a 9 week old fawn whose mother died when he was 3 days old.  I keep him in a 30 by 40 foot pen.  I feed him goat's milk in a bottle with a nipple on it and also some leaves, but I have never been able to get him to eat his alfalfa pellets or his commercial feed with molasses, grain, corn...
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    Fawn won't eat grain: wry nose

    I have a fawn with a crooked face [aka wry nose/ mouth syndrom].  Loves his bottle, and munches his clover, and we've had him hanging out with the other babies hoping he will learn to eat grain like they do.  I've tried sneaking feed in his mouth but he just spits it out.  Is there anything else...
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    do fly sprays hurt the deer if they eat it?

    please offer any advice you can ...I would like to spray directly on the deer but dont know what to use...and will it harm them if they lick it off themselves....also what can be sprayed on the ground and does it have an ill effect on them if it is sprayed on lush clover fields that they eat all...
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    Need help, sick fawn, won't eat!

    I have a 3 week old mule deer fawn that won't eat from the bottle and is dehydrated. He began not drinking about 5 days ago. Before then, he had no trouble eating from the bottle and always had good feedings. For the past five days we have had to feed him by syringing milk replacer in his mouth...
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    Help new fawn wont eat!

    New to this and this is our first fawn. She has went 24 hours now and still wont take bottle, Every tome i force feed her she takes 2 or 3 dropperfuls and falls to sleep. We are feeding Fox Valley,I have even went so far as to make a speedy trip to wally worlds about 5 am for different nipples...
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    Fawn wont eat, Help

    Hi! This is Rustys wife. I should let him ask, but I am too anxious to wait for him to get home and post. We have a fawn about two weeks old now and she has been eating good up until the last two days. We can not get her to eat now. Her belly is not looking empty like I would think, but...
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    3 week old fawn will NOT eat anymore

    I just got back from vacation last night, I had 2 bottlefeds, which someone was feeding for me. When I got home I was informed that one hasnt been eating all of the sudden. She ate well all week up untill thursday. She only ate about 4 oz. All day. Now today I am feeding her and she has only...
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    getting fawn to eat

    This is my first fawn to bottle feed. She is 3 days old. We pulled her yesterday. I tried to feed her at 8, 12, 4, 8. She didnt really drink much. Maybe a total of 3oz. I push my fingers on the sides of her mouth to get it open and then give her the bottle. She swallows what I squeeze in but...
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