Watch followup video:
   • Fawn a few weeks later  

First off: Sorry for the small text, I made the mistake of upgrading wondershare video editor software and this was the result...the size was fine in the preview! If I had known that it would be so popular, I would have reedited it. It doesn't say much of any importance anyway.

These Fawn were born in the back field of our small 2 acre hobby farm on May 22 2014. (close to our chicken coops and hay storage shacks) Due to the long grass, my young daughter and her friends nearly stumbled right on top of them when they were playing in our field, they didn't know that the babies were there.

The Momma had been visiting our fields and grazing along side of our llama, goats and chickens for years, and had learned to not be that afraid of us over the years. We were unaware that she was even pregnant.

when the children ran through the tall grass, she stood up and hopped over the fence, but stayed close, grazing in the next field. I am proud to say that my daughter and her friends didn't pick the babies up, they instead immediately came and told me. I brought my camera out to see if what they saw was really true, and this video is the result.

The video doesn't really capture just how small they are, about the size of a Yorkie, or Maltese dog...very small, very cute, still wet from birth. Because they were so adorable, it took everything in me to do the right thing, and back out of the area and leave them alone. I wanted to watch them all day! I now can totally understand why people constantly pick them up and try to "rescue" them! lol (The wrong thing to do, btw!) 99% of the time they are best left alone.

But knowing better, after just those few minutes captured on video, I backed off and watched from my house. Within less than a hour, the Mom (doe) did come back, as they almost always do! :) I captured that with my camera zoomed in as far as it can go, after climbing onto the roof of my house. I was very far away.

Please check out the updated video I posted above to see the babies running and playing weeks later.

If you find a baby deer do not move them! Do not pet them, just watch from a far. (far enough that Mom doesn't see you) Most of the time she is closer than you think, and will return. There is nothing better than their own mom to care for them.

Keep in mind that even if they DO have your scent on them, or if the Mother saw you with thier babies, they rarely abandon them. That theory has been proven false. Animals/birds etc will NOT abandon thier young just because they have human scent on them. They have a strong motherly instinct, and that bond isn't that easily broken.

If you know that mom isn't coming back for sure, such as knowing she is dead, or the babies have been alone AND crying for her for hours on end, or if you have any questions, before you do anything, please call your local wildlife rescue center. They will tell you step by step what to do to give these babies the best chance for survival they can get.

.....and yes, I probably did stay a little too long to film them! I knew that when they started to attempt to follow me on thier little wobbly legs. Unfortunately, MY motherly instincts kicked in to protect them!!! They are SO innocent and vulnerable looking! LOL. Thankfully I snapped out of it, and went to care for my own young! Lol



Not sure if there is a rehabilitator near you? In BC call the BC SPCA Provincial Call Centre at 18556BCSPCA (18556227722) to find out where the nearest facility is and if the wild animal truely needs human intervention.