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Time for a reminder - LEAVE FAWNS ALONE! (Read description)

3,697 views · Published 29 May 2018 · 1:39 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: Orphaned Wildlife Center · 2018 · Pets & Animals

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In the past two weeks we have had eight calls regarding fawns that people wanted us to take in. Every single one of those cases would have been a fawn-knapping. There was nothing wrong with these fawns and they did not need “rescue”. Mothers do NOT stay with their babies, they only come back a few times in a 24 hour period to feed them, mostly after dark. Babies are born thin, it doesn’t mean they are starving! They will also lay very quietly, this is to protect them from predators - there is nothing wrong with them, this should not be interpreted as “lethargic”. Unless a baby fawn is up, walking in circles and bleating and screaming for its mother (for an extended period of time), it is NOT in distress. Only if you witness that circling and screaming and crying -  is the fawn in need of help. Mothers leave their fawns in odd places..under your steps, right in the middle of your front lawn, right near a road...we understand it is stressful for you, but this is just how it is. We can not take a fawn because it MIGHT be in danger near a road. The BEST place for a baby fawn is with it’s mother. The WORST thing you can do for that fawn is to take it away believing you are helping it or saving it. If it is quiet, leave it alone. They may get up and move around a little. That is normal too. Keep your dogs away, keep your kids away, leave it be. Mom will likely move it in a day or so, if you are finding it in a dangerous or an inconvenient place. Just be patient, be kind and trust nature. Please...leave fawns alone. Calm down. They are probably ok!

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