Babe the Fawn *NEW PICS!*

[cmjust0]

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Because I've seperated quite a few day-old goat kids from their mamas, and their mamas get over it surprisingly quick. They yell and pace for about a day, then it's back to normal.

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It's not just me, if you notice...

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I wouldn't have gone to the DNR, nor to the vet.

I would have gotten out the well-worn bottle feeding equipment, thawed out some goats' milk, and raised it in the barn with the goats.

To me, it's like....what's one more?

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Mmmhmm.. Now we're getting somewhere.

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I was just curious what kind of fine it would be.. Perhaps you can post a link?

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Well, I'm sure you'll be NARCing on her before too long, then..

Heaven forbid we let the authorities spend our money on something worthwhile when we can call in an illegal baby deer...

 

[Cetawin]

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I have not read the posts past this one and someone has probably already said this...

If you spent 45 minutes reading the posts then you should have read the portion that stated that the fawn was lying down in the middle of a road!

So you leave it there to be killed by a car?

It is not like it was picked up from its hiding spot in the woods, it was in an unsafe spot...

Bluntly, get off her back. Her father brought it home and she is doing an excellent job keeping the baby the alive. I would have done the same thing.

 

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http://lh5.ggpht.com/carlos57775/SCobc6EL_hI/AAAAAAAABys/RG0y66Z3ZDY/s288/Don't feed the troll.jpg

 

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You should know who you are....

 

[Blackbird]

Seperating goats from babies? I raise dairy goats. The mothers almost ALWAYS remember their babies. There are stories of sibling goats remembering eachother from years apart on different farms.

Raising it in the barn with your goats? Talk about 0 disease & parasite prevention.

edited for typo.

 

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What exactly do you feed your trolls, ticks?

 

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Venison

 

[cmjust0]

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Exactly -- a doe wouldn't leave her fawn in the middle of the road. As Jenn's article stated, they 'tuck them in' out in the brush and leave them there to go graze. And the fawn lays there, quietly and as still as possible until mama comes back.

To find one laying in the middle of the road screaming is not -- I repeat -- NOT NORMAL.

If there were any way to know for sure, I'd be willing to bet good money that mama was dead.

Like Cetawin...I'd have taken it, too, and I'd have raised it in the barn with the goats. I'd let it leave if it wanted, but if not, it would be welcome to eat hay and grain and bed down with the goats and be protected by our LGD until it croaked.

If someone with the DNR came sniffing around asking "is that your deer?" I'd simply say it was a wild deer that had decided to befriend me and live with my goats...there's no law against NOT running off a wild deer, is there? And they'd have no reason to come kill it unless I -- the landowner -- asked them to, right? And I can't very well prevent wild deer from eating my hay and grain, as they can be found huddled around round bales and grain feeders all the time..

 

[Blackbird]

Not to be a drag.. However, thats just NY's rules..

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7197.html

"What is the penalty for violating the feeding regulation?

The penalty for illegally feeding deer is a violation punishable by a fine of up to $250 and 15 days in jail for each day of the offense. Multiple offenses may result in the revocation of hunting, fishing and/or trapping privileges for up to five years."

I also doubt that #3; Distribution of food to captive deer, applies to Emzy, because I believe it means tame, Emzy's is held captive.

 

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That's what I mean by big crime for those who were wondering.