Sad, sad news... Baby Peanut, one of our fawns born this past May, was found in the deer pen today. We're not sure what he died of, my mother in law said she was feeding him watermelon that afternoon and he was fine and then Jeff found him a few hours later. There were no injuries on him that we could find and he wasn't displaying any symptoms of being sick.
It hurts when we lose a fawn not only because we are losing a pet, but because I bottle feed them for the first 3 months of their lives. I put so much work into the fawns to bond with them and make sure they survive those first few months. Even though I know this isn't my fault, when we lose one I feel like I failed him somehow.
All I know is I am going to keep close eye on Peanut's brother, Miracle, and probably panic every time he does something strange.
~ Stephanie