Over a week later, the fawn, who Lord’s family named Hazel, is thriving and has 10 acres at the property to grow.įor now, Hazel stays inside with Lord’s family during the night to protect her from flies laying eggs on her. "Having that readily available supply of fresh goat's milk is probably why this baby deer is doing so well," added Bates. "For a fawn, that’s going to give it the best chance of life," she said. "They graze on similar plant life so their consistency of their milk is very similar," said Lord. Luckily, one of Lord’s goats had just given birth and there was lots of milk on hand. Without milk from its mother, the best chance of survival for the fawn is to feed it goat milk. "He basically handed me a box with this beautiful fawn, and what does one say when you do that?" she said. "He showed up in my driveway with a box in his arms and real sheepish, hopeful look in his face," said Jocelyn Lord, a member of the foster family. The vet gave the fawn some colostrum they had on hand and then Bates brought the newborn to a family in Ladysmith, B.C., who he knows has goats to foster the baby.
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"A lot of stars had to align for this one." HOW TO RAISE AN ORPHANED DEER?īates called a provincial wildlife veterinarian at the time and was told to wrap the baby deer in a towel and bring it in quickly to the vet. The fawn had to have been a day or two being born anyway, or it wouldn’t have worked," he said. (Stuart Bates)īates has been a conservation officer for 16 years and doesn’t recall anything like this happening before. "I knew I had a couple minutes, so I had a knife and just very quickly did a C-section and was able to find a fawn and pull it out," said Bates.Īfter he pulled out the fawn, he did some rubbing and knew to shake it to get the fluids out of its nose.
When the conservation officer put down the mother deer, he knew that her heart would keep beating for a short period after. "I quickly did a check and found out it was pregnant," Bates told CTV News. The adult doe had to be put down due to her injuries, but Bates knew that this time of year is when deer generally give birth. Conservation Officers Service was called to an injured deer in the south end of Parksville, B.C. The miraculous rescue happened on May 24, when Sgt. conservation officer saved the life of a baby deer last week by performing an emergency C-section on a pregnant deer that was hit by a vehicle on Vancouver Island.
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