She had been owned by a lady who became too ill to care for her and 2 bucks so asked for us to take them.
The doe had previously had a large litter of babies but whilst waiting for a space with us the blooming owner put her back in with one of the bucks!
I was unaware of this so she went to a temp fosterer for 2 weeks before I collected, when the fosterer told me about the buck.
The lovely and large bun we named Fieldfare
Fieldfareb by Jill Woodward, on Flickrtwo days after arriving with me she gave birth..to a huge litter although I will admit I've no idea how many as sadly keep finding the thin ones dead but numbers still don't drop by the numbers of deceased! I think she had at least 14
At present there are 9 surviving but one very weak. I can do nothing much to help as mummy bun doesn not know or trust me and is VERY territorial so it's a matter of waiting to see how many come out of nest. They are due to open eyes tomorrow
So here is the nest a few days back..please send vibes for thr weak ones
fieldfaresbabiesaged2 days by Jill Woodward, on Flickr
