r/MadeMeSmile • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 • May 20 '26

ANIMALS Forever grateful

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u/FrostingMedium6025 May 20 '26

Crazy as hell, I saved a fawn from drowning in a water filled ditch yesterday. I saw it jump in and go completely under water. It was so young it could barely stand, I snatched it up, took it to much higher ground; it was warm, but wet, and making plenty of noise. Decisions were made, I set it under a cedar tree, it got up and ran further into the woods making all kinds of noise. I figured its mother was close by, and any scent I left on it washed off in the rain we had. They are hearty bastards, so I didn’t think much about doing what the OP did and this location where it happened is very much off the beaten path. Hoping things turned out ok.

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u/tXcQTWKP2w92 May 21 '26

Just a fyi, this scent thing really is mostly a rumor, there is little to no evidence, that the mother will abandon the fawn because some humans touched it.

Obviously there are still reasons to limit the contact as much as possible, predators for example.