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UPDATE: Thank you for saving this beautiful creature!
• He is now released!
• He was the most wild of all the deer we had in care which is a good thing but can make handling challenging.
• He needed to be handled once or twice each week for wound management and bandage changes.
• He was the perfect patient in that he was and remained very wild but managed the stress of handling very well and cooperated with the rehab team during bandage changes.
• Swelling went down and eventually disappeared completely and he was able to bear weight on all his limbs without issue.
• His wounds healed well after cleaning, multiple courses of antibiotics and frequent bandage changes.
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This poor, young deer found himself in quite a tangled mess. He somehow managed to get three of his legs stuck in a metal poultry feeder and couldn’t get himself out. Jeff Krieger from Alternative Wildlife Solutions (an AnimalKind accredited company) was dispatched to rescue this deer and managed to free one leg from the feeder.
He was in critical condition when he arrived at Wild ARC and staff had to use metal cutters and mineral oil in order to remove the feeder to free his other two legs. His feet were quite swollen and he had severe lacerations on his two front legs near the hooves which made suturing the wounds impossible. He is on strict regimen of antibiotics to ensure the wounds don’t become infected but monitoring his condition is complicated as deer who come into care as his age can suffer from severe stress which can actually be fatal. Deer are also incredibly strong and can cause a lot of damage to themselves or others when they panic so highly trained staff at Wild ARC will have their work cut out for them to get this deer back on his hooves again.
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