Deer Farm Question with Pics!


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My buddy has a buck and some other deer. The question I have is that do any of you know or have heard about a deer that packs food in her cheeks? Here is pics of my buddies doe that packs food in her cheeks. We stuck our finger in her mouth to make sure that it was not a mass and it was full of grass! I have never heard nor seen anything like this. She lost her two fawns this year and I am wondering if it is because of her possibly not eating properly. Have any of you seen this before? The pic of the baby is of another doe he has and that is the only fawn he has this year.

This is his buck!

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Now the cheek packer!

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Never in my life have I seen anything like that. She looks like a chipmunk! Deer will often chew their cud like a cow and will move food both down and up thier esophogus like a cow will. What you have there may be a physical problem or just a wierd deer. Funny things happen, but sure looks like and abnormality to me. I bet there's a physical reason she's doing it, but a small chance that's just the way she wants to eat.

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