Out scouting yesterday and came across several spots where deer had peed, but 2 particularly stood out. Spots looked rather bloody.
Deer pee
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Or could be coming in .
Wrangler95
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Doe fawns are being bred now,could be that!!
backyardtndeer
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Probably this. Or maybe could possibly be a doe that has lost a fawn, miscarried.
AT Hiker
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That is wild.
I wonder if it's a correlation to the prolonged freeze and not having any access to water or high moisture feed? Basically just super dehydrated?
Any source of open water in the general area?
I wonder if it's a correlation to the prolonged freeze and not having any access to water or high moisture feed? Basically just super dehydrated?
Any source of open water in the general area?
philsanchez76
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Was out scouting in the snow this last week too and I definitely saw some pees that looked like this. I thought it was dehydration as well. But a fawn coming into heat would be a decent explanation as well.
Yes, no shortage of fresh water.
I saw same thing out scouting last week, didn't know what to make of it.
7mm08
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Cold weather. Burning muscle fibers to produce body heat.
Rhabdomyolysis
Also called: rhabdo
It produces a very dark urine that looks like blood. I had a GSP go into it one day while I was bird hunting with her. She just happened to come by me and pee and I noticed how dark it was. We quit and went straight to the vet..,,,,, they gave her fluids over the next 2 days via injecting saline under the skin. Recovered without problem.
This was a terrible stretch of cold and if the deer were already stressed, under nourished that's my bet.
Rhabdomyolysis
Also called: rhabdo
It produces a very dark urine that looks like blood. I had a GSP go into it one day while I was bird hunting with her. She just happened to come by me and pee and I noticed how dark it was. We quit and went straight to the vet..,,,,, they gave her fluids over the next 2 days via injecting saline under the skin. Recovered without problem.
This was a terrible stretch of cold and if the deer were already stressed, under nourished that's my bet.
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backyardtndeer
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Stress of the weather and lack of food for everything being frozen likely caused some does to lose the fawns they were carrying, miscarry. Like in people, there is blood involved when that happens. Could be what is being seen.
Pretty sure I read about this happening several years ago somewhere.
Pretty sure I read about this happening several years ago somewhere.
definitely miscarriage
Well cherry popped sounds about as close as a miscarriage
I dont think deer have hymens lol
I don't want to know how you know that
Years of research lol
