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Riddle me this...

MamaWick — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:03:40 GMT

Yesterday they were so skinny looking. Today, they are not. I wonder why? They are the same bunch.

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Zhills — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:17:16 GMT

I don't believe they are the same herd. Their coats are different colors

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Jordan2 — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:21:46 GMT

@MamaWick maybe after they dine at your home, they've been going for midnight snacks!

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ECBG — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:35:25 GMT

They could have just eaten and their tummies are full. Animals are going to be eating extra soon because of hibernation soon.

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mspatmac — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 22:15:15 GMT

Maybe they stopped at McDonalds on their way to visit you

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Foxxee — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 22:28:18 GMT

Dehydration? Besides the water you give them, do they have a good water source nearby?

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MamaWick — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 22:40:10 GMT

@Foxxee there is a quite large lake about 3 blocks from us.

@Zhills @This is definitely my same deer. I recognize so many of them. Their coats may look different colors because of the different times of the day with different sunlight/clouds when I take pictures.

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1Snickers — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 01:56:54 GMT

@MamaWick Deer have a similar stomach to a cow. They eat and chew their cud. I'm wondering if something they ate could have caused the thinness. If they ate again at your house and they drank after you saw them.
Strange that it was all of them not just a few???

I've been thinking about them today and hope they are okay. (Not only for the deer but for you.) I know how much you love them!
Usually in a herd there are some thinner ones. I've never seen them thin all at once, then fatter.

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Leggett28 — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 02:26:23 GMT

@MamaWick You know your deer. If you say these are the same deer I believe you.

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January121 — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 03:08:18 GMT

Hope they are OK ❤️

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luvzchiz — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 04:48:04 GMT

@MamaWick Well I am glad to see that they are looking better. I also was going to suggest dehydration. A few years ago, I got a terrible case of food poisoning and was hospitalized for 4+ days. I was so dehydrated that they couldn't get enough blood for a blood test. They had to wait until I got two bags of fluid via IV. I also lost a lot of weight and my skin didn't look very good.

Once I was dehydrated, my skin plumped up. Maybe the deer are the same. Is that lake potable water for them?

Woofs to Cricket.