What's wrong with this deer

[First-light]

Found this on another site. Trying to figure out what is wrong with the deer. Seems like they went back later on to put it down and could not find it. Upstate NY don't know where.

[Doc]

I have never seen that sort of thing before. At first I thought the deer was standing in what I thought was a normal condition. Certainly it wasn't in the out-of-control unstable condition that it became after the guy got up to it. But actually that isn't real typical behavior for the deer to be just standing there while someone drives right up to it either. So I really don't think it was some kind of seizure reaction to getting scared. I'm not sure that it is some kind of disease either since there was nothing lethargic about its actions. We'll probably never know.

[wooly]

I saw something real similar to that on "The Incredible Dr. Pol". I think it was with a dog, or a goat though. It kept spinning in circles and losing it's balance.

Turned out to be from pressure on the brain, I forget the cause.

They said the animal was suffering from the most intense headache imaginable. I bet the Dr. Pol clip is probably on you tube somewhere, but I don't have time to look for it. Interesting similarities.

[Paula]

I think it was the goat

 

[fasteddie]

I wonder if it had a broken leg .....

[Four Season Whitetail's]

If the snail or slug carries the infective stage of the meningeal worm larvae, it can move through the deer’s gut and into the central nervous system where they mature and produce eggs. The eggs are then excreted by the animal, and the meningeal worm’s life cycle starts over. 

In unnatural hosts, after 10 to 14 days of ingestion, the larvae migrate straight to the brain and spinal cord. They don’t mature into adults; instead, they move through the central nervous system, causing swelling, which damages the tissue and creates neurologic symptoms. If the larvae are in the animal’s spinal cord, symptoms include a limp or weakness on one or more of its legs or partial or complete paralysis. If the larvae are in the brain, symptoms include blindness, head tilt and circling.

 

Although the whitetail is a natural host of brain worms without any problems some can be infected to a point of problems!

 

This deer looks to have a broken front leg! The deers left leg at 5 seconds into video.

Edited April 25, 2014 by Four Season Whitetails

[wooly]

 

This deer looks to have a broken front leg! The deers left leg at 5 seconds into video.

 

 

Yep- now I see it.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

 

 

This deer looks to have a broken front leg! The deers left leg at 5 seconds into video.

 

Looks it to me as well

[WNYBuckHunter]

I see it too. Might have gotten hit by a car or something like that. Ive seen them act that way after being hit by a car, injured and stunned. Could have a brain injury from the hit.

[NFA-ADK]

I known the worm can cause this but with a broken leg I would think a car hit it.

[First-light]

I see it also.

[Hock3y24]

Agree with the broken leg and probably a bunch of other issues from the incident that cause it.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Camera man needs a new career path.

It's a helmet cam

[philoshop]

My first thought was an infection or parasite in the inner ear. Can cause a complete loss of balance and orientation. Not sure if this happens in deer, but I think most mammals are susceptible to it. May even have caused the broken leg, rather than being a result of it.

I've seen a lot of three-legged critters do just fine in the wild, but I've never seen anything like that.

[Larry]

i would of had the dec check it out to make sure it didn't have cwd or something

[WNYBuckHunter]

Pointing toward his front tires it seems.

 

Take your cursor off of the video window, you will see the deer at the top of the frame.

 

The helmet cam is aimed right where it should be to film riding. Just in front of the wheeler.

[Paula]

Looks like the leg is only out as to get balance, doesn't look broke

[steve863]

"What's wrong with this deer"

 

 

It had the misfortune of logging into this forum, and it went into convulsions after reading the BS that is written here. 

[burmjohn]

Those GoPro's are hard to judge, no view finder unless you have it linked to your smartphone. 

[NFA-ADK]

"What's wrong with this deer"

 

 

It had the misfortune of logging into this forum, and it went into convulsions after reading the BS that is written here. 

 

You are welcome to leave if you hate it so much.

[burmjohn]

Steve will never leave, he is my AR buddy. 

[steve863]

You are welcome to leave if you hate it so much.

 

 

Actually, the only reason some of us come back from time to time is to bust on you, since you're so sensitive.

[Doc]

I don't really think there is anything wrong with the deer's front left leg other than along with the rest of it's body, it has absolutely no control. Notice that when the deer falls over it is mostly falling toward its right side. If the left leg was broke, it would be going down toward the left side.

 

I noticed that when the ATV comes up on the deer in the very first seconds of the video, it is standing quite still looking away..... on its feet and looking quite stable. No sign of imbalance or seizure at that point.

[First-light]

Well what would you do if some tabs roll up to you at high speed. Fight or flight that is what's taking over.

[Paula]

I agree with Doc on this one.

Wow