On day two she was carried up to have a complete assessment of those injuries and a protocol established to try to treat them. However she refused to misbehave, like other deer, preferring to be carried rather than ride in the deer trolley.

Once in the prep room she would sit on a nurse's lap while Joanna, our vet, and the other nurses cleaned and debrided those wounds. They were massive but this deer did not realise how awful they looked. She just sat on the lap peacefully licking anybody's arm that came her way.

Once the wounds were cleaned and debrided Apinate manuka honey dressings were fitted into the wounds, covered with gelled gauze and held in place by a bright yellow hair net (the only colour we could get).

With her hair net on, and sitting quietly on her nurses lap she became so precious to all of us. Everyone who met her commented "Bless her little heart", so appropriate that this is what we named her.

Of course, this is early days for 'Bless her little heart', but so far so good. She is slowly healing and rumours amongst her carers suggest that she, even now, has a boyfriend, Domino a little muntjac buck, also with massive dog bite wounds.

Should all go well I will write a regular update on both their recoveries and the state of their lovelife.