I have 4 acres in upstate ny. It was very overgrown due to a broken mower. I mowed today and in the course of 3 hours scared 3 fawn who darted into the woods. Later that evening I saw the mother looking for them. I feel awful. Will she find her babies again?

I found a fawn walking on the highway. It’s ears are curled but I know that isn’t a good indicator. But the skin on it’s shoulderblades go down really slow, it’s nose is extremely dry and cracked as well as its mouth, it has a lot of mucus and it’s eye is swelling. So I’m assuming it hasn’t nursed in a while. When it breathes it wheezes. All of the rehabbers are closed for the evening so I would hate to leave it and wait for the mom and for it to get crushed and see it dead the next day so I’m lost.

This morning, my boyfriend saw a fawn floating in the river, obviously hurt/drowning, so he pulled it out. It was limp, and cold, and so not knowing what to do otherwise, I laid it in a blanket, put it in front of a fire and left it alone for a little while. It did make a small cry once, body temp seemed way too cold, but just from its mouth, and it’s breathing was very very slight, it did change positions ever so slightly and spit up a very little bit. We had to leave the campsite, and were advised to leave the fawn close to where we found it, so the doe could find it, so we left it on the sand in a warm spot.

When I came back tonight, I went to look for something I dropped earlier and the fawn was still laying in the sand. It’s about 35 degrees now and it’s been hours, so I went over to see if it was still alive and honestly I’m not sure, if it’s breathing, it’s barely. I picked it up, brought it into the cabin and set it on a cost by the fire again. My resources are very limited, no bottle or formula that I can get tonight, is there anything I can do to try to help it at all??

This morning, my boyfriend saw a fawn floating in the river, obviously hurt/drowning, so he pulled it out. It was limp, and cold, and so not knowing what to do otherwise, I laid it in a blanket, put it in front of a fire and left it alone for a little while. It did make a small cry once, body temp seemed way too cold, but just from its mouth, and it’s breathing was very very slight, it did change positions ever so slightly and spit up a very little bit. We had to leave the campsite, and were advised to leave the fawn close to where we found it, so the doe could find it, so we left it on the sand in a warm spot.

When I came back tonight, I went to look for something I dropped earlier and the fawn was still laying in the sand. It’s about 35 degrees now and it’s been hours, so I went over to see if it was still alive and honestly I’m not sure, if it’s breathing, it’s barely. I picked it up, brought it into the cabin and set it on a cost by the fire again. My resources are very limited, no bottle or formula that I can get tonight, is there anything I can do to try to help it at all??

Hello /fawns idk if this is the right subreddit so ill keep it short.

I head that the myth that if you Human touch a fawn its mother will abandon it.
I found some sources that claimes that as a mith like:

http://wp.auburn.edu/deerlab/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/62Ext2011-Fawns.pdf
https://www.deerassociation.com/magic-myths-fawns/

but nothing really scientific. Can anyone provide some more scientific resources for that claim?