Not gonna live without it's Mama either. It'll likely do just fine, but once it's been handfed, it's not gonna be a safe animal to return to the wild, because it'll get killed by the first hunter that it approaches thinking it's a "friend." I agree, they're not meant to be pets, but at the same time, there are many of them that are raised in pins all the time. Heck does Texas still have "WILD" deer???