From http://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/stories/Newborn-Wildlife-Abandoned-Because-of-Heat-Drought-125724738.html:

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"With the drought, there is no feed for the mother deer. And if they can't feed, they can't produce milk. They can't feed their babies, so they are leaving them," center volunteer Gail Barnes told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.

The newborns that don't starve are easy prey for predators such as bobcats. One fawn that survived an attack was brought to the South Plains center, Barnes said. "It's in isolation, it's torn up so bad," she said.

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Song birds and birds of prey also are suffering in the drought.

"They are abandoning the nest and abandoning the young because they have to be able to feed themselves to fly and get food to feed the young," Barnes said.

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A number of animals like skunks seem to be coping by moving closer to people's houses where water might be found.

A lady between Canyon and Happy has a really nice indoor arena for horses. She told us she was watering the arena down at night, trying to get the sand to settle and keep dust down.

But she quit after snakes started showing up. Mainly bulls, at least one rattler.

You know it's damn hot and dry when snakes start coming into an arena at night to get to the cool and damp.