The invention provides a forest musk deer fixing device, comprising a fixing unit, a sensor unit, and a drive unit; the fixing unit includes a fixed bottom plate, a movable plate, and leg fixing parts, and the movable plate is provided with a fixing belt; the sensor unit includes a miniature pressure sensor, a sensor wire; the drive unit includes a brushless motor, a driver, and a movable plate drive mechanism. The present invention also provides a method for fixing the musk deer, which includes the following steps: preparing and fixing the animal body, putting the head and body of the musk deer into corresponding In the fixing belt, turn on the power switch, move the two leg fixing parts to the fixed bottom plate, and make them close to the animal's front and rear legs respectively; put the front and rear legs into the corresponding leg fixing parts; the device has a simple structure and is fixed The effect is good, avoiding causing fear to animals, avoiding the injury, infection and even death that were easy to occur in the process of capturing and immobilizing forest musk deer in the past, avoiding staff being scratched, reducing work difficulty and saving working time.