Check Out My Parent's New Pet

Yesterday my brother and his family came in for a visit. Since this does not happen that often, with the way he has to travel with work, my parents took it as an opportunity to get everyone together for lunch. It was a great visit.

Earlier in the week my mom had told me that a young deer had shown up and that she would follow you around and let you pet her. I knew that my kids would love this. To my amazement, it is true. All you have to do is head into the back field of my parents property and call. Within a few minutes she will show up.

So, without further adieu here she is:

Letting my niece feed her corn.

Hoping my son had some corn.

They are not sure just where she came from, but she is extremely tame and not scared of people. This could actually be a bad thing, since people can be jackasses. Her ears are pretty messed up. We think that one of them may have been cut at the top, maybe to mark her or maybe out of cruelty. The other on is split and looks like it may have been caught in a barbed wire fence. My parents are currently talking with local conservation officers and looking for a possible place for her to go where she would be safe. Hopefully that works out. I would hate to see something happen to her. It is a shame that someone found/took her as a baby and tamed her only to turn her loose. That may not be the case, and she may have just strayed away from her home. But I would be willing to bet that she was just turned loose or dumped.

Anyway, she is pretty damn cool.

Yeti Out!!!!