DianesDeerVideos

Of all the deer that I have cared for over the last 5 years, these two are my favorites! Zoey and MiLady! Unfortunately, they both have had a hard life. Zoey was separated from her mother during a flood, when she was just a tiny fawn. Her leg was injured as she tried to find safety. MiLady has always been a loner. The other deer seemed to shun her from the very beginning. So sad! And then, last Spring, her fawn got hit by a car, and died when it was barely one month old. Shortly after that, MiLady became very sick. I believe she had an infection in her mouth due to a horsefly bite. Her face is still quite swollen, and she still has a hard time eating, but she is hanging in there.

Spring is almost here and my deer are coming out of hibernation!

An e-tank is the best way to clean old, dirty, rusty cast iron!

There is a fox running around up the street, acting like it owns the place, and my pet deer Babe isn't happy.

Here are the surviving fawns born last Spring. They are just getting to know me.

Sadly, this little one month old fawn is trying to get milk when there is none! You can clearly see the fawn struggling to get milk, and, if you turn up the volume, you can hear her whimpering. Her mother dried up, due to an infection, and I have started her on antibiotics. Let's hope that the antibiotics work on mamma, and that I am successful in coaxing the little one to drink some goat's milk from a bowl tomorrow...

Betty stops by every day to eat. She was born last Spring. She is the grand daughter of Zoey! And today, Bob is with her. Bob was born in April of this year. He has eaten out of the cup in my hand twice, but is still in training...

This abandoned cat showed up at my door about 4 months ago, crying for food and attention, and has been with me ever since. She's absolutely adorable! And my pet deer is so happy to have her around. Watch Bernie the cat roll over, tease and then swat Babe the deer. That's my Bernie!(short for Bernadette). She's so funny!

I have cared for Zoey since 2015. She likes to lick the salt off of my hands.

This video illustrates how to tell the sex of a very young fawn. Females have a small round hump on their forehead.

I love it when the herd comes to visit! I have been feeding the does for several years. Their fawns from last Spring are just getting used to me.

I have trained 6 wild deer to eat from my hand. They often spend time just grooming in my yard, as they know it is a safe place. I enjoy feeding each of them from a cup. I normally feed 4 at once, with 2 cups in each hand. However, sometimes when 5 or 6 show up together at my front door, it is best to lay the food down, so they can all eat at once. Here are five of my beautiful pet deer. Number six (MiLady) recently had twins (Molly and Dolly)and is not in this video. But they are nearby.

Five of the herd had fawns last Spring. Here we have Betty, Bonnie, Bob, Elizabeth and Zelda! They are just learning to trust me.

MiLady is my favorite free of the herd. Here we are training one of her twins to trust me.

This doe is 6 years old now. I feel very lucky that she came to me for help when she was separated from her mother in 2015.

This little one accidentally got shut inside my recycling room for a night. I think it is now on it's own...oh no! ☹😔 Well...I was wondering 🤔 who was drinking the goats milk I left on the porch for MiLady's fawn, and now I know! I hope this baby's mamma comes back for it. But, if not...I think it's a keeper! I'll take care of it! I named it Ricky Racoon 😍😍

Zoey brought her beautiful baby by today! And...it's a girl. You can tell it's a girl because females have a hump on their forehead...

A few of my pet deer hanging out in the front yard. Life is good!

Gobble gobble. There's a turkey walking down my street. Whaaat? Uh oh! Here comes a truck!!!

This is day 2 of this bat roosting in between the plastic covering on my window and the outside window glass. She has been hangin with us 4 days now. She leaves at night and returns in the morning.

I have cared for this doe since 2016, along with several others. Deer are such sweet, calming animals.

Unfortunately, this doe is sick and her milk has dried up after only one month. Let's hope this little one survives. I put her mamma on antibiotics today, and hopefully will be able to coax the little one to drink some goat's milk. Fingers crossed...

When I filmed this video one year ago (in July of 2017), I had been feeding this Doe and her twin fawns a little snack occasionally. Eventually they came to trust me, and, one year later, I now hand feed the doe (named MiLady) along with one of her twin fawns (named Lucy). Her other twin was a male (named Bud). Males are not known to stick around but we see him occasionally...

My favorite part of every day is feeding the deer. When they want to eat, they peer in my doors and windows, until they get my attention. They already ate once today, and now they are back for seconds. But...I am out of food! The herd is growing and so is their appetite (unlike my bank account). So, now I have to somehow make them understand that I don't have any more snacks for them today...