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[–] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 39 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Yes I’m replying to my own post.

Meet Darla:

Darla is part of a cluster of deer that live in the neighborhood. They’ve been a part of the neighborhood for as long as I can remember and my house is one of their safe zones. Once in a while I’ll have some spare blueberries I can give them so they don’t go to waste, and that’s what Darla uses me for.

She absolutely hates my cat though. 😔

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 15 points 4 weeks ago

I love deer on every level, and am generally happy to see them where I live. Except for this-- that they can carry deer ticks.

Which for a person already disabled, would pretty much be curtains. But even for the completely healthy, getting Lyme Disease is generally a complete disaster.

[–] TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

We have a small herd of deer that comes through our yard and we leave corn out in the winter and in the summer fill up a boulder that was carved out like a bowl over many years of sitting in a creek.

We have names for a few of them

  • round ear (she has round ears, and is very old)
  • chicky mama (she has at least 1 fawn every year)
  • limpy ( she got hit by a car and now has a limp
  • ticks ( this is the unlucky one that gets all the ticks)

That's the 4 of them