| Tim & Vicki Reiner In A Far Place |
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To Contact Us:
Surface Mail:
Tim and Vicki Reiner ٠ C.P. 111 ٠ 56.302-970 ٠ Petrolina, PE ٠ BRAZIL
Email: timandvicki@inafarplace.com Website: http://www.inafarplace.com
Surface Mail:
Tim and Vicki Reiner ٠ C.P. 111 ٠ 56.302-970 ٠ Petrolina, PE ٠ BRAZIL
Email: timandvicki@inafarplace.com Website: http://www.inafarplace.com
Our Deer Pet
One of our best pets ever was our pet deer, Feline. On a
return trip from visiting our oldest in boarding school, I rode
the bus just over halfway where I met my ride for the
remainder of the trip back home. I could hardly believe my
eyes at the sight of the tiniest speckled fawn tied to a stake in
the sun awaiting her owner´s big box for transport. Just
before we got into the truck, the fawn was offered water in a
regular-sized baby bottle with a big hole cut in the nipple. The
poor thing could not get its mouth over the nipple and was
drenched by the water.
At the first rest stop, I purchased a tiny bottle used for giving
infants medication. The fawn had no trouble getting this one
in her mouth and drinking all of the refreshing water I offered.
Wrapped in a large towel and cuddled in my arms the sweet
baby slept for the remainder of the way to our house. At our
house, the owner said that the deer would probably die at his
house anyway, and offered her to me!
Our children named her Feline and she lived with us for 17
years. For most of that time, we did not know that her species
was among the endangered. She loved to wander in and out
of our house, stealing bananas from the kitchen and licking
the salt from potato chip bags. She also enjoyed licking
elbows and feet! Because she advanced on people on the
other side of our gate, we were convinced she thought she
was one of our guard dogs!
Besides lounging in the yard to ruminate and groom herself,
Feline enjoyed grooming our cats! It was too funny to watch
the cats move themselves under her tongue to be licked in
just the right spot! Often, they returned indoors with fur
scattered in all directions!
return trip from visiting our oldest in boarding school, I rode
the bus just over halfway where I met my ride for the
remainder of the trip back home. I could hardly believe my
eyes at the sight of the tiniest speckled fawn tied to a stake in
the sun awaiting her owner´s big box for transport. Just
before we got into the truck, the fawn was offered water in a
regular-sized baby bottle with a big hole cut in the nipple. The
poor thing could not get its mouth over the nipple and was
drenched by the water.
At the first rest stop, I purchased a tiny bottle used for giving
infants medication. The fawn had no trouble getting this one
in her mouth and drinking all of the refreshing water I offered.
Wrapped in a large towel and cuddled in my arms the sweet
baby slept for the remainder of the way to our house. At our
house, the owner said that the deer would probably die at his
house anyway, and offered her to me!
Our children named her Feline and she lived with us for 17
years. For most of that time, we did not know that her species
was among the endangered. She loved to wander in and out
of our house, stealing bananas from the kitchen and licking
the salt from potato chip bags. She also enjoyed licking
elbows and feet! Because she advanced on people on the
other side of our gate, we were convinced she thought she
was one of our guard dogs!
Besides lounging in the yard to ruminate and groom herself,
Feline enjoyed grooming our cats! It was too funny to watch
the cats move themselves under her tongue to be licked in
just the right spot! Often, they returned indoors with fur
scattered in all directions!
For more information about the Pampas Deer, visit the following sites -
http://www.jww.de/445,591/
http://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Ozotoceros_bezoarticus
http://www.eol.org/pages/129578?category_id=70
http://www.jww.de/445,591/
http://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Ozotoceros_bezoarticus
http://www.eol.org/pages/129578?category_id=70
- Species: Ozotoceros bezoarticus
- Groups of 5-20 individuals
- Body weight: 66-88 lbs (30-40 kg)
- Head and body length: 43"-51" (110-130 cm)
- Male antlers: up to 12" (30 cm)
- Tail length: 4"-6" (10-15 cm)
- Shoulder height: 28"-30" (70-75 cm)
- Gestation period: 6-7 months
- Maximum age: 12 years
- Extremely agile, running up to 43 mi/h (70km/h), jumping over obstacles without slowing down
- Listed as endangered species since 1975: "explained by habitat fragmentation, agricultural development
and competition with farmed animals, unregulated hunting and transmission of infectious diseases"
