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Kate Moss
30-06-09, 03:14 PM
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joshmac
30-06-09, 03:15 PM
Four red crosses inside small boxes? Lucky you ;):lol:
I can't see the pics.
x
Bluepete
30-06-09, 03:15 PM
Da pikys no worky
Spiderman
30-06-09, 03:16 PM
I think were looking at a pic of a ghost are we not?
Polar bear in a snowstorm?
plowsie
30-06-09, 03:18 PM
Eh WTF, looks like a deer in her back garden to me ;) [/spoil]
Kate Moss
30-06-09, 03:23 PM
http://forums.sv650.org/album.php?albumid=388&pictureid=2920
Jamiebridges123
30-06-09, 03:32 PM
Oh wow, should have invited him in for tea. :)
Spiderman
30-06-09, 03:32 PM
Was it trying to break in??
Kate Moss
30-06-09, 03:34 PM
No, he was cleaning the windows with his tongue!
Kate Moss
30-06-09, 03:34 PM
I usually have those patio doors open, hehe can you imagine if I had come down to find a deer in my house!
madness
30-06-09, 03:36 PM
Not exactly cute is she!
Kate Moss
30-06-09, 03:37 PM
Not exactly cute is she!
I'm sure he thinks the same of you!
That looks like a monkjack, not a deer.
Kate Moss
30-06-09, 03:39 PM
I don't know the difference i'm afraid.
plowsie
30-06-09, 03:40 PM
It looks like a deer, that's close enough for me...
is she now hanging on a wall :rolleyes:
joshmac
30-06-09, 03:41 PM
http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=388&pictureid=2920
Did you give him a tip for his efforts?
Miss YC probably would, think their less common than deer.
Kate Moss
30-06-09, 03:42 PM
That looks like a monkjack, not a deer.
Is a munjack not a type of deer?
Spiderman
30-06-09, 03:49 PM
No, he was cleaning the windows with his tongue!
What like one of those annoying gypos at the traffic lights you mean?
Kate Moss
30-06-09, 03:54 PM
What like one of those annoying gypos at the traffic lights you mean?
No more like something from the sunshine Bus
Spiderman
30-06-09, 04:04 PM
PMSL. Thats so worng but so funny.
http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=388&pictureid=2920
MUM!? DAD!?
gruntygiggles
30-06-09, 06:52 PM
That is a Muntjack deer. I'm sure Miss YC will either say yes or no with certainty, but that's what I'd put my money on! Lucky you......hope he comes back and it might be worth contacting your local wildlife warden....they won't and don't need to do anything, but it will help them in recording numbers and locations, which is always helpful!
dizzyblonde
30-06-09, 06:53 PM
Its a Muntjac deer. They are very timid creatures so a very rare sight indeed.
http://www.english-country-garden.com/a/i/animals/muntjac-1.jpg
http://www.vutrax.co.uk/imgofday/20050815_d3c_13678%20fb2%20muntjac%20deer%202005au g06_18-30-36(r+mb%20id@576).jpg
but quite common up here. One got caught on security camera at Wilkinsons in our town centre a few years back
Kate Moss
30-06-09, 06:58 PM
Im scared! I'm sat here with my patio doors open and keep expecting bambi to walk through!
He didn't seem timid at all!
dizzyblonde
30-06-09, 07:02 PM
Don't be scared Kate, hes likely to be more afraid of you.
Although I could arrange to run him over if you prefer, I'm a dab hand at that ;-)
Kate Moss
30-06-09, 07:15 PM
nooooooooooooooo! Bambi killer!!! lol
gruntygiggles
30-06-09, 07:16 PM
Don't be scared Kate......just don't be tempted to feed it anything. The best thing you can do is put a bowl of fresh water in the garden as it's very hot for animals at the moment, but no milk or food of any sort.
If you keep the TV or music on at a decent volume, it shouldn't try and come in, but do you have any neighbours that have left the street recently? If so, they may have been feeding it and so it's now trying to get more.
injury_ian
30-06-09, 07:31 PM
Whoop Whoop, Fresh Venison for dinner then? Phil is a lucky chap!
I make do with pigeon burgers....
http://www.philebrity.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/who_killed_bambi.jpg
phil24_7
30-06-09, 09:02 PM
Funnily enough, I made a comment about Venison!!
I think we may see him again though as we have an apple tree in our back garden and he was quite happily eating them while Kate took photo's!!
Timid my a$$!
http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=388&pictureid=2920
Did you give him a tip for his efforts?
Spot the difference! :lol:
http://www.startrek.com/imageuploads/200303/voy-169-up-close-and-personal/320x240.jpg
I think we may see him again though as we have an apple tree in our back garden and he was quite happily eating them while Kate took photo's!!
Timid my a$$!
v cute but they are such a pest when they get into your garden and eat stuff :-(
Spiderman
01-07-09, 08:57 AM
... it's very hot for animals at the moment,
*best John Merrick voice*
I am not an animal.
But i'm very hot at the moment :)
You know the rules on roadkill, where of you hit something you cant pick it up. Does this apply in your back garden too? ;)
plowsie
01-07-09, 08:58 AM
*best John Merrick voice*
I am not an animal.
But i'm very hot at the moment :)
You know the rules on roadkill, where of you hit something you cant pick it up. Does this apply in your back garden too? ;)
Easy, Kate clobbers it one with a baseball bat, Phil picks it up and whacks it on the stove, Simples.
speedplay
01-07-09, 09:36 AM
Oh wow, should have invited him in for tea. :)
It does look tasty...wheres my gun?
Kate Moss
01-07-09, 10:25 AM
You barbarians! Leave my bambi alone! Anyway I didn't come back, as far as I am aware anyway!
Maybe I shall leave some apples on the ground and see if they are there the next morning!
gruntygiggles
01-07-09, 10:41 AM
You barbarians! Leave my bambi alone! Anyway I didn't come back, as far as I am aware anyway!
Maybe I shall leave some apples on the ground and see if they are there the next morning!
Make sure they're fresh and you don't leave too many. They ferment in the stomach and my sisters goat died because of it ate too many and some were a little over ripe.
The last thing you want it to do is think it can come back for food. It's nice to have them in your garden, but it's a wild animal......if you encourage it to feel comfortable in a human environment, you'll soon either find that it's been run over because it's lost its fear of roads, or it'll ruin your garden, be a pest and potentially catch the eye of someone after a free addition to their freezer!
I wouldn't bother feeding a wild animal, just give it water and enjoy it.
missyburd
01-07-09, 10:46 PM
That looks like a monkjack, not a deer.
Miss YC probably would, think their less common than deer.
Is a munjack not a type of deer?
When I first saw it I thought Muntjac which is just a small deer, on checking up yep tis for definite, though you spell it differently. Chris has just told me you can shoot that at any time of the year...*
*yes, tis a wonder why him and me get on wouldn't ya think?
phil24_7
02-07-09, 06:50 PM
Just so happens my bro has a shotgun!!
Just so happens my bro has a shotgun!!
So does my father in law, he is a deer stalker.
Tis ok, he isn't a pikey that goes poaching but he helps manage land by culling deer to keep numbers down and stop spread of disease, and to cull injured or wounded deer.
He has also taken wounded deer calves home before to help mend and been kept in his back garden and then released back into the wild.
Miss YC I thought I had spelt it incorrectly.
Gruntygiggles, I don't think that deer actually drink water (so the wife tells me, she knows a lot more about them for the above reasons) but actually get all the water they need from eating grass.
gruntygiggles
02-07-09, 07:21 PM
So does my father in law, he is a deer stalker.
Tis ok, he isn't a pikey that goes poaching but he helps manage land by culling deer to keep numbers down and stop spread of disease, and to cull injured or wounded deer.
He has also taken wounded deer calves home before to help mend and been kept in his back garden and then released back into the wild.
Miss YC I thought I had spelt it incorrectly.
Gruntygiggles, I don't think that deer actually drink water (so the wife tells me, she knows a lot more about them for the above reasons) but actually get all the water they need from eating grass.
They don't normally need to as they get preformed and metabolic water (through plants and the digestive process) however, they do need to drink from time to time if they cannot get enough water in their food, so in the hot conditions we've been having, where the plants they eat have been getting less water, so too will the deer and hence the need to find it elsewhere.
I'm no expert so don't get me wrong and correct me if I am wrong. I'm just going on what I've learned through my own experiences and research....and a life of growing up in rural areas surrounded by domestic and wild animals.....I'm not vet!!! :rendeer:
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