Deer and cat

[frogmarch]

This afternoon a cat I'd not seen before (it might belong to our new neighbors down the street) was munching on a tall dead plant in my next-door neighbor’s garden. Up walked a deer. The deer watched the cat for several seconds and then nuzzled the cat’s tail. The cat turned its head and looked at the deer and then turned its head away and went right on munching the plant.

The deer nuzzled the cat’s tail again. The cat didn’t turn its head this time. Still munching the plant, the cat whacked the deer in the nose with its tail.

The deer then nuzzled the cat’s fur from one end of its body to the other. The deer did this several times, from the tip of the cat’s tail all the way to its neck, while the cat kept munching the plant. The cat finally got fed up and moved away. That’s when I tore myself away long enough to run inside for my camera and take a picture.

[Agschmid]

1. Headline should read...

Cat with amazing patience discovered by deer!

[frogmarch]

2. haha! You're right!

It was amazing, and also hilarious to watch.

[Agschmid]

3. Thanks for posting!

[Triana]

4. Awwww.

What a cute story! Kitteh must be used to deer or maybe they're friends?

[frogmarch]

5. I wondered the same thing.

Are the cat and deer friends, or has the cat has been around deer a lot? Wish I knew. :-D

[Enthusiast]

6. Mule deer? Blacktail?

Not a whitetail. Deer must like kittehs. Me too.

[frogmarch]

7. Mule deer are the most common around here

in western Nebraska, so I think it's probably a mule deer. Just a guess, since I don't know one kind of deer from another.

I think that particular deer must like kittehs, anyway. Me three.

[Enthusiast]

8. Western Nebraska is a special case when it comes to deer.

There have been many whitetail-mule deer hybrids checked in during deer season there. That is right where the species overlap. We only have whitetail in Ohio. Good thing we have kittehs.

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[frogmarch]

10. Thanks for the info!

I didn't know that!

Now I'm going to have to find out what the kitteh deer is.

[bvar22]

9. We had the chance to raise a rescue fawn at our place in The Woods.

We also have two Working Kitties (Mousers),
a big male, and a small female who runs the house.

The Big male got along remarkably well with the young deer.
They became BFFs, grooming and playing with each other.

SweetTea eventually left (about 1-1/2 years old) and joined the herd of does that run around our area. WE think we see her from time to time, but there is no way to really know.





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Happy Birthday to Blossom the Rescue Fawn!
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[frogmarch]

11. Ohhhh!

How sweet! What a wonderful story too.

Thanks for the pictures and the story about them. Ohhhh.

[bvar22]

12. Thank You for the kind words.

We are grateful for the experience.
She taught us a lot.