Our daughter Deb and her friend Dee have been planning this for some time.
It finally worked out on Thursday, June 12.
After Deb and Dee plugged in the crockpot in the shop kitchen and got things ready for lunch, we took the animals over to the office.
Inge with Jarrett, Deb’s latest fawn rescue and Dee’s dog Nash.
Both of Deb’s fawns – Bucky and Jarrett – were rescued by truck drivers who saw them standing beside the road next to their dead mothers.
Yeah for truck drivers!
Jarrett was a triplet who mother and two siblings were killed by vehicles.
Flower is a littler girl skunk who was found wandering around a campground. After a few days someone brought her home and located Deb. She was hungry and dehydrated, but is now doing well.
Jarrett’s ears have an interesting flip.
Deb thinks it may have happened in the womb because there were three babies. Their ears are usually straight.
I love his pretty spots.
He is so petite, but will now have opportunity to grow up to be a large buck.
He will go to a deer sanctuary in a few weeks – along with his big “brother” Bucky.
Bucky was ready for the deer sanctuary when Jarrett arrived, but Deb asked the people at the sanctuary if she could keep Bucky another few weeks because she felt that Jarrett needed him for moral support.
Deb has not yet found a place for flower.
The ladies in the office had fun watching the animals interact
She brought these two because they need to be fed every two hours. The others could wait until she got home.
Jarrett, Dee, and Nash
Lynn and Flower
Deb knew that I was posting these pictures tonight and emailed the next few to me.
Deb thought they looked like they were pausing for prayer in this picture.
By noon we went back to the shop office/kitchen to feed the men who were working on the chapel.
Deb made a delicious meal of roast beef and potatoes and a vegetable mix of carrots, cauliflower, and broccoli. I took dinner rolls.
Bunny came over to the shop and asked me to take a picture of the office ladies.
He said, “I don’t think I have ever seen them so happy or enjoy a meal so much. 🙂
Inge wanted me to feature the chocolate-dipped peanut butter cookie. There were also homemade cinnamon rolls – made by Deb.
Thanks Deb and Dee for bringing the animals and food.
Oh, gosh. I wish I was there. Being able to see the precious babies and enjoy a delicious looking meal and cookies..bliss 🙂 Thanks for sharing the wonderful dayl
It was fun watching the animals interact – and eating the delicious meal.
Beautiful animals! We had a neighbor once who had a pet skunk. They named him Odie after the cartoon skunk who was named after eau de cologne.
I understand that skunks make good pets – kind of like a cat.
What a lovely treat for the TFC people! That’s fascinating that the dog gets along with the other two animals so well — but he’s probably become used to having them around.
I think it was the first time Nash met these two, but he is used to Deb’s animals and seems to get along with all of them.
It was the first time the dog and the babies met; but Nash the has been around our other rescues and he is wonderful with them. He is a very laid back dog (who was also rescued). Thanks for all the sweet notes.
Deb — I’m so impressed with the work you do with the animals. Are you successful in reintroducing any of them to the wild, or do they all end up in sanctuaries of some sort?
Raccoons, squirrels, and opossums do well in the wild. A deer is another matter, as they need someone to care for them much longer, so a sanctuary is a better choice. Skunks and kittens make good pets, so she usually looks for someone who wants them as a pet.
How interesting that they all need such different treatment, though I can understand each of the groupings you described. Again — a good job!
We have had a lot of luck getting them back to where they belong, which is hard at times for us to do, but so rewarding; and that is always the goal. Certain circumstances force us to keep them longer because they have special needs or require long term care; but overall they all go back in the wild in time. The deer are going to a special forever home; they will be protected at Deer Haven in Maryland. This place is only for deer that have been hand-raised.
The best part about rescuing these helpless babies is that they get a chance at life and end up making friends they may have never meet…they don’t know not to. It’s rather fun to let them help each other grown and learn to share things and love each other. When we have singles babies (because most babies are social animals and need someone or something around them 24/7); we need to be pair them up with some type of other baby so they can learn to rely on animals and not people. It’s an amazing thing that God put in them to adapt when they are orphaned. They know when it’s time to go back to the wild too; and you can see the transformation in them as they start to see the woods as their home.
Thanks for the very sweet note too
oh my, Doris ~ absolutely adorable pics!!!