Say hello to Rupert (***extreme faint-from-the-cuteness alert***)

[ScreamingMeemie]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1065209/Meet-deer-little-handful-called-Rupert-delivered-Caesarean-section-mother-killed-car.html

He is growing up without a mother's love. But this tiny muntjac fawn appears to have a lucky streak nonetheless.

He was born three weeks early after his mother was hit by a car.

Vets battled to save her but she died soon afterwards

The little orphan, delivered by Caesarean section, was just six inches tall and, at 500 grams, weighed little more than a bag of sugar.
It looked like he, too, would face a tough fight for survival.

But staff at Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital in Buckinghamshire believe Rupert, as he has been named, will make a full recovery after his dramatic arrival.




******** Tiggywinkles wildlife Hospital? A bag of sugar?**** I am dying,swooning....falling from the cuteness of this whole dang story.

and, just in case you aren't in full OMG, THAT'S TOO CUTE FOR WORDS mode:

[MissMillie]

1. *THUMP*

(poster has fallen to the floor)

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. Hey MissMillie...

How are things going with your son? :hug: I think of you often.

[MissMillie]

4. pretty good these days

his hours at work have finally started to normalize and he's making money.

Now if I could just get his friend to get a job. She (no not a girlfriend) moved in a few weekends ago and hasn't been working.

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. I hope you are also taking time for you.

I can't think of a person who deserves it more. You are a really good mom.

[MissMillie]

16. not so much these days

but I see change on the horizon.

(Thank you for saying that, MrsG... I needed it. My son's 21st B-day is Saturday, and I'm feeling a little beat-up.)

[BarenakedLady]

3. Awwww

:loveya:

[Zuiderelle]

5. What a beauty! That LAST picture, omg.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. Don't you just want to Smoosh him?

:loveya:

[lost-in-nj]

6. squeeee!!

OMG how adorable!!!!!!
thanks for posting this

Tiggywinkles!!!!! what a great name
sounds like something out of Beatrix Potter

hmmm a good mane change if there is an amnesty!!!!


:hi: :hug:

how are you Mrs G????


lost

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. I'm alright, thanks for asking. I'm kneedeep in trying to get this

house situated so that someone/anyone will buy it. I really don't want to be here when the snows starts. How have you been?

[demmiblue]

8. How precious!

:loveya:

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. Awwww! So sweet!

[mainegreen]

12. Yeah, Bambi is pretty cute.

[WannaBeGrumpy]

13. Tiggywinkles. hahahaha!

so cute. :loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. That made me giggle.

How was class? :loveya:

[WannaBeGrumpy]

23. Urban Studies is LONNNGGG and BORRINNGG...

He rambles a lot. So I'm basically writing the notes and kinda listening but he just randomly talks..it's weird.
:(

[Phillycat]

14. SEND HIM TO ME NOW.

WANT!

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. I know...me too

He's just so so cute.

[frogmarch]

15. Ohhhhhh!

So adorable!

Here's an article about keeping muntjac deer as pets: (My aunt in India adopted a pair of orphan muntjacs and kept them as house pets. The deer lived to be around 15 or so, I think.)

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/critters/MuntjacDeer/MuntjacDeer.php

(snippet)

Many people find these creatures to be excellent pets. Muntjac Deer love affection and give kisses. They are fun to play with, playing tag and racing with you. They become quite attached to their owners. They will follow you thorough out the home.

Muntjac Deer are clean, they smell like newborn human babies. They are litter trained just like a kitten within the first day and there isn’t an odor to the litter. They are very soft and quiet. There is very little shedding. You don’t have to walk them and they don’t make messes. Though they are jumpers, they do not seem to ever jump on the furniture and they can use a doggy door.

The two smaller species, the Leaf Muntjac and Reeves Muntjac, are currently being bred in the United States.

It's quite a long article, with lots of info, including tips on care and feeding.

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. Doesn't that sound like almost the perfect pet.

:loveya: I want one.

[WannaBeGrumpy]

24. OMG i am totally getting one...

i think Kittimus Prime would not be happy with me though :(

[Lady-Damai]

35. Wow.. I so want one..Thanks 4 the info. n/t

[Blue Diadem]

17. OMG He's so sweet!

What a dear little deer! :loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

21. Heehee

I was waiting for someone to say that. :) :hi:

[MorningGlow]

22. GASP!!! GIMME!!!

OMG OMG OMG how adorable! I have SUCH a fondness for deer. I had no idea some could be kept as pets! *MG begins to plot...*

[ScreamingMeemie]

27. Me either. And they sound like very nice pets.

I want one now.

[Shakespeare]

29. Audrey Hepburn had a pet deer!

[BlueIris]

25. Oh, sweet Lord.

How adorable.

[barb162]

26. an absolute darling!

[SoxFan]

28. HIDE HIM! PALIN'S COMING!!!

[HEyHEY]

30. Keep him in a jar!

[arcadian]

31. That is the most vile... evil... thing I have ever seen in my entire life.

I wouldn't turn my back on that creature, you know that it would just slit your throat from ear to ear if given half a chance. Thank goodness it does not have opposable thumbs.



















:P

[frogmarch]

32. I emailed a muntjac breeder

for information on buying a baby one. If I hear back, I'll post the info on this thread.

My husband and I have been petless since our beloved bichon Fritty Sue and shih tzu Flower Lou died 4 years ago.

It's illegal in India to have muntjacs as pets, but I think it's been legal here in the U.S. since 1999. I don't know if that varies from state to state, though. It seems to me that in the Pets for Sale area at the website I linked to in my previous post, there's a link to click for that kind of info.

[billyskank]

33. That's about 40 miles from where I live.

:hi:

:hug:

[applegrove]

34. What a cutie all curled up like that. AWwwwwww.

[Taverner]

36. Poor thing! That Dog has hooves!!!

Oh wait - its not a dog?

It's a deer?

Oh - nevermind

[SOteric]

37. *gasp!*

OoooooooOOOOOoo!!! Adorable!

[SOteric]

38. *gasp!*

OoooooooOOOOOoo!!! Adorable!

[frogmarch]

39. I received a reply from the muntjac breeder.

Here it is:

Hello El,

I do breed the Leaf Muntjac deer which are much smaller and tamer than the Indian Muntjac. I sell Bottle baby Muntjacs, which sell for $1,000.00 each, breeders go for $700 - $800. each. Muntjacs only give birth to one fawn each year, usually in the spring. I am located in North Texas but nationwide shipping is available via Delta Airlines.

Jeff Oliver

[e-mail]

[Mutley]

40. It's not even right how cute that is.

:o

:loveya:

[Mad_Dem_X]

41. SAD NEWS - He has passed on.

http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/Sadness-as-Rupert-the-baby.4551419.jp

:cry:

[frogmarch]

42. Oh no.

How sad.

Apparently everyone tried their best, but sometimes nothing helps.

[WannaBeGrumpy]

43. That just ruined my day...=[

:cry: :(

[madmax]

46. NO NO NO

OMG - :cry:

[KamaAina]

47. Awww. Now we can't fawn over him anymore.

:(

[graywarrior]

44. There is a god/dess

I am totally in love.

[madmax]

45. I can't take this much CUTE!!

I want her!! Wowzzza what a beautybaby! :loveya:

[Bucky]

48. This will help you

http://www.deerfarms.com/recipes/venisonbsvwwb.shtml

[grannylib]

49. Oh Dear God...that is the most precious thing I've seen in yonks!!

I had the same thought as I was reading this..."TIGGYWINKLES???" How too too veddy veddy British!! :rofl:
That's just adorable...thanks for sharing!