ncmomo3 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Too cool. She has been around before but never this close to the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedfamily Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 And thank goodness. I thought this was going to be another venomous creature thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncmomo3 Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 And thank goodness. I thought this was going to be another venomous creature thread. I should have given a too cute warning:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegGuheert Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Too cool. She has been around before but never this close to the house.Very neat! Is that an albino deer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncmomo3 Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 Very neat! Is that an albino deer? Yep. We are jazzed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Oh cute!!! An albino!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlemaiden Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Very sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Wow, that is neat. I have never seen an albino deer before (or even heard of one). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rita Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 That is very cool!!! Rita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I have never seen an albino deer - and we live in NC too. That is too cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 In 9 years of deer in our yard we never saw an albino! That is too cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 She is beautiful! When we lived in CT, there was an albino buck in the area. He sired twins who used to come up to our house. I think the locals called the 1/2 albino deer, "pie bald" I think, but I don't know why or how they got that name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 DH, looking over my shoulder, said, "What is that, a unicorn???" Too cool! I thought it was going to be another venomous creature thread too :lol: That's sooo much neater than our ants and dying chipmunks :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Very neat! I've never seen an albino deer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 What a magical sight to see in your backyard! When we lived in CT, there was an albino buck in the area. He sired twins who used to come up to our house. I think the locals called the 1/2 albino deer, "pie bald" I think, but I don't know why or how they got that name. Piebald and skewbald are old English terms for mixed coloring in animals: black and white patches = piebald, and brown and white (or really any color other than black, plus white) = skewbald. Although apparently many people just use "piebald" for any mixed coloring. If the twin fawns you saw were brown & white, then the white buck wasn't a true "albino" -- there are lots of genes besides albinism that can cause white coat patterns in animals (the white patterns in Pinto or Appaloosa horses for example) and there is a "pinto" type gene that occurs in deer. (But if it has a pink nose and pink eyes, it's an albino.) Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy in MD Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I had to check where you live, because we used to have a white buck that would graze near our home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Wow -- how beautiful! That is just so neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 How cool! It almost doesn't look real. I've never heard of an albino deer before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Oh wow!! La Corza Blanca!! How cool is that! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lahmeh Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 How cool! My dc would have enjoyed seeing that! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 What a magical sight to see in your backyard! Piebald and skewbald are old English terms for mixed coloring in animals: black and white patches = piebald, and brown and white (or really any color other than black, plus white) = skewbald. Although apparently many people just use "piebald" for any mixed coloring. If the twin fawns you saw were brown & white, then the white buck wasn't a true "albino" -- there are lots of genes besides albinism that can cause white coat patterns in animals (the white patterns in Pinto or Appaloosa horses for example) and there is a "pinto" type gene that occurs in deer. (But if it has a pink nose and pink eyes, it's an albino.) Jackie Jackie....thanks for this info! We never saw the buck, but the locals made sure we knew about him. :) The twins were brown and white...and the only ones like that we've ever seen. We just assumed the white buck was their sire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingM Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 That's cool. I wonder if you should contact someone, like the biology department at the local university. They might be interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jann in TX Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Most likely it is a recessive gene for the white-tailed deer. We have a group in our area too (Central Texas) and they are quite striking! The white deer in our area are called 'Pie-bald' because most will have a spot or two of brown somewhere on their bodies--but 100% white ones are also found. My friends who regularly hunt deer try to stay away from the white ones--'they are just too pretty' (quote from a 300 pound 6'8" burly man!). Apparently white is a normal color variation. A white deer bred to a white deer will most likely have all white babies--if they breed with a 'regular' brown deer the babies will most likely be either solid brown or spotted. Luckily the white deer are not true albinos---albinos usually have other health issues. -- I have a white german shepherd--same type of genetic thing... his parents were both white (going back many generations). He is NOT an albino--he just does not have a pigment in his fur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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