diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/animals/deer.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/animals/deer.dm
index 88155adde3..4c4e7dd2d3 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/animals/deer.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/animals/deer.dm
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 	icon_gib = "generic_gib"
 	intelligence_level = SA_ANIMAL
 
-	specific_targets = 1 //Only targets with Found()	
-	
+	specific_targets = 1 //Only targets with Found()
+
 	view_range = 5
 	health = 50
 	turns_per_move = 5
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 	var/mob/flee_target
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/deer/New()
-	
+
 	if(prob(1))
 		name = "Kyle"
 		desc = "A deer with no antlers and a very skittish personality, it seems to be a male even though its a doe."
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 		icon_dead = "Kyle_dead"
 		icon_gib = "generic_gib"
 		intelligence_level = SA_ANIMAL
-		vore_active = 1
 
 		health = 100
 		turns_per_move = 1
@@ -60,8 +59,8 @@
 		emote_hear = list("Bleats", "Bleats loudly","Wh-s")
 		emote_see = list("wiggles his tail","Flails around","Flails","Runs around in a circle")
 	..()
-/mob/living/simple_animal/deer/init_vore()	
-	..()	
+/mob/living/simple_animal/deer/init_vore()
+	..()
 	var/obj/belly/B = vore_selected
 	B.name = "Stomach"
 	B.desc = "Your curled up inside Kyle's belly, and he doesnt seem very quite eager about the idea judging from all the bleating..."
@@ -78,15 +77,15 @@
 		"While the distressed deer is trying to get his unwelcome guest out of his stomach, his stomach is busy claiming its food by tightening around you to grind you into mush.",
 		"Its hard to see inside the dark and damp belly, but the sound of sloshing liquids grows louder by every minute, and the same goes for the ominous gurgling noises.",
 		"Everytime Kyle stops to bleat nervously his belly tightens around you, forcing you to curl up tighter than before. Will you get out before its to late, get digested first, or even crushed into a paste?",
-		"The deer tries his best to regurgitate you, but all it does is excite his stomach even more and fill up the organ with more liquids to churn you up with.")				
-	
+		"The deer tries his best to regurgitate you, but all it does is excite his stomach even more and fill up the organ with more liquids to churn you up with.")
+
 // All them complicated deer procedures.
 /mob/living/simple_animal/deer/Life()
 	. = ..()
 	if(!.) return
 
 	handle_flee_target()
-	
+
 /mob/living/simple_animal/deer/proc/handle_flee_target()
 	//see if we should stop fleeing
 	if (flee_target && !(flee_target in ListTargets(view_range)))
@@ -108,4 +107,3 @@
 /mob/living/simple_animal/deer/ex_act()
 	. = ..()
 	react_to_attack(src.loc)
-	
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diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/vore/zz_vore_overrides.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/vore/zz_vore_overrides.dm
index 1c414495e2..252d00ca32 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/vore/zz_vore_overrides.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/vore/zz_vore_overrides.dm
@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@
 	// NO VORE SPRITES
 	vore_max_size = RESIZE_SMALL
 
+//TFF 21/5/19 - make deer spawn with belly?
+/mob/living/simple_animal/deer
+	vore_active = 1
+	vore_capacity = 2
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/carp/pike
 	vore_active = 1
diff --git a/html/changelogs/TheFurryFeline - Dear Deer's Hunger.yml b/html/changelogs/TheFurryFeline - Dear Deer's Hunger.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e029ea2d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/TheFurryFeline - Dear Deer's Hunger.yml	
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+author: TheFurryFeline
+
+delete-after: True
+
+changes:
+  - bugfix: "Deer will now spawn with a belly and not cause a runtime in DEBUG logs."
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