1; Yes, the deer only has a single tuft option, but the coding says otherwise, so it results in an OGRE error when you try to switch to another one.
2; It was changed a long time ago, I myself am not sure why we removed them from the deer's body, but I'm sure the staff before me did it for their own reasons.
Don't know if they'll be added back again. That's up to the admins.
No problem! This looks solved now, so I'll go ahead and lock it. If you need this unlocked for any reason, just PM me!
//LOCKING.