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Last night after work I rescued a galah from a member of the public. They'd hit the bird in the car and picked it up. The wing was broken, and they knew the wing was broken. You could see the ends of the tibia, radius and ulna poking through the feathers, and there was a lot of blood.

What I don't get is that they've held on to the bird for TWO WEEKS and hoped the wing would get better. They didn't take it to a vet. The ends of 3 bones were poking through the skin and they'd somehow thought the wing would spontaneously fix itself without strapping or pinning or any intervention from a vet.

Because, you know, it's just a galah. But if you're just going to kill it we'd like to keep him as a pet. His name is Jerry. He's eating well and there's nothing wrong with him apart from the wing, of course.

I told them I was taking the bird to the zoo vets. I lied. I euthanased it as soon as I got home. The poor bird might have had a chance two weeks ago, but he was so buggered he died without even fighting me.

Date: 6 Jan 2006 04:33 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bfly.livejournal.com
Oh, the poor pink baby... grrrr. How could they keep it in that state for two weeks and not realize it must be suffering? I know birds hide things well, but I look at my galah and can't imagine her sitting there with bones protruding and expecting her to get better on her own. {sigh} Sometimes I just don't even want to know what goes on in people's heads.

Date: 6 Jan 2006 04:47 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com
I think things don't go on in people's heads, and that's the problem.

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