Friday, February 03, 2006

Lumpy comes home

So last night I brought home our sweet precious little cockatiel, White Lump. She's an albino, and they are not very hardy creatures. She has malformed wings which have been broken several times, but she's the sweetest little bird I've known. We brought her into the hospital a couple of days ago because she was not doing very well. She seemed lethargic and her left wing was drooping. Turns out that because she's been on a seed diet (contrary to popular belief, this is not what bird's diets should consist of) and has been laying eggs faster than a flock of chickens she was suffering (dying) from malnutrition. Poor little lumpyhead. So, she had to be hospitalized in a little birdy hospital for a few days, being given vitamin and antibiotic injections. She took it all very well, I was impressed. All in all it was about $530.

6 Comments:

Blogger cherry blossom said...

a little strategically place duck tape might keep her from laying any more eggs. might keep the cage cleaner too. experiment.

just kidding. no animals were harmed in the making of this comment.

2/03/2006 8:39 PM  
Blogger cherry blossom said...

it's just... no true engineer can see a problem (any problem) and not consider duct tape as one possible solution to it.

2/03/2006 8:40 PM  
Blogger cherry blossom said...

i just try make sister funny haha

2/03/2006 8:50 PM  
Blogger rebecca said...

as if I didn't already try duct tape. what kind of engineer do you think I am?

2/06/2006 1:56 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hmmmm...duct tape...interesting. Is it a bad thing if you're an engineer and are just now coming across this concept?
;)

2/06/2006 3:02 PM  
Blogger rebecca said...

inexcusable, really.

2/06/2006 3:19 PM  

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