I GOT A CALL A FEW NIGHTS AGO FROM A FRANTIC BIRD OWNER WHOSE GOFFINS COCKATOO,
CASPER, HAD BEEN THE VICTIM OF THE "BIG BIRD, LITTLE BIRD" ATTACK SYNDROME. THIS
ADORABLE LITTLE BIRD HAD BEEN SHARING A CAGE WITH A MOLLUCAN FOR ALMOST A YEAR,
WHEN FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT ATTACKED THE GOFFINS. MARSHA PICKED UP THE BIRD TO
TAKE IT TO THE EMERGENCY VETS OFFICE, BUT THERE WAS NO AVIAN VET ON DUTY. THE VET ON
CALL TREATED THE BIRD BY BANDAGING THE WING IN PLACE & GIVING CASPER SOME PAIN MEDS
AND ANTIBIOTICS. BY THE TIME THE BIRD GOT TO ME, A FEW DAYS LATER, THE BLOOD SUPPLY
HAD CEASED AND THE WING BASICALLY FELL OFF. MANY THANKS TO THERESA WHO CAME OVER
TO HELP EXAMINE & BANDAGE CASPER. I WILL TAKE HIM TO ONE OF THE PARROT HAVEN VETS AS
SOON AS I CAN GET AN APPOINTMENT. AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD JUST BE FOR AN EXAM, SINCE
THE WING SEEMS TO HAVE BEGUN THE HEALING PROCESS. CASPER IS GETTING ALONG FINE AND
EATING WELL. HE REALLY LOVES HIS APPLES. I HAVE BEEN GIVING HIM ANTIBIOTICS TO PREVENT
AN INFECTION. AT THIS POINT, CASPER IS NOT UP FOR ADOPTION, WHILE HE RECUPERATES.
Update 08/11/02 - CASPER HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH DR. HEIDI HOEFER OF WEST HILL'S ANIMAL HOSPITAL ON MONDAY AFTER BEING EXAMINED BY DR. BOB CORONA, WHO REFERRED CASPER TO HEIDI, REALIZING THAT SURGERY WAS NECESSARY. HIS BIT OF REMAINING WING HAD BECOME INFECTED SO ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE TO COMPLETELY AMPUTATE THE WING. A NEW INTERN, DR. ELISABETH FREILICHER PERFORMED THE SURGERY AS HEIDI ADMINISTERED THE ANESTHESIA. HEIDI HAS ALWAYS DONE A GREAT JOB TAKING CARE OF THE PARROT HAVEN BIRDS. CASPER SPENT THE NIGHT RECUPERATING AND CAME HOME THE NEXT DAY. HE'S EATING WELL & TAKING HIS ANTIBIOTICS. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN GIVING CASPER A HOME, SO I HAVE A HARD DECISION TO MAKE, PLACING THIS TRUSTING SOUL IN JUST THE RIGHT HOME.. MEANWHILE, HE'S GETTING PLENTY OF ATTENTION, HANGING OUT ON THE DINING ROOM TABLE, BEING THE CENTER OF ALL ACTIVITY.  Update 08/17/02 Update 11/04/02 - WENT TO VISIT CASPER. HE LOVES HIS NEW HOME, HAS HIS OWN ROOM THAT HE SHARES WITH A RINGNECK AND IS TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH BRIAN. |
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- CAPSER HAS FOUND A NEW HOME WITH BRIAN & TRACI, WHO ARE COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH HIM. CASPER NOW
RESIDES IN A BEAUTIFUL KING'S CAGE OVERLOOKING A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN. HIS WOUND IS HEALING BEAUTIFULLY
AND HIS STITCHES WILL BE REMOVED NEXT WEEK.