Beasley
Rollerblading along the road
Around May several “breeder” parrotlets were traded into a local bird store for another parrot. I’ve been socializing with them regularly for months and they've been slowly falling apart since they got there..it’s just heartbreaking. One pair, Kate and Eddie, were put in a split divider cage with a conure in the other half and either Ed, the conure, or both beat Katie up very badly in July. Store was going to just see if she survived, I paid to have her taken care of by the AV and found out today that the store had transferred ownership to me! This was done at the end of her treatment so that I paid the discounted store rates, which I really appreciate from both the vet and store.
Kate may never fly again, her wings were pretty well destroyed but she kept her toes (amazing!) and her feathers are slowly growing back. She is incredibly strong, her grip is improving and she’s just the sweetest little girl. Ed is still at the store, alone and freaked out and kept in the back away from anyone who might want to take him home..I’d be lying if I said it didn’t upset me. I want to bring him home with me. I don’t know if they could be together again, but I think the stress of the store contributed to the attack. Kate and Eddie were very happy together before that and even if they don’t want to be together I think he’s better off out of the store, but that could be my ego, my heart, my want to help him speaking. Ed hates me, but he’s hated everything since Katie was taken away. I could use some outside perspective because I am having a very hard time not feeling like I am abandoning Eddie to waste away in the store while Kate and I go on our merry way without him.
Kate may never fly again, her wings were pretty well destroyed but she kept her toes (amazing!) and her feathers are slowly growing back. She is incredibly strong, her grip is improving and she’s just the sweetest little girl. Ed is still at the store, alone and freaked out and kept in the back away from anyone who might want to take him home..I’d be lying if I said it didn’t upset me. I want to bring him home with me. I don’t know if they could be together again, but I think the stress of the store contributed to the attack. Kate and Eddie were very happy together before that and even if they don’t want to be together I think he’s better off out of the store, but that could be my ego, my heart, my want to help him speaking. Ed hates me, but he’s hated everything since Katie was taken away. I could use some outside perspective because I am having a very hard time not feeling like I am abandoning Eddie to waste away in the store while Kate and I go on our merry way without him.
so I do. I think selfishly, maybe I wanted to keep a space open for a black capped conure (which makes me feel like a terrible person), but I couldn’t happily do so knowing I turned away from Eddie. He knows me, he knows Katie, and while he may never warm up to me, I do have other parrotlet friends whose company he might enjoy. Plus I don’t need a conure, but it sure feels like Ed needs me.
