@BertAllen - it’s all a matter of perspective. I could have returned Sif to the breeder & got another CAG from them or someone else. Not throwing up ego or anything but I feel in my heart that I’m the right person Sif. I really don’t care if she’s half-blind or becomes fully blind. I didn’t care when I knew she’d never have normal feet. I touched that fuzzy little head at 4weeks old and I knew then no matter what she would come home with me one day.
That day came & yes she had to have a toe partially amputated at the vet & yes she had to go back to have the eye examined & yes she will probably have to go back into have the other examined. It doesn’t matter to me.
There are no CAG races for her to run & there’s no competition other than life one day at a time. Sif is a happy, loving, birb. She spent an hour in my arms getting her head scritched and dozing while I watched tv. As far as I’m concerned as long she is able to get around enough to eat & drink, that is all she needs to be able to do. If I have to, I will do the rest for her.
Had I returned her to the breeder her life would have been miserable confinement to a cage probably producing babies, until she was worn out & then death. I could never sentence anyone or anything to that type of HE double hockey sticks.
Her life now, is most of the day on her large perch, playing with her hoomans and sleep in her tent. The cage is only for times when no one is home and that is rare. It may not be the perfect life & I know I’m not a perfect person but in the end, our broken pieces mix to make a whole. Maybe that’s the best that anyone can hope for is to be happy in the moment & together with others that make you complete.
So don’t feel too sad. I realize it’s kind of a long answer but I think it’s important. I feel there are probably a lot of birds that wouldn’t mind being in Sif’s position at all & there are others out there like me who don’t see a special needs fid – just a special birb lol <3