BIG OUCH!

We have been getting ready to move to our new house and that has included getting some carpet samples to look at. They were sitting up against an end table when we went to bed for the night. Beignet's cage gets closed for the evening so the cats can't bother her when we are not around. In the middle of the night I heard "CLUMP" and then a frightening flopping of bird and feathers. I sprang out of bed to check on Beignet and she seemed to have just been frightened, but okay. The carpet sample had been pulled over by one of the cats. I reassured her and returned to bed. The next morning when I went to open her cage for the day I was horrified to see flight feathers all over the cage. She had one flight feather remaining on her right wing. After many tender words to her I realized that all of her wing had caught in the slats of the cage and they had been traumatically pulled out. I felt horrible for her and knew that her wing must be bruised and hurting.

The very frustrating part of this event is that Beignet loves to have a daily flight around the house. She can't fly until she gets her flight feathers back (she lost the last one, too). On the positive side, she took a shower and two baths today. It seems the new feathers are working hard on coming in and she is trying to relieve them by bathing.

It is like having a child - this having a bird. They have a bad night and you soothe them, the fall and you kiss them to make it better. How I love this little gal!