I have calmed down a bit since it happened almost 3 hours ago, but everytime I look at him - I can't help but get a little choked up about it.
Here's my post to The Perch about it:
I feel like it was all my fault. I am so distraught right now - I've already called the vets and the earliest they can see him is tomorrow at 3:30 pm so that is already taken care of...
Arora and Charlie (cockatiels) were on my shoulders, Arora went towards Charlie's spot at the exact moment I started turning in my computer chair. Charlie hopped/fluttered down to the very front of the arm of the chair and got stuck between the desk and the chair. The desk scraped the feathers from a spot on top of his head (just under where his crest is) off and now there are two little circles of blood on his head. I've been watching the spots and the don't appear to be getting any bigger...
I've got him in his travel cage with a towel at the bottom and one perch in it sitting next to his normal cage. He climbed around the bars normal trying to get to the highest spot in the cage like he normally does and when I put the perch in there, he hopped over onto and that is where he has sat since.
He's got millet hanging next to him, water, food and some treat food in there. He started to pick at the millet a few times and chewed at the stem for a few seconds but won't eat any of the seed. Arora is eating/drinking in the big cafe and I sit near him and eat but he still won't eat anything.
He'll step up for me and he'll put his head down for me to pet him still but won't accept any food even if I offer it by hand. (Not even cracker or romaine which are two of his favorites.)
He's been acting kind of docile but this is also his nap time now so I am just freaking out, I am so unsure of everything. He is sitting on the perch and every time he takes a breath he rocks back and forth. I don't know if this is normal for him while he is napping or if he is off balance - I've never gotten to watch him nap or sleep on a perch up close. Anytime he's napped in front of me it's been on a knee or on a flat surface.
Christopher is at work until 11 and I've been crying for the last 2 hours since it happened. Arora was upset with me when it happened but has since warmed up to me a little and is back to his normal self, and Charlie was hissing at me when he saw me coming towards his travel cage but once I got closer, he'd put his head down for a pet from me and would step up... He's not hissing at me anymore...
I am so scared he has a major head injury.
I'm always so careful, I had even kept turning my head to see if both birds were still on my shoulders or on the back of the chair before I moved. It was just horrible rotten timing... it was like I watched it in fast forward and couldn't for the life of me prevent it. I am so upset... I feel like such a horrible person for letting my baby get hurt.
Please God, let there be nothing wrong with this poor baby and let him come out of this healthy and happy
http://www.theperch.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=42952
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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Charlie will be fine. He most likely can sense how much he's loved!
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