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- Embed this notice@Grumblesock no, please, a.m.a. any time, i'll stop what i'm doing to answer you, friend. i know replying in such an amazing way wasn't a big deal to you but it was to me. kindness is not wasted on me, i never forget it.
pigeon patty is still with us! ♡ she's being looked after like a prize show dog.
she's not up and about yet, but i was sure that i was helping her pass on, and now i'm not sure about that! i've been keeping her warm & making sure she has food and water. the hospital bed i made for her is inside a kitty carrier (idk what the name is for those hard plastic cat carriers with the hinge metal door that's hard to open sometimes, like a travel cage?) and during the day, after i'd fed the birds outside, i would put the carrier right up to the window, so she could see her friends. she seemed to like that a lot. she would be up the front of the carrier and facing the window. otherwise she hasn't been moving much.
here's a groovy thing that i'm just lucky to have. the previous owners of this house had chickens, so there is a lovely good-sized, properly made, chicken coop out the back. it was a blessing for me because my housemate added a wire covered run to it, and turned it into an outdoor kitty enclosure. william kitty is a psychopath and i can't let him run free, not even during the day. he would eat every living thing within a 5km radius if i did. so he has his own outdoor enclosure with a run that goes out onto the lawn. he was a feral wildling when my housemate adopted him but he's a sookum baby these days, and only spends a few hours out there at a time cos he wants to be where i am. but it's so amazing that he has that space, and he isn't locked in the house 24/7. i'm so grateful for it. he goes to a certain door when he wants to go out there. so everyone is happy.
but william has lost his outdoor space for the moment because this afternoon i put patty out there to see how she goes. she is still in her hospital nest in the carrier, but the carrier door is open, and her food and water are just in front of it. i put a towel over the carrier for tonight to try to keep it a little warmer - or at least not as cold. when i went to check on her a few hours after i put her out there and she hadn't come out yet, but she was moving her head, checking it out. i wouldn't wanna leap straight out of that sweet nest i made her either!
sorry if this was too long winded but the good news is pigeon patty is in a safe spot and living like a queen. even tho she's not dancing (or eating much) yet, i'm happy for her as i didn't expect her to make it thru the first night ♡ ♡ ♡
i don't think she's out of the woods by any means, so it's still a wait and see situation, really. her legs aren't broken, her wings aren't broken - i'm just happy i can take care of her to see if she can make it ☻