Derby aka "Bird Boy"

 

Derby aka "Bird Boy" ate a bird 9 days ago.  At first

he was feeling okay and called my vet to let him know.

This wasn't the first bird that Derby got and ate and in the

past he was just fine.  This one must have been larger than

the others.  I'll spare you all the details and make a long

story short.  Our vet went on vacation with no back-up 

vet in his office, no back-up vet practice to take care of pets

and basically let everyone fend for themselves.  I wasn't

happy about this at all because Derby wasn't feeling 

well.  I was going to take him to see Dara but

her practice is 2 hours away and on a Friday it probably

would have meant 4 hours or more with traffic.  She

did agree he needed to be seen so after calling several

vet practices in our area Friday morning one said to bring him in.

He was there on Friday and I had to take him back Saturday

and Sunday for x-rays and IV fluids.  He seems better today

but that pile of bird bones is still in his stomach.

So ... the world bird population is done by 1 [one]

and my check book is down by $960.35.

There goes my fall vacation!