Story Bird: Abby

 

 

Abby was a beautiful and loving Umbrella Cockatoo that I brought home when she was three months old.  She rapidly become ruler of the roost in our home and we completely and utterly adored her.  When she was just two years old, Abby became very sick and had to stay at the vet's for a whole week.  She got to come home for the weekend, but had to return Monday morning...Tuesday morning Abby died.  The necropsy revealed that string from her favorite frayed rope toy had lodged in her intestine and the irritation had caused a hole which allowed the bacteria to flow to other parts of her body.  I now have her sister, Chloe, and when I got Chloe (she was two years old)...I was informed that she, too, had suffered from string lodging in her intestine, but she was able to pass the string....however, the vet still kept her and had to pull the string the rest of the way out.  Needless to say, we only use sisal rope now.
 

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