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The Tale of Cassie B Bird
by Kathy .........................................
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Cassie B started her life in the small town of Cambridge Springs Pa.in 1984 As a young bird she moved with her family out to Oregon. They returned to Cambridge Springs PA. years later. As her owner got older Cassie was moved to the basement in a cage next to a another . Cassie like a lot of Cockatoo's started to pull her feathers out from being bored.. ( Cassie was a Citron Cockatoo) At least the gentleman had enough sense to know Cassie needed a new home and put a ad in the newspaper... We obtained Cassie on 8/8/05.. She was bare from the neck to the butt... Cassie had her loves ( my husband ) and her hates ( me) But we gave her the attention she needed.. She bonded with my husband. Shortly her feathers started to regrow..She was the joy of our life. She started doing pet therapy and going out to the bank, the car dealer etc etc...We were a happy family..along with our other 7 birds. Cassie was so happy she started laying eggs for the first time in her life She was proud of her eggs... Suddenly in June of 2007 we noticed Cassie was becoming distended. We called our Vet in Erie Pa . He did not have much knowledge of birds, and refer us to a Aviary Doctor in East Amherst NY. We made a appt with Dr Adamzak and the night prior Cassie passed what looked like hard cook egg of course we took it to the Doctor She had never seen any thing like it, it appeared that Cassie had made a egg without a shell. She got a septic infection ( a body wide infection) and it was so bad it displaced all her organs... We did not know if she would make it.. she was started on a antibiotic for six weeks... She made a fully recovery. She return to Pet Therapy outings and being Dad's little girl. Among Cassie's favorite Junk food was French fries.. On August 1, 2008 after being given a Fry and her throwing it on the cage floor we knew something was up. As the day went on we notice Cassie was Throwing up water... and anyone who knows bird know they do not throw up. A emergency call was made to East Amherst and she went up the same afternoon it was a long and stressful trip- but again Cassie was egg bound. The Doctor gave a shot of in attempt to harden the shell- but 2 days later we had to have the egg and her reproductive tract removed... She came on 8/8/2008 her birthday of her arrival She looked funny shaved from bottom to beak, but she was alive and had one big birthday party eventho she was likely not really in the mood to have it.. She regrew all of the feathers plus some... She return to Pet therapy ,outings , and hating me and loving her Daddy. In June of 2009 we took Cassie B up to East Amherst Ny for her yearly check up... The Doctor noted that Cassie had a Heart Murmur while she was doing the pre op testing and did do a Echocardiogram to be safe... It was nothing unusal.... Cassie continued on with her live hating me and loving her dad etc.. Till January 13 2010.. My husband and I enjoy going to a local tavern a couple times a week. That night was we were leaving my Husband told Cassie to be a good girl while we were gone... She shook her head yes... About 20 minutes later My brother who lives with us called the taven told us Cassie had fallen of the perch and nothing acting right... We got home she was dead on the cage floor... With her cardiac history it was likely Cardiac Arrest. The one thing that Cassie loved to do was to get up in my Husband's sweat shirt... She would spend hours up there and even did a egg...This was true love of my husband.. We have adopted a Unbrella Cockatoo out of Rochester NY Rescue. Milton is 14 years old... He loves everyone- He is not Cassie's Replacement... But it is weird in the last few days Milton has started crawling up in my Husband's Sweat Shirt... He did not encourage this... But did Cassie send a message to Milton that she is okay, and about the hiding place... who knows. Rest in peace Cassie ,and yes we will give Milton the same care and love as you Someday we will all met.. |
Comments would be appreciated by the author, Kathy
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