now is not a good time...

So, every time I think I'm going to post something that's more or less positive - neutral at worst - something bad happens, or I do something stupid that complicates my life, or my pets come down with mystery illnesses. Of late, it's been all three, but the only one I am going to talk about is the sick pet.

My lovebird, my first bird, and the pet whose loss would cut the deepest, is very sick. We have a pretty good idea what has gone wrong with her, but the only way to know for sure is to do a surgical procedure (whcih might kill her in and of itself) that wouldn't actually help with the problem, merely delineate it. The nonsurgical diagnostic option would be probably cost a couple thousand dollars (which we do not have) and, again, would not be in any way curative. As things stand, she'll either get better or she'll get worse and there's not much I can do about it except try to tempt her to eat the tiny hen equivalent of junk food and to drink her sneakily medicated water.

She's still cute as a damn button, charming and flirtatious, if a bit subdued.

I don't know what I'll do if she dies.

comments off, since - again - I doubt I'll be in a mood to answer them. this info is just fyi for those who wonder where I'm at lately

now is not a good time...

So, every time I think I'm going to post something that's more or less positive - neutral at worst - something bad happens, or I do something stupid that complicates my life, or my pets come down with mystery illnesses. Of late, it's been all three, but the only one I am going to talk about is the sick pet.

My lovebird, my first bird, and the pet whose loss would cut the deepest, is very sick. We have a pretty good idea what has gone wrong with her, but the only way to know for sure is to do a surgical procedure (whcih might kill her in and of itself) that wouldn't actually help with the problem, merely delineate it. The nonsurgical diagnostic option would be probably cost a couple thousand dollars (which we do not have) and, again, would not be in any way curative. As things stand, she'll either get better or she'll get worse and there's not much I can do about it except try to tempt her to eat the tiny hen equivalent of junk food and to drink her sneakily medicated water.

She's still cute as a damn button, charming and flirtatious, if a bit subdued.

I don't know what I'll do if she dies.

comments off, since - again - I doubt I'll be in a mood to answer them. this info is just fyi for those who wonder where I'm at lately