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mightytiki · 06-09-2005, 06:53 AM

I'm so completely depressed at the moment, my wife and I found a savaged newborn bird on staircase this evening. It was barely alive missing a wing, a foot, and had difficulty breathing. Try as we could to avoid the inevitable course of action we had to put it out of it's misery. I can't think of anything else but this poor lump attempting gasps for air. I wish there was something I could done...

...words of encouragement, support, levity..please?

JesusTitties · 06-09-2005, 07:04 AM

A few years ago, in thailand i went out to start my car and heard an awful noise. I opened up the hood and saw that a kitten had crawled up under the engine,where it was warm to sleep.
When i started the vehicle, the fan chopped off half its lower half legs. I am a cat person, and the hardest thing i ever had to see was this poor little thing scurrying about frantic.
Eventually i killed it myself, quick and painlessly.

I once read that it has been scientifically proven that many animals simply do not have the brain capacity to fully respond to pain, the way our brain senses it. All animals of course, are different.

But nature intended on the evolutional chain, even though sometimes we have to ....... help it along a little. Your bird friend never fully was in pain, and is now flying with his little brothers and sisters up in the big tree in the sky. And he's happy you put him there.

Avalon · 06-09-2005, 12:42 PM

Sorry Tiki.

You have a good heart and did the right thing.

venusupnorth · 06-09-2005, 01:19 PM

I'm sorry to hear that. I had to put my best friend to sleep a few months ago, my cat Maggi. It was the most painful thing I've had to decide, he was old and had cancer. His suffering was heart breaking and we didn't really have a choice but to end his life.

I hope you find comfort in these words:
You are the miracle bird,
Risen
From the memory
Of the Sun's Womb
In the heart of the Earth.
Flutter,
flutter on,
my heart.
- Mahmud Kianush

NimbleMarmoset · 06-09-2005, 01:49 PM

At my work there is a large pond/fountain area and a family of ducks (are these called mallards?) ~ Mommy Duck, Daddy Duck, and five new offspring ~ are now residing there. Weird in that the environment is totally concrete jungle/high-rise city. . . . but the building management people have increased their safety by putting netting around the circumfrence (sp?) of the pond that has that "eternity pool" effect (it seems there were six offspring, but one got stuck when trying to get out of the pond). They posted discrete signs not to feed them (it's a lunch area with some fast food type available). I make it a point every day (!) to go say hi to them at lunch. . . . yesterday, the sun was out. . . . everybody was flapping and bathing. . . . i love that. Sorry to ramble so. I love my puppers, Margaret so MUCH! When I had to make some quality of life decisions for my terrier, Buckminster Fuller, I came across this site. Sentimental? Perhaps. . . but it helps to share.

Rainbow Bridge

xfox · 06-09-2005, 02:02 PM

Infant mortality is a sad, whatever the species. Animals do feel pain. Their howls are evidence whenever stepping on a paw, etc. They don't know they're gonna die, like we do, however, striving for life is a built in reflex we all share.

06-09-2005, 06:53 AM	#1
mightytiki Destroyer of soups Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Tucson, Az Posts: 93	depressing post alert! I'm so completely depressed at the moment, my wife and I found a savaged newborn bird on staircase this evening. It was barely alive missing a wing, a foot, and had difficulty breathing. Try as we could to avoid the inevitable course of action we had to put it out of it's misery. I can't think of anything else but this poor lump attempting gasps for air. I wish there was something I could done... ...words of encouragement, support, levity..please? __________________ Mightytiki!

06-09-2005, 12:42 PM	#3
Avalon Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: A much better place Posts: 5,931	Sorry Tiki. You have a good heart and did the right thing. __________________ I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. Groucho Marx

06-09-2005, 01:19 PM	#4
venusupnorth I'm leaving tomorrow! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Zoo Posts: 726	I'm sorry to hear that. I had to put my best friend to sleep a few months ago, my cat Maggi. It was the most painful thing I've had to decide, he was old and had cancer. His suffering was heart breaking and we didn't really have a choice but to end his life. I hope you find comfort in these words: You are the miracle bird, Risen From the memory Of the Sun's Womb In the heart of the Earth. Flutter, flutter on, my heart. - Mahmud Kianush __________________ "What you risk reveals what you value." —Jeanette Winterson

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06-09-2005, 07:04 AM	#2
JesusTitties ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,124	A few years ago, in thailand i went out to start my car and heard an awful noise. I opened up the hood and saw that a kitten had crawled up under the engine,where it was warm to sleep. When i started the vehicle, the fan chopped off half its lower half legs. I am a cat person, and the hardest thing i ever had to see was this poor little thing scurrying about frantic. Eventually i killed it myself, quick and painlessly. I once read that it has been scientifically proven that many animals simply do not have the brain capacity to fully respond to pain, the way our brain senses it. All animals of course, are different. But nature intended on the evolutional chain, even though sometimes we have to ....... help it along a little. Your bird friend never fully was in pain, and is now flying with his little brothers and sisters up in the big tree in the sky. And he's happy you put him there.

06-09-2005, 01:49 PM	#5
NimbleMarmoset frick, frack, fruck Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: is irrelevant Posts: 998	At my work there is a large pond/fountain area and a family of ducks (are these called mallards?) ~ Mommy Duck, Daddy Duck, and five new offspring ~ are now residing there. Weird in that the environment is totally concrete jungle/high-rise city. . . . but the building management people have increased their safety by putting netting around the circumfrence (sp?) of the pond that has that "eternity pool" effect (it seems there were six offspring, but one got stuck when trying to get out of the pond). They posted discrete signs not to feed them (it's a lunch area with some fast food type available). I make it a point every day (!) to go say hi to them at lunch. . . . yesterday, the sun was out. . . . everybody was flapping and bathing. . . . i love that. Sorry to ramble so. I love my puppers, Margaret so MUCH! When I had to make some quality of life decisions for my terrier, Buckminster Fuller, I came across this site. Sentimental? Perhaps. . . but it helps to share. Rainbow Bridge

06-09-2005, 02:02 PM	#6
xfox slightly effective Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: >>> Posts: 2,404	Infant mortality is a sad, whatever the species. Animals do feel pain. Their howls are evidence whenever stepping on a paw, etc. They don't know they're gonna die, like we do, however, striving for life is a built in reflex we all share.