Posted by TENA/DIAMOND on 1/29/2009, 2:01 pm
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DIAMOND DIARIES #7
ONCE NORMAN HAD DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO TRY AND BREED KELLY AND BILLY , HE MADE A LOVELY BREEDING BOX FOR THEM. EVERYTHING TO THE EXACT SPECIFICATIONS. HE PLACE A LADDER INSIDE , IN CASE KELLY REQUIRED IT.
WE WANTED TO HAVE ONE OF THEIR OFF SPRING AND HAND FEED IT. WELL BILLY DID ALL HE COULD TO ENTICE HER TO GO IN BUT NOTHING WOULD WORK. SHE WAS EATING WELL AND HAD ALL THE RIGHT FOOD SHE NEEDED FOR PROPER NUTRITION. STILL NOTHING. SO BILLY WOULD GO IN AND CALL FOR HER AND SHE SAT THERE AND WAITED FOR HIM TO TIRE AND COME BACK OUT TO SIT NEXT TO HER.
BILLY LOVED HER SO MUCH THAT HE WOULD EVEN PUT HIS WING ON HER ! I NEVER THOUGH I WOULD EVER SEE THAT AGAIN ... AND I NEVER EVER DID . TO ME THAT WAS WHAT LOVE ALL ABOUT. PEOPLE THINK THAT ANIMALS DON'T FEEL BUT THEY ARE SO SO WRONG. HERE WAS TWO BIRDS THAT WERE NOT TREATED PROPERLY AND FED RIGHT AND WERE GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE AND ENDED UP FINDING EACH OTHER. I WAS THE LUCKY ONE ALSO TO SEE IT ALL TAKE PLACE IN FRONT OF ME.
I HAD TOLD NORMAN THAT KELLY WAS NOT WELL. SHE WAS SO BADLY MALNUTRITION THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE DID TO GET HER BACK TO A HEALTHY STATE, SHE WILL NEVER BE REALLY WELL. THE DAMAGED HAD GONE ON SO LONG THAT IT IS IRREVERSIBLE. HE FELT I WAS RIGHT BUT STILL HAD HOPE THAT MAYBE PERHAPS SHE WAS UP FOR THE BREEDING. ONE DAY HE CAME TO ME AND SAID THAT SHE WILL NOT BREED AND HE WILL LEAVE THE BOX BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE IN THE CAGE.
BILLY STOPPED ASKING HER TO GO IN AND I STARTED NOTICING THAT SOMETHING WAS JUST NOT RIGHT. SHE DIDN'T GO TO THE FOOD LIKE SHE DID BEFORE. SHE STILL RESPONDED TO ME WHEN I TALKED TO HER AND SPENT TIME WITH HER BUT STILL NOT WITH THAT SPUNK THAT SHE HAD.
TO MAKE THINGS WORSE, WHILE WE WERE DOING THE CAGES, WE LOST ONE OF THE YOUNG COCKTAILS. HE FLEW OUT TO THE PARROT ROOM AND HE MADE A MISTAKE OF LANDING ON BILLY'S CAGE. IT HAPPENED TO FAST AND WE NEVER EVER THOUGH IT WOULD HAPPEN BUT BILLY JUMPED ON THE DOOR AND HIS BEAK REACHED OUT AND SNAPPED HIS HEAD OFF AS QUICK AS A BLINK OF AN EYE.
I SCREAMED WITH SUCH FRIGHT AND THEN WITH GREAT REGRET, I SOBBED. DESPITE NORM SAYING IT WAS NOT MY FAULT , I KNEW THAT BILLY DIDN'T LIKE ANYTHING AROUND KELLY. I NEVER KNEW TO WHAT EXTENT HE WOULD GO BUT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BIRD THAT LAID LIFELESS. IT WAS NATURE THAT TOOK PLACE THAT DAY BUT NOT AT ITS BEST.
IT WAS NOT LONG AFTER THAT DAY THAT WHEN I WENT TO CHECK ON MY BIRDS THAT I FOUND THE REASON FOR BILLY'S REACTION.
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