re getting our priorities straight (was Emergency)

[storm]

Amy said:
>
> I was responding to the "Crikey Mike!"  You seemed to think an
> accident or illness would be a *worse* emergency than losing his
> sermon.   All of us Hermione types know that isn't the case (hence the
> reference to "we all could've been killed . . . or worse, expelled").

Of course! <slaps side of head>

well it would be! Unless you are on tele dead is forever and just you remember
that you Hermonie-types!

On the birds, well sadly the sulfar crested cockie had to be euthanised. <sigh>
She/he was only a young bird, about 6 months, but had  Pittcane beak and feather
disease. It's a HIV/AIDS like disease and currently there is no cure. Some birds
are carriers and others have active illness. 'my' bird had beak deformaties,
liver failure and skin ulcers (and that was just on the vet's first look).
He/she would have got it either at conception or soon after hatching. I don't
think 'they' are clear about mode of transmission but one theory is that they
get it through saliva while being fed by mum and dad.

Poor pumpkin. I hate having them put down. The vet said he/she wasn't in much
pain but with PBFD they have never be re-released so ... what kind of life is
captivity for a wild animal?

storm, who really wants to read The Eyre Affair and will be visiting the library
Very Soon.
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