Well, what can I say? I only posted my very first message here a week ago and little did I know what was to happen by the end of that week!
I suppose I can start by saying that Derik (my hubby) and I had one of the very worst and saddest past 5 days that I can ever remember........ One of my very worst nightmares came true on Thursday 25th April and I have been beside myself with distress ever since. I cant remember the last time I cried so much..heres the story.....
On thursday afternoon at about 3 30pm...., our babies Clawd Raymond (he was pet of the day february 1st 2002) and Cobba "Stevie" got severely 'spooked' by a freak noise outside, and for the first time ever took off with fright and flew right out the open back door. (they were both due to be clipped!!)
Derik and I were panicking SO HARD and we were freaking out and looking and searching, running madly through our block of apartments and streets for them and searching the sky......only to watch sadly as they both got taken by the strong winds and drifted high up into the sky and out of our sight both heading in two separate directions.......
We were out until 8:30pm looking, searching, calling to them, crying and weeping, gawd it was (and still is!!) so hard, I am so upset and I am beside myself!!!
So we made up some posters on the computer straight away.....went around everywhere within a 5- 6 block distance and put them all up, I must've made 60-70 copies, enough until my ink ran out!!!! We were just, praying and just hoping that they were safe somewhere. We felt so lost!! I think we have done everything we can........there is a listing in the newspaper for all this week I put it in straight away. I called every humane society there is here and I even contacted all the radio stations about it all.....am I crazy? Probably!! But I dont care, I am just going to do anything I can.........
On friday midmorning when we were out placing up even more posters we got done at a local printing company....we got a 'break' with one of the birds (it was Clawd Raymond) and we got a call from the local 7/11 (funnily enough we were on our way to that very area before we headed out to buy a pair of binoculas) ....well apparently the day before (thursay arvo)a man had left his number at the shop on Thursday afternoon saying he found a green bird if anyone knew of it. The people at the shop didnt know of anyone at that time, but then by friday a lady walked into the shop (she was the manager) with one of our posters that we had put around the streets andthought she woulld like to put it at the shop for us (that in my eyes was a thoughtful / beautiful thing to do) well, the guy at the shop said..hey give them a call because a guy came in yesterday and said he found one!!! So, they called us on Friday around noon, and derik answered his cell..i could tell by his tears that he had some "good" news...so we went to the shop...but alas, the guy had LOST the number the guy left us!!! OOOoooohhhhh we were heartbroken again.
So, by then Derik said, "hey, lets ring up the newspaper again to see if anyone put in a "found" ad".....so we did and guess what? Someone had!! IT said a large parakeet found....so we called the number and guess what? ... the man had been kind enough to hand him to the humane society..thank goodness. And we had Clawd Raymond back in our arms on Friday night. His wings are now TOTALLY clipped!!!
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. I will definatelly remember you and your family in my prayers.... and I will be praying that you will have some peace untill Cobba makes it home safe and sound.
Huney, Bon & Simba-missed so very much
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