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Never underestimate how devastating it can be to see a beloved pet get injured. Photo via Pixabay.<\/p><\/div>\n

Editor’s note: I read this touching story by Hilary Jacobson, of Mother Food<\/a>, about her beloved pet parrot on Facebook and asked her if we could share it. You may want to grab\u00a0a handkerchief before you start reading about how she saved her beloved pet.<\/em><\/p>\n

My beloved pet parrot was dying, and then I did this<\/strong><\/h3>\n

By Hilary Jacobson, special to JenniferMargulis.net<\/a><\/p>\n

This last week has been tough.\u00a0My beautiful pet parrot had an accident and we thought we were going to lose her.\u00a0It brought home to me how much a pet becomes a member of family.\u00a0She would have recovered from the injury, but she was stunned and in pain, and therefore wasn’t eating or drinking.<\/p>\n

The second day after the accident I was sitting near her, feeling such sadness<\/a> because I couldn’t figure out how to force-hydrate her.\u00a0Maybe she sensed my concern.\u00a0She gathered all her strength and courage and flew to my shoulder and nestled against my cheek.<\/p>\n

I remembered: She has sometimes wanted to eat and drink from my lips… a very bird-thing, I believe. It seems instinctive to her.<\/p>\n

\"Hilary

Hilary Jacobson saved her beloved parent Dulci’s life by singing and feeding her like a mother bird would. Photo via Hilary Jacobson.<\/p><\/div>\n

So taking a sip of cherry juice, I allowed a drop or two to rest on my lips. She saw it and licked it up.\u00a0And so we began, drop for drop, to hydrate her.\u00a0Soon she accepted teeny tiny pieces of red pepper and tomato from my lips.<\/p>\n

I sang to her, and she seemed to love that, too.<\/p>\n

All these familiar, personal things we do mean so much when an injury is involved.\u00a0That day, I fed her two hours. The next morning, and the day after, she repeated the process, each time for about 90 minutes.<\/p>\n

Later those days, she would accept larger bites, but the day always began with this return to infant-mother comfort<\/a>, on my shoulder, from my lips.<\/p>\n

Now, a week later, she is fully mobile, fully singing and happy, fully being her normal self.\u00a0She still likes to sit on my shoulder and nuzzle up against my cheek in the morning.<\/p>\n

I sometimes jokingly call this “Attachment Parroting,” and it just takes me deep inside the emotional bonds that make life rich and real.<\/p>\n

Related content<\/span>:<\/strong>
\nWhat Horses Teach Us About Vaccines<\/a>
\nMy 4-Year-Old’s Broken Heart: The Death of a Pet is Hard<\/a>
\nDying With Grace<\/a><\/p>\n

\"hilary-hypno-3-4-14-at-3-17-pm-2-version-2-289x300\"Hilary Jacobson is a certified clinical hypnotherapist<\/a> and author of Mother Food:\u00a0A breastfeeding diet guide with lactogenic foods and herbs<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Published: October 27, 2016
\nUpdated: January 9, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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