Unfortunately today was a sad day in our household.
After a few days of Mabel seeming like she was doing better, then a couple of days of plateau-ing; we gave her a little bath this morning as there was a lot of mess around her vent.
She was washed, rinsed and dried and put out to sit in the sun before we went out for a couple of hours.
When we got back, she was where we had left her and it was obvious to Emma (who went outside first) that Mabel had died. She was curled up, as if sleeping, but there was something about her that told Emma she was gone. She was dry and fluffy, but had been there for a while, her eyes half shut. Emma was obviously devastated as is worried that it was something we did, or didn't do. We had actually made plans to take her to a different vets on Tuesday, after the bank holiday and get a second opinion. We had also discussed the possibility of having her PTS if we couldn't fix what was going on, but I guess Mabel took that decision out of our hands (probably a good thing - Emma's not good at those decisions).
So, with a heavy heart we are down to 3 birds. We will keep an eye on them and see how we go. Should our confidence increase over the next month or two, we may add two more to the flock (Emma wants one that lays blue eggs!), but we will see for the moment.
We plan to contact the vets on Tuesday and find somewhere that will cremate Mabel and we will scatter her ashes in the garden.
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