That was from http://community.istaria.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=17039.
Well I certainly didn't listen to it today, and I'm disgusted with my own lack of judgement.
Unlikely, but does anyone know anything about calcified fractures? Can they heal again if rebroken?
In a big nutshell.. I found a crow on the roadside the other day that clearly had a fracture along one of its wings. I'd been looking after it until I could find some kind of home for it. Unfortunately, of the two sanctuaries I know of, one is waterfowl only and the other said they need to know from a vet if it could recover or not. I can't stand vets... their answer to anything is the bl00dy needle (they tried to kill my dog twice, and he lived for another good 6 years), so while loathed to do so I took it to the vet.
Initially, after examining it, she was like "there are good signs this is just a bad bruising; probably from a fight but they should get over it" so I was positive and asked for a note I could pass to the sanctuary. So she slipped off again, to then come back and say the head vet took a look and found a calcified fracture that had rebroken, so it was probably the best to put it to sleep. Talk about getting your hopes up then slapping you in the face. Rather too stunned to think straight, I agreed and went back to the car. I had the time, and the means, to look after it for the time required to see if there was any chance of a recovery (I'm usually a live and let live type) .. but I didn't have the wit to Wake Up; by the time I did less than a couple of minutes later, I went back in and they'd already done the deed.
Now I just feel like I've single-handedly caused a senseless death, and it's bl00dy horrible. "Chill.. it's just a bird" you might say, but on moral grounds it doesn't matter what it is... that's my heart talking, I didn't listen to it so I'm now paying the price. It's not like the family dog that, after 16 years, finally becomes so overcome with cancer that he can't breath, has no more options for surgery and will with no uncertainty die a miserable death. There the needle was a blessing for that poor soul, but in this case it was not justified and it's my doing entirely. All that's in my mind is the two words... "what if".
I hope that others may learn from my error.
Rakku