Thursday, January 05, 2006
Artificial Legs Help Maimed Bird Walk Again
One Bird's Christmas Miracle
A top avian veterinarian has fitted a badly-maimed cockatoo with prosthetic legs, saving the bird’s life and allowing her to walk again.
In an unusual procedure of his own invention, Dr. Don Harris fashioned new legs for Candy, a leadbeater cockatoo that had been viciously attacked by her mate, another cockatoo that shared her cage in her human family’s home in Fort Myers, Fla. Harris developed the tiny devices after Candy was brought to the Avian & Exotic Animal Medical Center in Miami, severely injured and facing likely euthanasia.
“It kind of looked like she had sat in a blender,” Harris said. “At that point, most people would have said because she’s lost both her feet she should be euthanized.”
But the owners asked, “Is there anything you can do?”
There was, and you may read the entire story here. Of course "Candy" now looks like she's wearing pink, fuzzy slippers, but she's alive. Bird loves happy endings.
A top avian veterinarian has fitted a badly-maimed cockatoo with prosthetic legs, saving the bird’s life and allowing her to walk again.In an unusual procedure of his own invention, Dr. Don Harris fashioned new legs for Candy, a leadbeater cockatoo that had been viciously attacked by her mate, another cockatoo that shared her cage in her human family’s home in Fort Myers, Fla. Harris developed the tiny devices after Candy was brought to the Avian & Exotic Animal Medical Center in Miami, severely injured and facing likely euthanasia.
“It kind of looked like she had sat in a blender,” Harris said. “At that point, most people would have said because she’s lost both her feet she should be euthanized.”
But the owners asked, “Is there anything you can do?”
There was, and you may read the entire story here. Of course "Candy" now looks like she's wearing pink, fuzzy slippers, but she's alive. Bird loves happy endings.
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