Rescue Rover

Linda Fortune Author of Regal: An Intimate View of One Magnificent Feline

My experience at PAWS.

Welcome,I drove north through Seattle all the while keeping an eye on the little bird. She would periodically flutter around the cat carrier seeking a way to escape. She would then settle down and just look at me with her big beautiful eyes. Her eyes touched me deeply. I could see her spirit and her soul through her eyes.

I tried to reassure her in a number of ways. These three things helped me if not her. I immediately started to play a cd of a sacred chant from my lineage of meditation. This particular sacred chant has been of obvious comfort to other animals in my experience and I thought it could be of help here. If nothing else, she might experience the holiness in some way and be calmed. I also sent her Reiki energy since I am a Reiki practitioner. And, I spoke to her with a reassuring quality in my voice.

After arriving at PAWS and finding the entrance door to the clinic, I returned to the car only to find the little bird perched on the water dish edge. She was drinking some water and, I’m sure, soothing her dehydrated body and little throat. I felt some comfort in that.
The receptionist was again warm, welcoming, and immediately responsive. Her sensitivity and caring nature radiated out from her being. She took the bird in the carrier back into the clinic observation area. She returned and said that they would let the bird have some time to settle down after her drive in a car. She then recorded the information I had to offer. She also got out a bird book and identified the little bird as a female western tanager. She showed me the pictures of both the male and female. Truly, they are beautiful birds, yellow with grays and whites. The female’s colors are softer while the males are more dynamic and colorful.

Before leaving, I asked her if they would let me know what they found out with their examination of the bird and what the outcome would be. I left reassured that they would send me a card and I knew that, if she was to make it, she was in the right place for care.

Next entry: The bird’s outcome.

With blessings, Linda