Sunday, July 10, 2005

Flipping the Bird

Six to seven years ago a distraught couple brought their pet parakeet into a pet emergency clinic because their daughter had put the bird in the microwave. The doctor on duty examined the bird and advised that there was nothing he could do for it. Instead of letting the bird suffer, the family elected to have it put to sleep. Because they were so upset, the couple could not stay and watch and elected to have the clinic dispose of the remains.

Once the family left, the doctor told the veterinary techs to put the bird in a cage and just see what happened. The bird ended up making a full recovery. The doctor himself decided to take the bird home and keep it as his personal pet.

One of the vet techs could not understand why the doctor thought it appropriate to do this so the tech contacted the original owners, who eventually got the bird back. When everything came to light, it was discovered that the doctor had done this with other animals too.

The tech in question had her work life turned into a tiny bit of hell by the doctor she had ratted out, so found another job shortly thereafter.

So the lesson learned are these: a) microwaving your bird will not necessarily kill it (although I'm not going to recommend it) and b) some people are no darn good

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Does it work with cats? We don't have any birds.

smussyolay said...

umm. is this an urban legend? a real story? where did you hear this? this seems so unbelievably fucked up. i mean, in the animal pet world along the lines of unknowingly screwing women in stirrups or something. i mean, telling people their pets are dead and then keeping them for your own? MINDFUCKORAMA.

huh? sick sick sick.

Anonymous said...

yeah, i'm stymied by this. if the doc was truly a dick, would he want to take the bird home and care for it as his own? it seems incongruous somehow.

beyond bizarro....

Eric said...

The source of this strange tale is the husband of the vet tech. I would throw the BS flag too but the husband is of the highest caliber of trustworthiness.

Lois Lane said...

The doc should have followed the proper steps. Called authorities, reported animal cruelty and animal control would have made the bird owners sign over rights and the vet could have then adopted the bird legally. But because the vet didn't follow the letter of the law, he was a dick.
The End. :)
Lois Lane

smussyolay said...

umm. but it sounds like he's done it before, which makes him a SICKO.