Oh Oh, Bird Down! Take Action

WHO'S IN THERE?


Usually I hear the resounding 'bang'....this time I didn't. 
It was cold, real cold, like 10 degrees, when I found the bird sitting up-right, eyes closed, and a lot of blood flowing from the beak.  The glob of blood had congealed, so I knew it had been there for 30 minutes or so. 

What do you do?

Open a paper bag - away from the bird (so they are not frightened by the noise), or have someone else open a paper grocery bag.  Put several sheets of paper towel on the bottom (not towels, the talons/toes become entangled in the threads), put bird in, fold the top, or just bring the sides together.  I use a bull-dog paper clip to hold it closed.  Place bag with bird in a dark, safe place.  I use the powder room for cool recovery, and the pantry for warm recovery.  We have a freezer in the pantry and it keeps that small space warm.  We also have in-floor heating, so the bottom of the bag is on a warm surface. 

This bird needed warm and dark.  I left him there for 3 hours.  No food, water.....just quiet, dark, undisturbed.  When I had picked up the bird, I heard the gurgling-wheezing of fluid/blood in the respiratory tract, the crop, and that is usually a bad sign.  That sound plus the loss of blood, all suggested that the chances of the bird living were lessened, and that a fair amount of head damage had occurred.  Sometimes this species (Yellow-Bellied Sap Sucker, or other wood-peckers) swallow their tongues or bite their tongues on impact......also not good recovery chances, because they use their tongues to eat. 

When it was time to check on him, I fully expected to find that he had died and then I would offer him to the wild critters of the forest.  BUT, he was strong and well.  Assisted this bird for 3 days, did a practice flight in secure room, then released.  Very rewarding to have this success.

CLEANSE WHERE, WHAT?

You want me to WHAT?  That's what I was thinking the first time I heard 'CLEANSE'.  It sounded scary, complicated and over-my-head, or should I say over my colon.  I had no bench-mark except Ex-Lax as a college student, which meant you stayed close to a toilet, and for sure you NEVER talked about IT!

It never occurred to me that my headaches were related to my digestive tract, that the pain in my tissues and joints was connected to my liver, or that the quality of my skin was impacted by kidney function....what did I know about cleaning my liver, or kidney's, or digestive tract or anypart of my INSIDES!  Yikes, insides need to be cleaned, too.  It was time for my thinking to move out of the box, and that box was my brain held prisoner by fear.

I remember where I was, the year and what I was doing when I first "heard" about cleansing.  The beauty for me, is that I got to hear it morning, noon and night for 3  days, because I was at my first Science and Application Training Session, date was 2002, in Chicago, IL.  I was beginning a crucial phase in my wellness journey. and GOD was afoot.

Since then, I have cleansed many times, many ways for many reasons.

Cleansing Link 
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