The story of woody
Woody was found in october in a neighbours garden they knew i kept pigeons so they knocked to see if i could help i went round to their back garden and sitting on the floor was a little baby wood pigeon huddeled in a corner there was no sign of a nest or parents so i took him home he was covered in parasites and so was i after holding him lol.
For the first few weeks i had to encourage him to eat, hand feeding him teaching him to drink from a bowl after a while he got the hang and began eating by himself after a month he began to fly. He was kept in an indoor low cage with a perch so he didnt hurt him self.
One day i noticed him sitting odd i picked him up and he had hurt his leg, he couldnt even walk he just sat there i dont have a clue what he had doen to himself so i kept him confined and gave him lots of love and after a month or so he was able to use his leg again he was wanting to fly more and more so i let him out in the aviary with my female pigeon they seemed to like eachother i kept a close eye, i only left him out there for half an hour and kept checking on him and when i got him in he had injured his leg again it was the same leg and the same thing he couldnt walk or really move at all i kept him confined once again and after about 2 months his leg seemed back to normal i was extreamly carefull this time and over time he was able to go out in the aviary and fly arround in side with my female ever since then they have lived together the female common pigeon was allways the boss and woody never had a leg problem again.
In march woody had got all his full colours and had began to call, he allways loved to see the wild wood pigeons that would come down in my garden to eat the seed i had put out for them they were possibly woodys mum and dad.
Woody was doing so well he had grown in to a hansome young man and looked really healthy and happy.
On saturday night when i got woody in from the aviary he didnt seem right he steped up on my hand as usual but roosted right down on my hand i poped him in his carry case and brought him inside i let him out to fly around but all he did was sit there perched on his favorate perch infront of the mirror that night when i put him to bed i knew he was quiet ill he was sitting on his perch in his cage all fluffed up and started sneezing i told him i will have to take you vet on monday that night i seperated woody from the other pigeon he lived with so that he didnt get bothered by her at all.
6:30 sunday morning
I woke up and went and looked at my baby straight away there he was lying on the floor flapping his wings like crazy with his head tucked underneath him i rushed in to the cage in tears picked him up and liquid was pooring out of his mouth i tilted his head down to drain the rest of the fluid out then held his head up sat on the floor and cuddled him i everything will be ok and told him i loved him then i sung to him while i sung to him his little eyes moved they completely shut then almost completely opened then shut half way then i think he was dead but i didnt want to move incase he wasnt so i carried on singing to him and holding him in a comfortable position untill i was sure he had gone it didnt take long for him to go a bit stiff and i knew he was gone. I wraped him up in my top i was wearing i sorted out a nice blanket for him wrapped him up and the next day i buryed him.
I miss him so much i think about him every day and i can still see his last moment in my head they play over and over. I thought we would have a long and happy life together i never expected this to happen. Im even in tears writing this.
Cammy, Princess and i miss you with all our heart woody and allways will.
this is the song i sung to him
Sha-la-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la
You used to call me your angel
Said I was sent straight down from heaven
You'd hold me close in your arms
I loved the way you felt so strong
I never wanted you to leave
I wanted you to stay here holding me
I miss you
I miss your smile
And I still shed a tear
Every once in a while
And even though it's different now
You're still here somehow
My heart won't let you go
And I need you to know
I miss you, sha la la la la
I miss you
You used to call me your dreamer
And now I'm living out my dream
Oh how I wish you could see
Everything that's happening for me
I'm thinking back on the past
It's true that time is flying by too fast
I miss you
I miss your smile
And I still shed a tear
Every once in a while
And even though it's different now
You're still here somehow
My heart won't let you go
And I need you to know
I miss you, sha la la la la
I miss you
I know you're in a better place, yeah
But I wish that I could see your face, oh
I know you're where you need to be
Even though it's not here with me
I miss you
I miss your smile
And I still shed a tear
Every once in a while
And even though it's different now
You're still here somehow
My heart won't let you go
And I need you to know
I miss you, sha la la la la
I miss you
I will meet you again woody one day x
Thu May 06, 2010 9:09 am
Very well said. 
