Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 09:44

Hey Mrs. P-D,

i wanted to know was it cold and was it hard trying to get the birds to stay still while you were getting the blood ?

 

                                     <3, alexx !

Mary Anne Pell…

Hi, 
some birds calmed down right away and did not react much to the pin prick.  Other birds squirmed and fought to get free.  If they were pricked a little too much, though, it would be dangerous for them to be set free right away.  Flapping wings with an open wound would have caused a lot of blood to spill.  We always held the bird until the blood stopped flowing.
 
Mrs. P-D