How Fezzig Was Voted Off the Island

well readers, today was the day that we had been dreading for quite some time...

...today we finally got rid of fezzig.

it was a difficult decision to come to, as we had had the little guy since november of 2005 and he was part of the family since we became one, but, for everyone's sake involved, it was the right thing to do.

kris drove fezzig over to palm beach (about three hours away from here), where she met two ladies from miami who were former quaker parrot breeders and knew the breed of bird well. we couldn't have chosen better people to give him to - they own other quaker parrots, so fezzig will have company and other birds to talk to (whatever the hell birds talk about, i don't know), and he'll definitely be getting a lot more attention than we could've possibly given him.

all in all, it was the right thing to do, and we're glad he's going to live out the remainder of his years in a loving home as the center of attention... but it still sucks letting him go. i think we're done with pets for awhile now... he's a tough act to follow.

God speed, fezzig - you'll be missed...

- brian