No-one can understand how this big peacock is still alive. Every breath is so hard won and everything I read tells me that a bird cannot survive such a massive bacterial attack for very long and that he should be responding to these antibiotics very quickly or succomb very quickly. Birds do not linger. But there you are. He is still standing in his cage watching me watch him. I can still hear his breathing like an asthmatic child from the the hallway. Very much alive.
Yesterday was a lovely day, not too busy, with that divine mixture of good friends, good food, a little business, a little more farming. Even a terrifying slow night drive back from a christmas party along icy skating rink country roads, under a heavy cloudy inverted lightbox of a sky lit by a silent million watt moon. As though light was shining up from the snow to the sky instead of the other way around.
Some of us were not so busy.
Some busier than others.
Some very busy indeed.
Today the sheep man comes to have a look at Hairy. I hope he likes him, because Hairy would like a new home.
The Duke has one more day of his injections, then he really has to go back out to the chook house. Catching him for his medication is awfully traumatic. So he will be moved tonight. Hopefully he will slowly recover in the enclosed chook house with his heat lamps. Keeping him in the bathroom served its purpose but much longer will only make him miserable. He cannot fly and refuses to roost. It is making him sad. No-one can recover if they are sad. We have a few days of warmer weather coming, above freezing anyway.
In fact the snow is melting.
Have good day.
love your friend,
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
55 responses to “Kupa is not better but not worse”
I hope and suppose that Kupa is a fighter and determined not to give in. Good luck 🙂
Well we have given it our best shot, now we simply must wait and see .. c
Perhaps- a bit like Mama needed to be outside in the cold, Kupa needs to be with his kind. In his own place.
I do hope he makes it. Having come this far.
I love the idea that the farmy fellowship held metaphorical hands around the world to keep him safe.
That same full moon has woken me. It is nice to think we all see the same moon, though the stars are different. XO
I do agree Janet, he is at the stage of needing to move about, and be back with other birds, it is kind of a make or break stage .. so fingers crossed.. c
I love your Kupa – keep us posted.
yes i will Julie, hope all of yours are well.. c
“No-one can recover if they are sad. ” Such beautiful wisdom you have Miss C. So, we too, will not send sadness Kupa’s way but laughing energies of life and lightness of being. With all of us pulling for him, we will trust in his getting better.
One way or the other, we can all know for sure we did our best. c
Very true words–“no one can recover if they are sad” and I hope that Kupa is happy soon….
I think like all animals if he were to die it would be easier for him if he were with his flock. To die alone in the bathroom seems terrible for any animal, human or bird. But lets hope he does get better… c
Poor Kupa. It’s good that he is fighting but bad that he is sad. Perhaps I should come over and dance for him to make him happy? Here’s to getting better really soon my friends! XOXO – Bacon
You would laugh your head right off little bacon, if you could see my two fat plonkers running about in the snow.. they LOVE it! They are doing a dance! c
Snorts. I use to want the white stuff until I found out that A – it’s cold and B – it’s wet. Eeww – I don’t even like grass to touch my hooves. This snow sounds miserable! Please be careful and stay WARM. Hogs and snout kisses to Kupa in getting better before Christmas. XOXO – Bacon
Glad it is warming up for you some what. They say it could hit 70 on Saturday! Wish I could bundle the heat up and send it to Kupa. Poor fellow he is not having a great time of this winter. I do hope his final injection is the one that finally kills off his infection and that he can spend the rest of the cold winter in the warm hen house. I hope you are keeping your spirits up and please know you have a ton of friends pulling for you and Kupa.
Speaking of the full moon, had a hell of job getting the kittens to come in last night, even though it was below freezing. They wanted to play in the moon shine!
I am so glad that your kittens are doing so well, you got off to a rocky start yourself with cats this year.. c
With Kupa, while there is life …
I do not envy you trying skating in a car.
Sometimes we were not actually facing the direction we were driving, but it is all melted today, and for the next few days, which is a reprieve.. c
Sending him healing energy.
I can’t believe how attached I’ve grown to all the animals. This is a testament to your amazing writing skill, your generous sharing heart, and the fact (I think) that they are somehow — even across thousands of digital miles — inherently worthy of our love and respect. I don’t know how we can continue rampaging about the earth with no concern for the well-being of these “brother” creatures. It is SO obvious to me that it is we who need them.
I agree = Celie’s daily updates are so beautifully written that we cannot help but be drawn in to the continuing dramas. I hope Kupa takes to going back in the chook’s house.
Love and much finger-crossing,
ViV
I just went out to check him and he is standing under his heat light. It is 8.3o pm and we are having a warm night, so far so good. c
It’s 10:35 p.m. here and I’m hoping hoping the heat keeps him cozy and peaceful with his mates. My mother used to say “Health is everything!” and being the snot/brat I was, I’d flounce off, cigarette in hand. Now some 50 years + later, I say, “Health is everything.!”
What a sad, drab world this would be without them.
I had hoped to check in today and hear that Kupa is doing better. Hopefully moving him to a more bird friendly environment will bringing healing to his body.
All of the lovely people before me have said it well. Happy =Healthy. Oh a question Ms C; you said that you used the words “neil neil” when soothing Kupa at the vets office. What is the meaning of these words? Just curious. I am not a blogger and have a no reply thingy at my e-mail so will check back later as I know you a a busy lady. More chanting on the way.
If you pitch your voice very high, and call out Neil Neil, you will sound just like kupa when he had a voice. Peacocks have many calls and this is one of my favourites. In fact it was one of the fellowship who pointed this out to me. Each of the animals have a different call to food. This is The Dukes. c
I’ve only ever heard peacocks say Mao! Mao! Mao! Now I learn the Duke has a full repertoire of sounds. He’s a special bird. If love and care were enough, he’ld make a full recovery. But sometimes, it’s not enough…. Fingers crossed. I’m thinking about you sliding precariously around the countryside under the same big white moon that shone down on us on our hot tropical night. It doesn’t seem possible it’s the same.
It has always astounded me too, that we all gaze at the same sized moon.. c
Sending lots of good Kupa thoughts your way!
Have had a bad day here as well….I do pray that Kupa improves…but as you say , as strong as they are, birds big or small are susceptible to these sort of infection and find it difficult to get over it. I just hope Kupa proves me wrong…c’mon Kupa ..give it some welly!kick the infection outta the door
Go Kupa! Clearly he wants to live and is such a fighter. Sending good thoughts his way and yours.
he is alive against the odds, now we must go to stage two and see what happens.. c