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Garden Guests Diary: Gustav the sick Galah [8 April 2008]

This is a sad story … We had a galah come down to feed for a few days last week who just did not look right. He pecked on the seed and often just remained quiet, by himself and rested (as in the first photograph). He flew away on the first few afternoons but then one day he chose to remain in our garden after snacking on some seed and perched himself ontop on some palm fronds next to our car port. I named him Gustav and took a few photographs of him before I had to go to work. My husband phoned the Wildlife Care Network who came to collect Gustav and take him to the local veterinary clinic - we were worried about Gustav’s welfare and we have two cats.

We later phoned the local veterinary clinic to be told that Gustav did not make it and passed away but we do not know how or why. He looked unharmed - maybe he was old but we might never know and we are going to contact the vet who took him in on Monday to perhaps find out a little bit more about this poor creature’s demise.