I have a really (really really) old polaraid pic of me holding a little humming bird I rescued when I was a kid. It lived about an hour after I took it away from my cat. I was so sad there was nothing I could do to help it. It broke my heart. I gave it a funeral- my mom (who knew what was going to happen when I "saved" it) attended the service along with my barbies so there would be at least some loved-ones in the audience. My mom was a smart lady. Poor little thing... looking back, it would have been more humane to let the cat eat it instead of bleeding to death slowly. Had I known then what I know now, I would have done the job a lot better.
I can not tell you how many coffins I have built and funerals I have attended for my nieces pet rats. Some day someone will dig them up and say WTF!!!
I have built many a coffin for Barbies too! Actually there is pretty good money in Barbie death and bondage items. I have a lot of strange customers.
I had one hummingbird I saved by removing the bee off of its beak. I thought it was dead. I blew in its face and it opened its little eyes, looked around, looked at me and flew up in air then back down towards my face. That little bird spent the rest of its life hanging out at the feeder I have outside my bedroom window.
I am working on some miniature crows I will send you a pic when I finish one.
LMFAO
I love how she runs down the hill