Pet Parakeet Survives Ride Through Vacuum Canister

Recently 8-year-old parakeet lived through an unimaginable ordeal that could have easily accounted for several lives. The bird went for a spin in a vacuum cleaner. <br /> <br /> If birds, like cats, have many lives then an 8-year-old parakeet recently lived through an unimaginable ordeal that could have easily accounted for several of them.<br /><br />The bird went for a spin in a vacuum cleaner. Marie Margarone is the owner of the parakeet, simply named Birdie. According to Margarone, Birdie snuck into the wet/dry vacuum right before she turned it on.<br /><br />Margarone had no idea the parakeet was in there. However she soon discovered Birdie in the cleaning device and saw how dire the situation was.<br /><br />Birdie was barely conscious, as she had lost a ton of blood and her left wing was in horrible shape. Margarone decided to take her pet parakeet to the Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston. <br /><br />Said Margarone ‘I was convinced that Birdie wouldn't make it given how violently she was thrown around the canister, but she's a member of my family just as my other pets are, and I wanted to do everything I could to help her.’<br /><br />Doctors were forced to amputate a portion of Birdie’s wing due to an extremely severe fracture. After the surgery, Birdie spent one day in recovery and then returned home with Margarone.