Chip’s Impact! (Sad Video!)

Chip clipped a piece of metal furniture, that I personally hate and keep voicing how junk they are, while flying around just before a bath. After Chip had impacted the metal chair, he was unable to land properly, hovering a few inches above where he thought there should be a landing spot. Tillie then spooked Chip further by noticing something miles away outside and made alert noises all over the place unnecessarily… This caused Chip to fly around panicked and impacted a wall, then went straight for the only exposed glass window. Never again.

We were worried sick about him. His neck was bent, it was a terrible, scary time. I put him into a dark box with an old t-shirt to let him settle. These were the noises he made when I checked on him. He was not happy at all with me. Poor Chip! We have never heard Chip make that noise in his entire life, and we hope to never hear it again. It was the biggest scare and the saddest feeling knowing we may have had to have him put down.

Thankfully, he made a great recovery after only 30 minutes and is back to his normal self. Baths are off the menu for a few days though. He’s got a bit of a bump on the noggin by the looks.