pet care

tags: emergency pet care, hospitals, companion pet issues Elektra is one of the survivors. My companion female Solomon Islands eclectus parrot, Eclectus roratus solomonensis. Image: GrrlScientist, 2 April 2008 [larger view]. I want to talk about something that has bothered me ever since I spent nearly five months in the hospital: what happens to your companion animals when you are suddenly not there to take care of them? If you live alone and don't have a local support system, as is true for me, then this is a very real problem, as I became painfully aware of nearly two years ago.…