Guardian Angel

Lilli

This is one Broad-Breasted Bronze turkey who wasn't going to sell!

The poor thing was much too sick. She arrived at a feed store where the idea was to sell her, but she was looking all beat up and barely alive. Sometimes, that happens after an animal's been shipped in a crowded, unsanitary truck. And she seems to have some deformities from domestic breeding as well. (Please remember—even when it comes to turkeys, please adopt, don't buy!)

Nobody was going to buy her, the way she looked, but an employee felt sorry for her and took her home, nursing her to health and fattening her up (A bit too much, actually, but he meant well!) And then she came to Best Friends, where indeed, there was room for a poor, battered turkey.

Now, this girl has a lot of healing to do. Although no longer beat up-looking from the truck, she still has a deformed foot, a leg that kicks out at a strange angle, and severely swollen legs and feet. She goes into respiratory distress every time she's nervous. She can't stand without opening her mouth to breathe, and she's terribly overweight. She has a friend with her – that should help. The man who brought her to Best Friends also brought along her best buddy, a healthy duck who had also, for some reason, never sold at the feed store. So she has moral support!

And of course, she has the support of her Guardian Angels, who all want to see this poor girl nursed to health – and adopted into a wonderful home.