Aww man there is nothing worse then hurting your own pet but accidents do happen so you can't beat yourself up. They are such small and agile creatures it's hard to keep track of them. Sounds like you two are great owners bringing them for trips and stuff...they probably love that. So sad about the fan incident, seems to have healed nicely though considering.
We had a very sad incident happen when I was about 12. We used to take our African Grey Parrot everywhere with us, Peanut, was part of the family, even ate dinner with us. Well one time while we were camping (which he had done on many occasions) he was annoyed that we were not paying attention to him since we were setting up the camp and he tried to fly out into the lagoon and do a little lap back to the campsite. There is an eagles nest on the other side of the lagoon and he must have been watching because as soon as Peanut took flight the eagle scooped him...it was awful we were all crying hysterically and to this day I can't mention Peanut to my father. What's worse is that's where we have camped our whole lives (including my father's parents) and know and love those eagles. Looking back I don't think my dad should have brought our parrot camping so it really was his fault and we should have had him in the cage but it was a very unusual circumstance and his wings were clipped so he could only really flutter. Still so awful and I hate to think that Peanut would have been with me my whole life, he was such a character.
Sorry for the sad story.
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