Zeke went SWIMMING!!!

Ohmygyad! i'm going to sound like a horrible human but Zeke went swimming today!!! we had him in the backyard with us while we were working on the pool and watering the plants. he often goes outside with us and usually sits on his basket. he has a cage out there but seems to prefer the basket as it's close to us. it is VERY rare that he gets off his perch/cage or basket. (although earlier this same week my husband was upstairs and zeke flew off his playgym and started climbing up the stairs to get to him. he had made it up one flight when my husband started down and realized it!). anyways; zeke was sitting on his basket on a chair on the patio and my hubby and i were both on hte other side of the pool watering the plants. he kept calling to us (as he always does if he can't touch us) and then i looked over and he 'flew' (his wings are cut so he only glides to the ground) off his basket and landed in the middle of the hottub!!!! PANIC!! i kicked off my flip flops and ran around the pool to get to him (figured going thur the pool would slow me down too much). by the time i got to him he had swam/flapped to the edge of the hottub and pulled himself out. this all happened so quickly. i'm amazed he was even able to pull himself out! since all is fine we of course laughed (prolly more out of relief) but how tragic that could have been!!! he didn't get wet enuff to worry about chlorine, thank goodness and of course the hot tub wasn't on. we're so lucky.