She had heard he had found the cause of a mysterious parrot disease.
From the sciencedaily.com
In Britain people are giving away their parrots after a single parrot got the disease, and in Germany a cat died of H5N1 and the public was told to keep cats indoors.
From the washingtonpost.com
Upon investigating they discovered the parrot had developed a much more severe case of the disease and had not been feeding as a result.