Is Hedwig the Perfect Friend?
The soup was stone cold, but he drank half of it in one gulp. Then he crossed the room to Hedwig’s cage and tipped the soggy vegetables at the bottom of the bowl into her empty food tray. She ruffled her feathers and gave him a look of deep disgust. ‘It’s no good turning your beak up at it, that’s all we’ve got,’ said Harry grimly.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry says in Order of the Phoenix, Hedwig ‘was the only friend he had at number four, Privet Drive’.