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May 10, 2006
Damn, damn, damn!
The bird is dead.
Lachlan came to get me this evening. "Mom, you gotta come upstairs and see what the parakeet is doing!"
So I went. When I walked into the room and didn't see the parakeet in its cage right away, I didn't want to look more closely. It's my constant fear as a mother, that when I look in the cage/bed/tank/jar, whatever it is will be dead.
The poor thing was lying on its side on the bottom of the cage.
Connor is devastated, but he's handling it far better than I thought he would. I am so sad for him. Griffin is taking it very hard too. Griffin's feelings run deep, and he thinks a great deal about death, anyway. He doesn't understand it, and he doesn't like it.
We'll take it to the vet tomorrow. Since it had a 72-hour health guarantee from the store, we have to get it a birdie autopsy. I hope it had some kind of illness, and that it wasn't anything we did.
Sigh.
Posted by lynx at May 10, 2006 9:59 PM
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Oh, ((Stephanie))!!
I am so sorry. :o(
Posted by: Jill, The Crib Chick at May 10, 2006 10:30 PM
My sympathies about the bird. Did s/he have a name yet?
Posted by: Heidi at May 10, 2006 11:01 PM
Oh, big poo poo! That really sucks. I can't imagine it was anything you did - they're sturdy little creatures and short of being whacked really hard on the head, I don't think normal everyday stuff can harm them. Except teflon. They did tell you about teflon? Teflon pans when they're on the stove give off a gas which we can't sense (& which scientists say isn't harmful to us) but which is deadly to birds.
It's sad for the kids but otoh, I think a large part of owning pets is coming to terms with mortality.....
Posted by: hornblower at May 10, 2006 11:20 PM
Oh, I am so sorry to hear this. :-(
Dy
Posted by: Dy at May 10, 2006 11:40 PM
Oh no! I am so sorry.
Posted by: Deanna at May 11, 2006 2:02 AM
sorry :-(
Posted by: amy at May 11, 2006 7:26 AM
ugh, I am so sorry.
Posted by: sozzled at May 11, 2006 7:58 AM
Just consider this the condensed version of the circle of life.....
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at May 11, 2006 9:20 AM
Parakeets don't handle stress well, and moving is very stressful. If you get a replacement leave it alone for a few days to acclimate to it's new surroundings.
Posted by: COD at May 11, 2006 3:52 PM