I have been waiting to make this post until I had results back from the necropsy. As some of you may know, I have had a pair of cockatiels since 2015, they had babies in 2016 for me. But while sitting on eggs on April 6, 2018, I found my female, a beautiful big cinnamon pearl, passed away. The night before she was pooping blood, which I dismissed since she had ben eating red peppers. Even by then it was too late to save her.
Peach was, from day 1, quite shy, but always remained tame. She would step up only if her mate Boo did first and she never once bit me. She was larger than Boo, a bit of a clumsy flier, but would eat anything I put in her bowl, unlike her mate Boo who has always been pickier.
Her death was very sudden and I was absolutely devastated. My animals are my passion, I put 100% into their care, especially their diet, so after her sudden passing I was left questioning my level of care. Now I know that there was nothing I could have done.
According to her necropsy, she had both a liver and kidney failure. It was likely something she was born with, possibly never working quite right from the beginning, (I got her with no history) and laying eggs I'm guessing worsened her condition. I am glad to know though that it was not infectious, and there was nothing I could have done to save her.
Now I can finally pick myself up from this, know that I gave her the best care I could and I can move on and look up into the sky on this sunny day and know she isn't hurting anymore. So fly free now. Fly with no more suffering. Love you, sweet Peach.
RIP Peach, 2013 (?) - 2018.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVWasbyDDX0"]Remembering Peach [/ame]
Peach was, from day 1, quite shy, but always remained tame. She would step up only if her mate Boo did first and she never once bit me. She was larger than Boo, a bit of a clumsy flier, but would eat anything I put in her bowl, unlike her mate Boo who has always been pickier.
Her death was very sudden and I was absolutely devastated. My animals are my passion, I put 100% into their care, especially their diet, so after her sudden passing I was left questioning my level of care. Now I know that there was nothing I could have done.
According to her necropsy, she had both a liver and kidney failure. It was likely something she was born with, possibly never working quite right from the beginning, (I got her with no history) and laying eggs I'm guessing worsened her condition. I am glad to know though that it was not infectious, and there was nothing I could have done to save her.
Now I can finally pick myself up from this, know that I gave her the best care I could and I can move on and look up into the sky on this sunny day and know she isn't hurting anymore. So fly free now. Fly with no more suffering. Love you, sweet Peach.
RIP Peach, 2013 (?) - 2018.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVWasbyDDX0"]Remembering Peach [/ame]
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