Therainbowfamily
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- May 16, 2020
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Hello there, we are fairly new to this and a little devastated right now. We thought we had done a lot of research and felt prepared to bring home our new cockatiel on May 1st. It was born end of December, hand-fed, and an amazing bird. We have been completely enjoying this bird every single day. It was rarely in its cage as a result - just at night to sleep, it was usually sitting on my daughter's shoulder (her bird). This morning we woke up and it was dead on the bottom of its cage. We have no idea why. It seemed totally fine when we put it into its cage. It had food and water available. The only thing we can even think of is that we have non-stick pans that we cook with, but we always keep the bird out of the room when we cook. If the bird was taking in small residual amounts of this over the two weeks, could it have built up in its system and ultimately killed it? There was no big event where the bird was close to or directly around it right before its death. But, earlier in the day it had been two rooms away while I was cooking something, for example. And, that happened more than once, since that is the cookware we own. Can this be a build-up over time? Or did maybe something completely different cause its death? We're absolutely confused and devastated.