Keday
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- Dec 7, 2018
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Cain-Parakeet (rest in peace hon)
Abel-Parakeet (rest in peace baby)
I had parakeets growing up. A regular named Cain and a skyblue pied(?) named Abel. Abel was from petco, and very sadly rather short-lived.. Cain, too, was from Petco- my parents had refused to help me get a parakeet anywhere else. Abel passed away not 6 months after Cain was brought home.
At the time, I was quite young and my parents saw parakeets (and perhaps birds in general) as "throwaway pets". So we never found out Abel's cause of death. I was devastated, and worried that it was something that Cain could have caught (I also pondered whether or not Cain had transmitted something to Abel). My parents had suggested the next day that we go back to Petco and "get one to replace Abel". I refused their offer
It wasn't that I didn't want another bird, although their eagerness to replace him did feel weird and kinda hurt my 11 year old heart. It was moreso that I wanted to do proper research before bringing another feathery baby into not just my life but Cain's. I feel as though many people do not do this. (including myself, as I had begged my parents for Abel but had done little research on the care and keeping of birds, I was 11-ish)
Cain was the sweetest little thing. He passed away unexpectedly overnight after 3 wonderful years and I never did get a third bird.
//7 years of off and on research and hand-feeding my neighbor's baby cockatiels on occasion later//
So yeah! I'm new here, in the process of moving out, and would like to get as much information, help, and guidance as I can on the matter and journey of bringing another bird baby into my life.
(and yes, my parents did make the biblical "joke" that "Cain probably killed Abel")
At the time, I was quite young and my parents saw parakeets (and perhaps birds in general) as "throwaway pets". So we never found out Abel's cause of death. I was devastated, and worried that it was something that Cain could have caught (I also pondered whether or not Cain had transmitted something to Abel). My parents had suggested the next day that we go back to Petco and "get one to replace Abel". I refused their offer
It wasn't that I didn't want another bird, although their eagerness to replace him did feel weird and kinda hurt my 11 year old heart. It was moreso that I wanted to do proper research before bringing another feathery baby into not just my life but Cain's. I feel as though many people do not do this. (including myself, as I had begged my parents for Abel but had done little research on the care and keeping of birds, I was 11-ish)
Cain was the sweetest little thing. He passed away unexpectedly overnight after 3 wonderful years and I never did get a third bird.
//7 years of off and on research and hand-feeding my neighbor's baby cockatiels on occasion later//
So yeah! I'm new here, in the process of moving out, and would like to get as much information, help, and guidance as I can on the matter and journey of bringing another bird baby into my life.
(and yes, my parents did make the biblical "joke" that "Cain probably killed Abel")