Hi everyone, I'm new here, and I don't mean to be a bummer or anything, but I just want to share something that happened this morning.
I had a Green-Cheeked Conure named Gizmo. We hadn't gotten around to getting his DNA tested to determine his gender before this incident, so I will be using he/him pronouns since we all had a gut feeling that Gizmo was a boy.
Before this incident, I used to sleep a lot with Gizmo cuddled up beside me. I never paid it much thought, since I do not move at all while I sleep, and he seemed very happy. I'd always make sure he was in a spot where I could see him, and did not go to sleep before he did. Sometimes it was with me, and sometimes he would be cuddled up with a thin blanket he seemed to like.
I'm sure you guys can see where I am going with this.
Thankfully, later I was told that it is actually extremely dangerous to sleep with your bird next to you, so I stopped and opted to look for one of those tiny huts for him to sleep in.
Recently, however, we went and got his wings clipped for the first time, and I felt really bad because Gizmo seemed to be having a lot of trouble adjusting. We had not managed to find him one of those huts yet, so we just settled with covering his cage and all that. But last night I just felt really bad and thought that it wouldn't hurt to let him sleep next to me this one night as long as I was really careful. I thought that the chances of him dying were slim.
Big, big mistake.
I fell asleep before I could take any of the precautions I mentioned earlier (which probably wouldn't have helped anyway). Because he was sitting on top of me at the time that I fell asleep(I sleep on my side), he hopped down and settled for going to sleep behind me or something. In the morning when I woke up, I forgot that he was with me, and moved a little bit, then fell asleep again. That must have been when I began crushing him because a little bit later, my mom came in and realized that he was under me.
I made a really big, irresponsible mistake, and wanted to share it. I shouldn't have ever doubted how fragile birds really are, and I really regret it.
Gizmo was the most amazing bird, and I hate that he had to suffer this way. I love him so much. He deserved better.
I had a Green-Cheeked Conure named Gizmo. We hadn't gotten around to getting his DNA tested to determine his gender before this incident, so I will be using he/him pronouns since we all had a gut feeling that Gizmo was a boy.
Before this incident, I used to sleep a lot with Gizmo cuddled up beside me. I never paid it much thought, since I do not move at all while I sleep, and he seemed very happy. I'd always make sure he was in a spot where I could see him, and did not go to sleep before he did. Sometimes it was with me, and sometimes he would be cuddled up with a thin blanket he seemed to like.
I'm sure you guys can see where I am going with this.
Thankfully, later I was told that it is actually extremely dangerous to sleep with your bird next to you, so I stopped and opted to look for one of those tiny huts for him to sleep in.
Recently, however, we went and got his wings clipped for the first time, and I felt really bad because Gizmo seemed to be having a lot of trouble adjusting. We had not managed to find him one of those huts yet, so we just settled with covering his cage and all that. But last night I just felt really bad and thought that it wouldn't hurt to let him sleep next to me this one night as long as I was really careful. I thought that the chances of him dying were slim.
Big, big mistake.
I fell asleep before I could take any of the precautions I mentioned earlier (which probably wouldn't have helped anyway). Because he was sitting on top of me at the time that I fell asleep(I sleep on my side), he hopped down and settled for going to sleep behind me or something. In the morning when I woke up, I forgot that he was with me, and moved a little bit, then fell asleep again. That must have been when I began crushing him because a little bit later, my mom came in and realized that he was under me.
I made a really big, irresponsible mistake, and wanted to share it. I shouldn't have ever doubted how fragile birds really are, and I really regret it.
Gizmo was the most amazing bird, and I hate that he had to suffer this way. I love him so much. He deserved better.