Lotusflower
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Fussy the Green Cheek Conure.
Oct 5th 2006 - Oct 18th 2016.
R.I.P
My beautiful Green Cheek conure died just a few hours ago and I am still in shock. I don't know what to think or say. He just turned 10 years old last week and I have had him since he was a baby, hand reared from the egg.
He has always been a happy and healthy bird with no issues apart from about 2.5 years ago having a little chest infection that was quickly cleared up with antibiotics.
I was out today for about 8 hours and he was fine when I left him. The first thing I do when I get home is to check on him and see if he is ok. Today when I walked into my place I heard him let out a strange and unusual sound, so I dropped my hand bag and immediately ran over to his cage. The best way I can describe the sound is a very loud ssssshhhhh. Not something I have heard him do before, having him for so long I am used to the sounds he makes and usually when I open the door and he hears the keys opening the door the first thing he greets me with is head bopping and a "what's up?" lol then it's cuddle time!
When I went over to his cage I was distressed with what I saw. He was clinging to the cage with one leg, wings spread out widely and one leg all curled up. He looked lifeless but eyes open. I didn't want to believe he was dead as he was clinging to the side of the cage. So i "unhooked" him from clinging onto the cage, he was warm but no signs of breathing or heart beat. I rushed him to the vet and the nurse said he had passed away. She did give me the option to have the vet open him up to see what happened but I was to distraught and just took him home and buried him but I am beyond words.
A happy and healthy bird doesn't just drop dead or do they?
I am also wondering when I found him clinging to the side of the cage was he still alive as I didn't think a dead bird can cling and then there was the shhhhhh sound he made just seconds earlier before i got to him.
I am so distraught and just looking for answers, similar experiences. Anything anyone can offer me.
I live alone and don't have anyone with me and he was my entire world. We were so close. It's been hours and i've never stopped crying.
He has always been a happy and healthy bird with no issues apart from about 2.5 years ago having a little chest infection that was quickly cleared up with antibiotics.
I was out today for about 8 hours and he was fine when I left him. The first thing I do when I get home is to check on him and see if he is ok. Today when I walked into my place I heard him let out a strange and unusual sound, so I dropped my hand bag and immediately ran over to his cage. The best way I can describe the sound is a very loud ssssshhhhh. Not something I have heard him do before, having him for so long I am used to the sounds he makes and usually when I open the door and he hears the keys opening the door the first thing he greets me with is head bopping and a "what's up?" lol then it's cuddle time!
When I went over to his cage I was distressed with what I saw. He was clinging to the cage with one leg, wings spread out widely and one leg all curled up. He looked lifeless but eyes open. I didn't want to believe he was dead as he was clinging to the side of the cage. So i "unhooked" him from clinging onto the cage, he was warm but no signs of breathing or heart beat. I rushed him to the vet and the nurse said he had passed away. She did give me the option to have the vet open him up to see what happened but I was to distraught and just took him home and buried him but I am beyond words.
A happy and healthy bird doesn't just drop dead or do they?
I am also wondering when I found him clinging to the side of the cage was he still alive as I didn't think a dead bird can cling and then there was the shhhhhh sound he made just seconds earlier before i got to him.
I am so distraught and just looking for answers, similar experiences. Anything anyone can offer me.
I live alone and don't have anyone with me and he was my entire world. We were so close. It's been hours and i've never stopped crying.
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