Jose42
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- Oct 27, 2018
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- Parrots
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(F lutino cockatiel: Coco[deceased September 1, 2020])
(2 M green/yellow budgies: Shapiro & Spaghetti[deceased April 18, 2019])
(F white/blue budgie: Snowball[deceased March 16, 2020])
I don't deal well with death. The hardest ones I've had to deal with are when my pets die. It isn't just the death that bothers me. In a sense, the death is sometimes relieving because I hate seeing them suffer. One of my budgies died from a tumor near his spine in mid-April this year. Now, I'm experiencing the same thing with another one of my budgies. She has a tumor on her right kidney. I've noticed something was wrong with her since late August. She doesn't have long and I find myself crying myself to sleep most nights since then. I wake up to sound of her falling from her perch or struggling to climb. I've done all I can to ease things for her just like I did for my last budgie. My first budgie died when I was 8. Every pet death since then has been as heartwrenching as the last. Remembering them brings a smile to my face now and then, but it always ends up with me crying (even a little). I'm agnostic, but I was raised Catholic so whenever my pets give me any scare I start to pray for them. I hold a short ceremony for them before burying them. I've been given the 'be glad it happened' spiel, but that doesn't help. I'm wondering if anyone here has any advise on dealing with the loss. Any advise is much appreciated. Also, Happy Holidays!