goalerjones
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- Oct 24, 2011
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- Hahn's macaw, RIP George, Jenday Conure
My Hahns Macaw, Hahnzel passed today (1/12/26) at 14 years old. This will be my first post since she passed today around 3:30 PST. Normal day, no strange behaviors, no notice until she fell to the bottom of her cage, wings spread out in an apparent seizure. Then she passed.
She came to us in July of 2011 (thought she was a he, until the sexting came back female in 2014). We got her as a weaned baby, didn't even have her dark teal crown yet. I had no idea what to expect even after lots of research before shopping. I had a Jenday Conure named George prior, who had passed the year before, unfortunately under similar circumstances, passed while seizing (although we had just gotten him back after an adventure the day before).
Just spent some time going over my Facebook feed for the posts and videos, made me miss her more, but it was nice to hear her voice again. I had her down to Avian and Exotics Animal Hospital within an hour after she passed. I decided to do the full necropsy with UC Davis for a few reasons. First, when George passed I only had the gross anatomical version done, which showed nothing abnormal. Second, since the birds passed with similar endings, I thought it best to be thorough, and finally, I had just worked a bunch of overtime and had the money. ($650 USD) It comes with a final Vet one on one consult as well, so I can do a Q and A with Dr Jenkins.
I began cleaning out the old toys and perches when I got home tonight, and I have a couple of cages to clean up. Maybe I can sell them, maybe not, but wanted to be productive all the same.
I'll say this in closing, I loved my birds, and was very bonded although they had completely different personalities, and put up with all the shenanigan's, George escaping 5 times and Hahnzel jumping on my face and biting my nose and mouth when I got too close to her cage. I only got Hahnzel because my wife said I was a different person when I had a bird. I always had one eye on Hahnzel, and one eye on the day she would pass unfortunately because of how badly it hurt when George passed. I am not planning on having another bird at this time. These passings have been very hard on me as I tended to treat them like small humans.
One pastor I know was asked if our pets will be in heaven. He said, "God knows you and I perfectly, and He created heaven specifically for you. He guarantees you will be happy there, and if that means your pets will be there, then they will be."
She came to us in July of 2011 (thought she was a he, until the sexting came back female in 2014). We got her as a weaned baby, didn't even have her dark teal crown yet. I had no idea what to expect even after lots of research before shopping. I had a Jenday Conure named George prior, who had passed the year before, unfortunately under similar circumstances, passed while seizing (although we had just gotten him back after an adventure the day before).
Just spent some time going over my Facebook feed for the posts and videos, made me miss her more, but it was nice to hear her voice again. I had her down to Avian and Exotics Animal Hospital within an hour after she passed. I decided to do the full necropsy with UC Davis for a few reasons. First, when George passed I only had the gross anatomical version done, which showed nothing abnormal. Second, since the birds passed with similar endings, I thought it best to be thorough, and finally, I had just worked a bunch of overtime and had the money. ($650 USD) It comes with a final Vet one on one consult as well, so I can do a Q and A with Dr Jenkins.
I began cleaning out the old toys and perches when I got home tonight, and I have a couple of cages to clean up. Maybe I can sell them, maybe not, but wanted to be productive all the same.
I'll say this in closing, I loved my birds, and was very bonded although they had completely different personalities, and put up with all the shenanigan's, George escaping 5 times and Hahnzel jumping on my face and biting my nose and mouth when I got too close to her cage. I only got Hahnzel because my wife said I was a different person when I had a bird. I always had one eye on Hahnzel, and one eye on the day she would pass unfortunately because of how badly it hurt when George passed. I am not planning on having another bird at this time. These passings have been very hard on me as I tended to treat them like small humans.
One pastor I know was asked if our pets will be in heaven. He said, "God knows you and I perfectly, and He created heaven specifically for you. He guarantees you will be happy there, and if that means your pets will be there, then they will be."
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