I FOUND Pix dead in his cage!!

[riddick07]

Oh no I'm so sorry Julie

 

[getwozzy]

Julie, I'm just now seeing this and I'm so terribly sorry for your loss Pix was such a lucky budgie to have you and Don as parronts- he was so well taken care of.

Please do not feel guilty, because you did your very best with him. I hope in time your heart will heal

 

[Dinosrawr]

I'm so, so sorry Julie You had to experience one of our greatest fears, and it's so incredibly hard to bear when it happens. But please just remind yourself that although Pix is gone, you went above and beyond for such a lovely little fellow and you should hold no regrets for loving something so thoroughly.

We always wish we could do just one more thing - said I love you, hold them close, give them their favorite treat or toy... but just remember you did that nearly every day of his precious life. He was so lucky to have someone like you to live his life with. Your unconditional love shines through with all of your birds, and Pix was no exception.

Don't be too hard on yourself while you take your time to heal. I'll keep you in my thoughts during this difficult time for you

 

[ruffledfeathers]

Oh I am so sorry about your budgie!!! It is awful to find them gone like that and you didn't get a proper 'goodbye'. They are one of my favorite birds actually, but like you said, often inherit genetic tendency toward diseases. I had a few budgie heartbreaks in my life too and I haven't had another one since. It is hard because....like with everything you did to try to keep him healthy, when it is genetic like that, you just can't beat it.


Anyhow I'm really sorry and I hope you feel better about his loss soon.

 

[RavensGryf]

Thanks so much guys. All of you.
Patti, like you, I had really fallen in love with Budgies. Just something super cute and funny about them. They were never my first bird... I've had parrots for years before getting Pix and Twigs. I have complained how loud and noisy they are (compared to my Poi's and even Pionus), but besides that, they are absolutely adorable. Especially when they do what I call the "squeaky wheel", the tiny little squeak they sometimes do. I wonder what that means when they do it.
Anyway, Don wanted to get another one, but I just can't. 1) I said in a previous post in this thread about 'why' we really can't get another bird right now 2) like you said about Budgie genetics, so many of them just aren't genetically good, and don't make it more than several years. I just CAN'T risk that again. I'm just guessing Pix was about 2. We got Pix and Twigs right before Christmas 2012 as young birds. I know ANY bird "can" have problems, genetic or otherwise, but to get a species KNOWN to commonly have problems, I just don't want to risk that again.

 

[Bundiibird]

Julie, so sorry to hear about the passing of Pix. He was very much loved by yourself and Don and will always live on in your hearts. Big hugs to you all including his mate Twigs.

RIP little one.

 

[witchbaby]

I'm so so sorry for your loss. Fly free, Pix. *big hugs*

 

[noblemacaw]

Hi Julie, today I came upon your thread and I wanted to give you my condolences as well. It is so hard to "find" your companion instead of being able to be with them when they pass. I have been blessed with being able to say goodby and be with my parrot when he passed but I also have had a parrot die during the night and was found the next morning.

No matter the scenario it is still shocking and devastating. I got my Ex two male English Budgies and she is really attached to them. Her grandmother raised Budgies and Lupe helped her grandmother take care of them. I got her the English boys soon after her grandmother died and it is my belief Lupe found great comfort with keeping them in her care and in their companionship.

In January while I was in the Hospital for a two week weight loss program one of her budgies died. With her experience she was able to see he was at "his end of life" and she did what she could to keep him comfortable. Later she came home from work and he had passed. Although she knew English budgies do not live as long as normal budgies and has the knowledge to be able to "know" when they are dying it still was difficult for her. All I could do was listen and tell her stories of Mateo remembering him fondly.

I will say I worried for Nico because he lost his cage mate who has been with him all his life. He did grieve but I did notice he recovered from his loss so quickly. Now Nico is extremely vocal, plays so much more, interacts with us in conversation and with his antics when he craves attention. Every morning (when not working outside the home) Nico will wake me up with his song and chatter so I don't bother to set my alarm even though Nico lives in my Ex's bedroom way down the hall from my room (opposite end of the house).

I did worry about him being a single budgie but I learned he is a very happy little bird. At this point I am glad I did not insist getting him another friend as Nico is happy. It is apparent since Mateo passed Nico has "come out of his shell" and is more active, animated and is a lot more vocal. I use to think that Nico the more "frail" of the two would be the one to pass first but he ended up being the survivor.

Budgies always have a special place in my heart because I grew up with them and they were my "introduction" into bird keeping. Lupe will take Nico with her when she moves out in September so I only have about 5 more weeks with him. In a way I will be losing Nico as well and will grieve that loss. Then it will be just Valentino and I left.

 

[Kinny]

*hugs you tightly* I'm so sorry... I found my Muta's brother dead in the cage one morning, and he was a BIG healthy bird, and just when Muta's mate had bonded to him and was no longer depressed about losing Muta... She went through so much the guilt is so strong.. I felt so guilty for putting her through MORE pain.

I'm so sorry you have to go through this *hugs again* no matter how many times it happens it's always heart-wrenching... all the 'what ifs' and 'if onlys'.. *hugs*

 

[Kisota]

Just saw this thread; thought I'd heard references to this happening but only just now saw the thread.

I am SO sorry for your loss. I know well the horror of losing a bird so suddenly; there just aren't any words.

You did so much for Pix, though, really all you could. He was a lucky little budgie!! *hug*

 

[RavensGryf]

Thank you... Today I took Pix's (frozen) body to the vet's office to get him cremated and given back in a little cedar box. I cried again it was hard to unwrap him a little so that I could reach in and pull out his 2 longest tail feathers to keep. I just didn't think about doing it before last minute.

I was talking to one of the girls there, and I told her as bonded as Pix and Twigs were, surprisingly, Twigs really didn't look like he was mourning. I just 'assumed' he was sad. Angie told me that most likely Twigs just "knew" his buddy was not well and declining, and had already "accepted it". Especially since we had to get Pix his own cage after the vets ordered the diet, instead of living together they got side by side cages. She thinks that Twigs must have known it was coming by watching his buddy, and instinctively knew it was near his last day, and was "prepared" in the way birds do, and just accepted it and went on.

Different from when a mate is suddenly removed, and they think 'what happened? Where is he?!' Then they get depressed when they don't think they're coming back. I think she's right. Makes sense.

Nonetheless, with Twigs in the room with the parrots now, I'm really working on "getting to know him better" since he was always the wild one. He's pretty skittish and hyper unlike Pix was, although we bought them at the same time. Twigs will step up, but I'm not sure he'll ever get as tame as Pix was. He just has a different nature about him. I'd really love to get him his own flight cage, but space is at a premium now until certain things change.

 

[BirdyMomma]

Just saw this today, and wanted to extend my condolences to you. I hope you are OK. I'm so very sorry about Pix.

 

[MikeyTN]

I'm sorry to hear about Pix!!!!!

 

[brdcrazy5]

i am so sorry for your loss, you stated better than i of the emotions associated with this.

 

[veimar]

oh NO! Sending you a big hug over the air! I'm so sorry… I have two budgie brothers whom I so dearly love and I cannot imagine the grief of loosing any of them. Pix is flying free now… I'm sure birds inhabit the Paradise before people