Kiwi

[kme3388]

Today Kiwi my Jenday conure passed away. I miss her so much already. I took her to the vet Monday to refill meds, and she had a seizure. This morning she had 3 of them. They were lengthening, and happening every 20-30 minutes. She was perched in her cage for 2 of them, and collapsed very hard to the bottom of her cage. She had a seizure in her incubator too. She’s been sick since October with seeds in her stool, ataxia, and such. We’ve been hand feeding her formula for months. She started refusing even that on and off since Monday. We definitely bought her about 4 more months of life. Today we decided the quality of life was no longer good, and she was really suffering. We brought her to a local vet to euthanize her.



Kiwi was 15 years old. I have done some research and it does appear like a Jenday conures average life expectancy is from 15-20 years. It sounds like they can live up to 25-30 years old but that’s the exception. I’m beginning to think she may have been a senior Jenday conure but because of her beauty I couldn’t see it.





I can’t thank everyone enough for advice and suggestions involving Kiwi. I had to stop being on the parrot forum because I had gotten negative, and I can’t help anyone in that mind set. Nor do I need to drag down a forum with my pessimistic attitude.



Kiwi is what started me rescuing parrots, and advocating for them. I wasn’t the greatest owner when I first bought her at a pet store. I came across a YouTube video years later that was about how to care for parrots. In that video I realized how much I was doing wrong, and I immediately made changes. I started educating myself better. Kiwi is my inspiration, and I definitely lost that for a while.

 

[nkrbkr]

I’m so very sorry for your loss.

 

[LaManuka]

Today Kiwi my Jenday conure passed away. I miss her so much already. I took her to the vet Monday to refill meds, and she had a seizure. This morning she had 3 of them. They were lengthening, and happening every 20-30 minutes. She was perched in her cage for 2 of them, and collapsed very hard to the bottom of her cage. She had a seizure in her incubator too. She’s been sick since October with seeds in her stool, ataxia, and such. We’ve been hand feeding her formula for months. She started refusing even that on and off since Monday. We definitely bought her about 4 more months of life. Today we decided the quality of life was no longer good, and she was really suffering. We brought her to a local vet to euthanize her.



Kiwi was 15 years old. I have done some research and it does appear like a Jenday conures average life expectancy is from 15-20 years. It sounds like they can live up to 25-30 years old but that’s the exception. I’m beginning to think she may have been a senior Jenday conure but because of her beauty I couldn’t see it.





I can’t thank everyone enough for advice and suggestions involving Kiwi. I had to stop being on the parrot forum because I had gotten negative, and I can’t help anyone in that mind set. Nor do I need to drag down a forum with my pessimistic attitude.



Kiwi is what started me rescuing parrots, and advocating for them. I wasn’t the greatest owner when I first bought her at a pet store. I came across a YouTube video years later that was about how to care for parrots. In that video I realized how much I was doing wrong, and I immediately made changes. I started educating myself better. Kiwi is my inspiration, and I definitely lost that for a while.

Oh @kme3388, I'm so sorry for your loss of your beautiful girl, my heart hurts for you! Sending much love and hugs to you, you and Kiwi are in my prayers.

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

OUch! RIP to a loving, special burdee.