I joined the parrot forum today. I got my cherry head conure as a Christmas gift 1989 and lost him in April 2022.. almost 33 years old and with me almost every single day of those years.. I am heartbroken beyond words.. the only health problem he had was in 2017, looking back we realize he possibly had a minor stroke then, and went into a seizure, it was a holiday weekend so it took me a while to find a hospital to take him to but I found great one in New Jersey near my home.. he was there for about 3 days and was not expected to survive but much to the veterinarians surprise he not only survived he thrived for 6 years, even with his limitations he was left with, he was unable to fly, and had a left foot that didn't work all the time.. but he never let it stop him my little guy was such a trooper he was still happy and would run around all the time and never ever lost his appetite.. I knew he was getting older but all a little routines we had before I left for work in the morning and when I would come home always stayed intact, he'd hear my keys in the door before I even got in and was so happy that I was home, I'd reach in with his perch and he would jump on it and I put him down on the floor he would jump off the perch and go running everywhere.. he loved to cuddle in my lap and fall asleep for hours when I'd watch TV.. so many things 33 years of memories and laughter and so much love.. now my home is so lifeless and quiet without him, on the Saturday before I lost him he would have been having some troubles and I went and bought him all new food dishes that were easier for him to use and wouldn't tip over if he stood on them.. that night he was actually playing with them jumping from the food dish into the water dish and back up again like he used to do when he was younger, I was so grateful he was doing so much better, I checked on him during the night and he was sleeping so perfectly, checked on him again and he had moved over to the other side of his cage on the purse like he always did, I woke him up in the morning and something was just different, I tried everything to help him but he was going through something and I couldn't help him, I called the vet they told me to bring him in, I got him there in less than 15 minutes but he passed away in the car before we even got there.. they did a necropsy and believe he had arteriosclerosis, because he had lesions on his heart.. and believed he had a stroke, and when I told the vet about what happened in 2017 he couldn't believe that he even survived that.. and again not just survived it he thrived and was his happy little guy until that Sunday morning.. I did everything I could to help him always, 32 years is a really long time,, had him from a little tiny baby.. and I just miss him so much.. and I beat myself up all the time lately wondering what I could have done differently to help him.. that Saturday I thought we were going to have many more years together, little did I know I was going to lose him the next day..