Some updates and news.

[ParrotLover2001]

My flock and I are taking a break from the forum.
Here are some updates before I leave.

Update with Chrissy, he had been found June 16th around 5pm, unfortunately he had been hit by a car and was dead, I went to check it out myself, every little detail, I knew it was Chrissy.

Update with how my flock has been holding out, Opal has been mourning her loss, Jordan has also been mourning, Elvis doesn't seem to care, in fact I think I've heard him singing more now than he use to.

I'm going to have nightmares tonight, I know I did last night.

I use to come to this forum for everything when I first got birds. I looked up to this forum and always wished to be apart of it. Now that I am, I'm not sure if I regret it or not. I've maybe lots of mistakes in the past, I learned from them. That is what makes us human, and you hold those mistakes against me. Sure I own a cat and dog, but others do to. Sure I didn't take them to a vet months ago, but I do now. Things change for better or worse. Things always happen for a good reason, whether the reason is clear or not.
It doesn't matter how experienced I am, my age, my siblings and other pets all don't matter when it comes to owning birds.

My apologies if I offended anyone with any of my posts.

I plan on coming back in a couple weeks, I need all of my attention on my birds and my homework so I can start summer vacation.

Sent from my Galaxy s8

 

[Scott]

So Chrissy wasn't "snatched by a bird?" Lost then found, then lost another. - Parrot Forum - Parrot Owner's Community (Post #5)

I wish you peace and much introspection during your hiatus.

 

[Kentuckienne]

I've told you this privately, but no one here is holding anything against you for making "mistakes" with your pets. The problem is with you being untruthful. People give very generously of their time and experience, and go beyond what might be expected of a public forum, in order to help someone who needs help and asks for it. They spend time writing thoughtful responses, they research options, the give the best advice they can. It's not that you "made mistakes" ... It's that you write things that are untrue. You wrote that Chrissy was killed by a cat, then that he was fine after all. You wrote that Chrissy got into a tree, then he was taken by a bird, and now he's been hit by a car. ALL THESE THINGS CANNOT BE TRUE. Some may be true, but they can't ALL be true. How are we to tell the difference? We can't know if Chrissy is actually dead or not - maybe if you come back in two weeks, he will have been found safely, it was all a misidentification! Or maybe Chrissy never existed in the first place, maybe none of your flock exists?

People continue to help in case you DO have a bird or birds, and they care about keeping your flock safe. If you do have birds, and if you do want to remain a part of the community, it would be best to come clean about this all and tell the truth. Don't keep saying "why can't you all just forget what I said" because the Internet. Everything you wrote is out there somewhere. Even if it were deleted from this forum, it would be on the Wayback Machine. A false statement, a hateful comment, none of it goes away. There's no do-over. There's only do it right for a change, admit the truth, apologize for the pain you may have caused those trying to help, and then begin again.

I don't write this out of vindictiveness or anger or meanness. I write it because I do care about you and your birds, if you have birds. All of us make mistakes, and all of us can try again, and try to do better each time. Each time we fail at our intention, we stand up, brush ourselves off, help up anyone we knocked down in the process and apologize, then try to better next time. Don't ask me how I know this.

I have an intuition, though ... Find a book called The Four Agreements and read it. See if any of it resonates with you. Good luck, be careful, take care of yourself and those in your charge.

 

[ParrotLover2001]

I've told you this privately, but no one here is holding anything against you for making "mistakes" with your pets. The problem is with you being untruthful. People give very generously of their time and experience, and go beyond what might be expected of a public forum, in order to help someone who needs help and asks for it. They spend time writing thoughtful responses, they research options, the give the best advice they can. It's not that you "made mistakes" ... It's that you write things that are untrue. You wrote that Chrissy was killed by a cat, then that he was fine after all. You wrote that Chrissy got into a tree, then he was taken by a bird, and now he's been hit by a car. ALL THESE THINGS CANNOT BE TRUE. Some may be true, but they can't ALL be true. How are we to tell the difference? We can't know if Chrissy is actually dead or not - maybe if you come back in two weeks, he will have been found safely, it was all a misidentification! Or maybe Chrissy never existed in the first place, maybe none of your flock exists?

People continue to help in case you DO have a bird or birds, and they care about keeping your flock safe. If you do have birds, and if you do want to remain a part of the community, it would be best to come clean about this all and tell the truth. Don't keep saying "why can't you all just forget what I said" because the Internet. Everything you wrote is out there somewhere. Even if it were deleted from this forum, it would be on the Wayback Machine. A false statement, a hateful comment, none of it goes away. There's no do-over. There's only do it right for a change, admit the truth, apologize for the pain you may have caused those trying to help, and then begin again.

I don't write this out of vindictiveness or anger or meanness. I write it because I do care about you and your birds, if you have birds. All of us make mistakes, and all of us can try again, and try to do better each time. Each time we fail at our intention, we stand up, brush ourselves off, help up anyone we knocked down in the process and apologize, then try to better next time. Don't ask me how I know this.

I have an intuition, though ... Find a book called The Four Agreements and read it. See if any of it resonates with you. Good luck, be careful, take care of yourself and those in your charge.

I know, it just feels like it is being held against me.
It is mentioned many times, when it really doesn't have to be. i learned my lesson, please stop bringing it up. Please?

I am ready to say a few things, I am the one who hit Chrissy, he dove in front of the car, I didn't have time to stop. In the call, I was told a little green bird was flying around, so I put Opal in the back seat, along with the cage and went to try to caught him. Chrissy was later buried underneath the cherry plum tree in my garden, in a little coffin that my father helped me make.
To be honest, I really don't know what bird had been attack, I thought it was Chrissy since I couldn't see or hear him after that, and the fact it seemed like the bird was coming to the cage.
I thought he was going to die after the cat attack, it looked like he would, and without a vet to have took him to, I really thought he was going to die, so I thought it wouldn't matter whether I said he was dead when he looked dead, or later when he would be dead. He proved me wrong, and I would never do that again.

I am sorry you think my flock doesn't exists. where would the photos and video have come from if they didn't?
My birds lives are not to make fun of, of course they are real.

I know that no one would forget what I said and done, but can you at least stop bringing it up in other threads?

I know I was an idiot in the past, and I still can be, but this break really helped me get my head straight.

Opal seems to be doing worse, she is refusing to eat her veggies and her breakfast chop. She has been very quiet, and more nippy than normal. She does eat a lot of seeds and pellets, but like I said, she stopped with her healthier foods, but she is still very active.

Thanks.