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i feel horrible
i feel horrible! my little parakeet kiwi died a few months ago. he was only about 2 years old! on and off he was sick. like he sat at the bottom of the cage all puffed up with his eyes closed. and this thign happened on and off. but then one day he was there for a while and couldnt even move, cause you could tell cause when i tried to pet him he reached for me and he didnt have the strength to do it, it was so sad looking it made me cry. i think i handled him too much and made him really tired maybe cause i always played with him. i feel so guilty! did i kill my bird? what was this sickness?
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Dear Reader,
Let me just set this straight right now, you did NOT kill you parakeet. I work at the Birdshow at Utah's Hogle Zoo and have been there for about 4 years now, and there we have about 9 various Parrots, and in all that time I have never heard of anyone giving a bird(Parrot and Parakeet alike) to much love. If anything you prolonged it's life. You see the entire Parrot family are VERY intelligent birds, and they thrive with attention from they're owners. In fact they actually get physically sick when deprived of that contact. So unless you were mauling him(like being to rough handling him or smothering him), which sounds highly unlikely because the details you gave of his conditions means you were paying very good attention to his behaviors and needs, you DID NOT in ANY way contribute to your birds death.
However if you are still unsure and would like to know what exactly the disease was that he had I would be more then happy to help you find out. Simply write me again giving a few more details as to the symtoms that he had(just make sure you somehow let me know that it is you)and I will do everything in my power to find your answer. I know, sometimes you just need a feeling of closure in these matters. Let me know things like if his eating was irregular, if you noticed anything out of the ordinary physically(feet enlarged, pulling out feathers or exesive preening), that sort of thing.
You are a good person and pet owner who did the best you could, he couldn't have asked for more in an owner. Don't beat yourself up over what's already done.
~Kambrey
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ohh, im so sorry:( i have a parakeet 2. im sure you didnt kill it by playing with it, all you did was give it love. im sure it dies by an illness and not how much you played with it.
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I'm very sorry about your loss. I've had a few birds die in my day, and let me tell you a little story. My greyhound decided that when my birds (a cockitiel and a conure) were out of their cage, it was time to play. He caught my little cockitiel in his mouth, and without intending to, broke it's neck. I found it still breathing and conscious, and i tried to tend to it's wounds on it's wings from my dog's teeth. I handled it a bit too much like you, and I felt the same way, like it was my fault. But it sounds to me like your bird was suffering, and it reached for you, so it obviously knew you were there for it in it's final hours, minutes, days, etc. You have to remember, your bird isn't suffering anymore, and you were there for it when it was sick. That's a good thing. :)
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