Question category: Grief & Loss

Death and loss

My one parakeet died on may 12’th and my other parakeet looks very lonely and depressed doesn’t play with her toys anymore should I get another parakeet for her? She’s sitting in her food bowl eating and drinking well please help me I feel bad I wish I could help her out

PBFD

I had a conure tested and she came back PBFD Positive, Today 11th May 5pm she was PTS , the vet said she went peacefully and it was quick , I have f10 cleaner bottle can I clean the area daily and I have African grey coming in the middle of june will I be […]

What happened

He is an 11 year old Caique and earlier in the day he was happy playing and chirping and dancing I can’t process his death after dinner | noticed he was at the bottom of his cage kind of bent over I picked him up and he looked drowsy I gave him a little water […]

Sudden death

I was with my boy Ben at 615 pm. Took the dog for a walk and when I got back, He was gone. I’ve had him for over 18 yrs. I knew the day was coming but not like this. Thanks for listening.

Death

My parakeet, miles, just died today and my other birds seem very “ out of routine “ and they normally are really loud but today they are quiet. Miles sorta died suddenly but he’s always been inside and has nothing wrong with him and he was only 6 years old. We already buried him so […]

Death of Beloved Teil

Hello. I’m just trying to process some grief. My beloved Hugs passed away on the 22. I knew something had been off earlier in the month, I had take him to the vet and we got him pain meds and when he didn’t improve we got him orbax on the 10th. He on the 15th […]

My love bird just suddenly died after almost 5 years with her?

My lovebirds name is Renata and today at around 10 pm my mom realized that she was on the ground with her wings open we believe she was still alive and a couple minutes later she did pass away. We have no idea how this could have happened she was always a very happy bird […]

Lonely ring neck dove

I had a pair of sibling doves one male one female born May 3 and fourth this year. The female flew away accidentally and now the male is pining. What can I do?

Death

Hi, I woke up this morning to my approx 9 year old female cockatiel dead on the cage floor. Her mate was just walking around all around her. She was tamed, he is not. Shecwas also a rescue and had been attacked as a baby and had a dead foot. Because of that, I left […]

separating finches

I have 8 finches, equal with male/female. I started with 4 but there were babies… I’ve only had them for about 6 or 8 months and now want to rehome 4. Is there a problem with separating them? Should I keep all of one sex or do I have to rehome all of them?

Timney grey

My timney grey died this morning he had been fine was shaking a little bit he was 24 and I’m so upset I loved him so much and he is going to be missed so much I’m nearly 77 so won’t replace him going to miss his whistles and the love he gave me this […]

death of male lovebird

I had 2 male lovebirds for 4 years and one just dropped dead this morning…they were very compatible and of course I am wondering what to do…thank you!

Conure sudden Death

I have had 2 conures my first one died unknown while me and my family where away but we had someone check and take care of him everyday, Now l have had my second conure and he suddenly died and we don’t know the cause of this and if he had come with a illness?

My cockatiel

She had fluid build up and was drained by the vet and she also admitted her for 2 nights. She was very energetic and her breathing was fine when she came home. She died 9 days after draining the fluid. She was still on antibiotics. What could have caused that?

M8 week old Coktiel died

I had a 8 week old cocatiel he was healty ate his formule flew everything and suddley just got weak why

Why my bird died?

Good night, about a week ago, we found a baby kiskadee. It could not fly, and its nest was inaccessible to us. So, we had taken the bird with us, and that night it had accepted food. In the morning, we returned to see if we could find the parents, and they came and fed […]

Lutino Cockatiel age 12 staring straight up

Hi, I know the Lutios have genetic problems and tend to go blind but my baby has been staring at the ceiling with a twisted head. She keeps falling off perch and has to be shown where food and water are. How do I know when she is suffering- or is she now? What should […]

Goffin cockatoo

I have had my lovely Goffin for 41 years, I have no idea how old he was when I saved him from a pet shop but they said he was young. I am now 80 and thinking I must make provision for him in my Will. He flies free most days for a couple of […]

Did the vet tech kill my bird?

I brought my 40 year old jubilee macaw in for his annual well visit. While they were drawing blood, the second time- didn’t get enough the first time- he flopped over and died. They did cpr for 15 minutes. Nothing. Did they choke him by holding him incorrectly? Draw too much blood? He was perfectly […]

Parakeet death

Parakeet was 7 months old when a new kitten arrived. New kitten was fascinated with parakeet. Could the stress of having the cat present scared it to death?

Spotted dove

We’ve come home to find feathers scattered on our courtyard. And then little further along, the dead baby spotted dove. How could this have happened. Their nest as been in our hedge – did we do anything wrong. We used to feed the mum and dad

cockatiel death

Hello, my friend lost her 6 year old cockatiel yesterday so unexpectedly. she said the bird (I don’t know its gender) the thing started when she came back home from school and saw the bird has drunk or eaten nothing. she tried changing to food and also tried multivitamins on the bird but the bird […]

Parrotlet Sudden Death

Hi there Do you have any ideas as to why my parrotlet may have died please. It is too late for a necropsy as my son wanted to bury her,. We were out for the day; come home she is on the floor dying. She lives with her beloved, a quaker parrot, very closely bonded […]

Cockatiel 17yr passed suddenly

Hello my Cockatiel of 17yrs passed away after being 2 days with vomit and hardly eating. I did take him to the hospital they just told me to take him home and give him baytril. His blood results did showed CPK534 uric acid 17.7. The vet said he had kidney failure but I am just […]

Conure parrott

Could you tell me why my boy conure Parrott has died I have a boy and a girl conures and yesterday coming back from our caravan he was fine when we left and they have travel this way many times could you tell me what happened. The girl is fine.

My 4 month old budgie fell unconscious and died within 20 min in my hands

Hello, I had 6 budgies untill this morning and the youngest budgie (named Kiwi) died this morning. Kiwi had fallen unconscious 2-3 days ago and we took him out and comforted him and gave water. After that he was playful and looked good. However, today again he fell unconscious on the bottom of cage. I […]

Sun conure passed away

Hello, I had my sun conure for a few years and he was a part of my family, very loving and smart bird. One day he just fell to the bottom of his cage and died a little while later. I can’t help but feel like it was something I did wrong in caring for […]

Scarlet macaw die when she just 4 months

Hi i bought a scarlet macaw in Singapore. birds shop and now the birds dies after 3 weeks when we bring her home. We sent her to post mortem and result is back. I’m not a vet but i have given to an vet to explain to us. She was die because of her heart […]

Sun Conure

Hello, My sun conure who just turned one died with no prior signs or symptoms of any illness. He was eating, flying around, playing in the morning, and all of a sudden he made a few noises and died in the afternoon. We were still hand-feeding him baby food and other than that he would […]

My Quakers death

My Quaker- Caesar passed on December 26th. He was 29 -I was always careful on feeding quality food-( no nuts, salty foods, chocolate, parsley etc)—he had fresh water, homemade Birdy Bread. Woke up that morning she gave him his unsalted green beans that he loved. Wouldn’t eat them or drink water. He was hunched down […]

Sudden death of my Conure

I bought my Jenday Conure three weeks ago. He was six months old and seemed very healthy. We were bonding well and he was very loving. Suddenly this morning, he squawked and fell to the bottom of the cage moving around erratically. I picked him up and he just died in my hand! I’m in […]

Cockatiel Died Overnight

Last week I came downstairs first thing in the morning to find my 13 year-old Lutino Cockatiel dead on the floor of the living room. Previous to this he had never left his cage at night, even though it was left open. I am absolutely heartbroken and can’t understand what happened. He seemed lively and […]

Bird dying suddenly

Hello, we have had 3 birds die randomly. The first one we had we got 8 years ago and was a quaker parrot, then one day he fell to the bottom of his cage and just died. A few weeks later we got two cockatiels and the boy died the same way, the. The girl […]

Dangerous food dish?

My 17 year old male cockatiel was found dead in his food dish . I was horrified and heartbroken as he was in good health and normal behavior. The food dish was new, I had just placed it in his cage that same day. Which makes me suspicious. It was stainless steel and I cleaned […]

Sudden death

I had 3 Lovebirds, 3 Conures and 3 Cockatiels. The Lovebirds all died, one Conure and 1 Cockateil. What am I doing wrong?

My new parakeet died suddenly

Hello, I brought home a parakeet recently. I had roudybush mini pellets and kaytee seeds in her food dish, and when I was able to confirm she was eating the pellets I took the seeds out completely and fed them to her daily by hand, as well as millet for training purposes. After 5 days […]

My cockatiel

My cockatiel died very suddenly.She was at the bottom of her cage she started to spread both of her wings.She normally does this when she her space so we gave her space and left her alone.A few moments later after we left her alone she started making sounds that sounded like yelps and then we […]

pull sparrow died

Hi, I am very sad about the death of my pull sparrow that I found 9 days ago: she was already feathered but with bald patches on the chest. I looked after her for a week, he ate with gusto and I could see her goiter swell through the bald patches. She started flying a […]

Lovebirds

My male bird died suddenly then about 2 hours later the female bird died what could have been the cause looked healthy and ate good and flew around the house?

Baby finch

My baby finch seemed to be doing well parents attentive but now just found it dead on the pen floor looked to have feathers coming in. What could have happened? Do you think I should have put food and water on the pen floor in case it fell out of the nest?

mysterious death of my 4 zebra finches

So this happened last year when my 4 pet zebra finches died suddenly the same day, one by one, ( like they literally dropped dead one by one) and I’ve always wondered what might’ve killed them. It still puzzles me because it didn’t seem like anything was wrong with them during the day when they […]

My lovebird suddenly died even though she’s only 4 years old

Today a few hours ago I noticed my bird was at the bottom of her cage and not moving, her eyes were slightly open and just laying there 🙁 I don’t spray any perfumes or other air sprays in my room so I don’t know why she would die all of the sudden, my assumption […]

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Do conure Grieve For The Loss Of A Companion

Cockatiel passed away

1.My Cockatiel was all okay till 8PM but she had already laid 4 eggs unferlized egg each alternate day before that. 2. On the day she passed away, Till 8 she was all okay but after that there was one other female bird same like her they both were playing and suddenly to sit in […]

My cockatiel died.. I cant believe she wont come back..

My female cockatiel around 2 years old, a very active one playing everytime.. At around till 8 PM she was playing very happily and suddenly my other female cockatiel flew near her and scared the little one.. she almost fell down. I dont know if there was a threat that time.. she was okay only.. […]

How to grief

I had three conures and 5 parakeets . Two of the conures and 4 parakeets house together in one room two cages but goes in and out of cages freely. @0 minutes after being let out and fed new food. All except one parakeet died. The other conure who roamed with us everywhere in the […]

Necropsy

I still have the parrot but I froze him ? I guess a necropsy would still show a broken bone or something like that ? Blood. tissue breakdown would probably prevent any blood analysis ?

Bird Death

My cinnamon dilute conger died in 2 days. It was 3 no old. My daughter played with it when she was not in school. There were no fumes. It was completely active. We were told it could have fallen. Is this what happen? I just don’t understand.

sudden death of my cockatiel

Hi, I have recently lost our beloved female cockatiel, which we have had for 6 years and 3 months, but she was older than this, as we got her from a family member’s friend, so I don’t know exactly how old she was. She has always been very healthy and taken very good care of, […]

Cocatiel

I just lost one of my cockatiels. I found her leaning her face into her food dish. I went to touch her and she fell off the perch. Her cage mate is OK, but we suspect he has mites or lice. We are treating him and the cage with Scalex. But we just got another […]

my love bird died all of a sudden

I had a beautiful black mask, I came home and couldn’t find him and when I found him he was dead. he was like panting the day before which was unusual, he was hiding from us for 2 days and in the morning I kissed him and told him I loved him and said goodbye […]

Sudden death of my coca tail bird

The feamle one was perfectly fine till the afternoon but in the evening when i took a look i saw that she was not in her cage and found dead on the floor .she was perfectly fine no infection heat issue or anything like thia please let me know im curious a lot

Sudden budgie death

Hi. I just lost my second beloved parakeet. She was sitting on her food bowl and then suddenly fell over. Not even 15 minutes later she died. We had a bird before her do this but we thought that he died from something in his liver because he turned fully yellow( he was an albino). […]

My female cocktail died at the age of 4

My cocktail died female one suddenly I don’t know the reason she was fine in the morning but then suddenly she started coughing a lot and she died.. Later on we spotted blood from her nose.. What could be the reason ??

Black dropping in Alexandrine parakeet

My bird suddenly started to have black poop. And vomited too. And within 9 hours she died. Her poop was perfectly fine the day before her death. And since we keep her in a clean room without any clutter it is impossible for her to ingest any foreign body. But she did lose a lot […]

Sudden deaths

Today my 3 birds died all at once. 2 8 year old love birds and a 2 month old parakeet. They were fine and 45 minutes later I heard them drop to the cage floors. Firemen checked for gas and carbon monoxide and found nothing. Everything in the house was as it was every day. […]

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