MajesticOcelol
Walking the driveway
- Joined
- 8/17/17
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Hi everyone.
This is Lotus.
Some of you may know her, some of you may not.
She was my first bird. Only had her for under a month and a half..
She contracted psittacosis from a young baby budgie I put in her cage to keep her company.
If I had remembered about quarantining, her life would have been so different...
She was euthanized today.
She didn't respond to the antibiotics we gave her, and the vets told us she would never be fully cured, so would infect any other birds, meaning she'd live a sad life alone with no other budgie friends..
The decision was made on Friday, however, when I went in the room today to put her in the crate to take her to the vets, she was on the cage floor, breathing heavily. I don't think she'd have lived much longer anyway...
I loved her so much. I still do. I know she isn't suffering anymore, but knowing I won't hear her chirping along with the wild birds from early morning to the evening is such a hard thought to bear.
She wasn't hand tame. She bit me a lot. But I didn't mind. I knew she loved me in her own way, because she tolerated me. It sounds funny, but she really did. She would only bite if I picked her up. I could put my finger anywhere near her and she wouldn't bite. Even if it was on her beak...
Yesterday night I found up she had learned to step up on command. It was extremely heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time.
She was skittish, but we had been slowly learning trust. I wish she wasn't gone. We were working on hand taming... She was so clever.
I'll be putting more pictures up later, and a couple videos too.
Lotus, fly high above the rainbow bridge with Sulphur. You don't have to suffer anymore. Rest peacefully, my little bird. I didn't know you for long, but I'll never forget you.
I hope you're happier up there.
