emandroger
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Hi everyone, new to this forum as facebook groups were getting very toxic.
My partner and I are very sad as we lost our first budgie Brenda on Saturday. I was home with her and it was all very sudden. I am blaming myself and I am hoping to get some comfort and advice from here.
For context, we had 2 budgies Brenda (female) and Roger (male), and we think they were both between 18 months-2 years old. Both were not tame but Brenda was more comfortable with us than Roger is. Brenda never caused us any issues and any concerns about their health only ever came from Roger. However I wonder if we dropped the ball on Brenda a little bit as looking back I think she had a been a little under the weather, not flying as much, retreating back into her cage earlier, and one evening last week she flew around and wasn’t able to land where she normally does so flew herself slowly to the cage and she almost slid down the bars as if she was very tired. Another time she started flapping in the cage but then she couldn’t get her foot to grip back on to the perch. Didn’t notice any issues with eating or drinking or general temperament.
They also don’t eat much more than a seed diet as they are very scared of anything new. So on Saturday I wanted to try them with with lettuce and strawberries. I cut it up small and added onto a tray which I then put into the cage and walked away. I heard them flapping about and tweeting as they usually do with anything new in their cage but I then heard Brenda drop to the bottom of the cage. At first I thought she had her foot caught in the grate at the bottom and I thought she was struggling to free herself so I rushed over but it looked like she may have been seizing? Within 10 seconds of all this her tweets began getting slower and weaker and by the time I was able to get her out of the cage she was gone.
I have read a lot that suggests the spasms I may have seen may not have been a seizure but just the natural way of dying in budgies, but i’m not sure what else could have caused her death?
I also know they hide illness well and she may have had an underlying issue. I am just so worried and blaming myself that the stress of something new in the cage may have caused her to flap around a little too hard and cause herself an injury. I didn’t see the moment so I will never know.
We have buried her now so we won’t get an autopsy done or anything, and i’m not sure what I’m asking. I suppose if anyone can provide me any comfort around any of my thoughts that would be amazing.
Also any tips on how we can try to bond with Roger and comfort him through his grief would be amazing? (he seems to be fine, although not eating as much). Eventually we would want to get him another companion but for now we want to make him as happy as possible whilst he is on his own.
Thank you all in advance.
My partner and I are very sad as we lost our first budgie Brenda on Saturday. I was home with her and it was all very sudden. I am blaming myself and I am hoping to get some comfort and advice from here.
For context, we had 2 budgies Brenda (female) and Roger (male), and we think they were both between 18 months-2 years old. Both were not tame but Brenda was more comfortable with us than Roger is. Brenda never caused us any issues and any concerns about their health only ever came from Roger. However I wonder if we dropped the ball on Brenda a little bit as looking back I think she had a been a little under the weather, not flying as much, retreating back into her cage earlier, and one evening last week she flew around and wasn’t able to land where she normally does so flew herself slowly to the cage and she almost slid down the bars as if she was very tired. Another time she started flapping in the cage but then she couldn’t get her foot to grip back on to the perch. Didn’t notice any issues with eating or drinking or general temperament.
They also don’t eat much more than a seed diet as they are very scared of anything new. So on Saturday I wanted to try them with with lettuce and strawberries. I cut it up small and added onto a tray which I then put into the cage and walked away. I heard them flapping about and tweeting as they usually do with anything new in their cage but I then heard Brenda drop to the bottom of the cage. At first I thought she had her foot caught in the grate at the bottom and I thought she was struggling to free herself so I rushed over but it looked like she may have been seizing? Within 10 seconds of all this her tweets began getting slower and weaker and by the time I was able to get her out of the cage she was gone.
I have read a lot that suggests the spasms I may have seen may not have been a seizure but just the natural way of dying in budgies, but i’m not sure what else could have caused her death?
I also know they hide illness well and she may have had an underlying issue. I am just so worried and blaming myself that the stress of something new in the cage may have caused her to flap around a little too hard and cause herself an injury. I didn’t see the moment so I will never know.
We have buried her now so we won’t get an autopsy done or anything, and i’m not sure what I’m asking. I suppose if anyone can provide me any comfort around any of my thoughts that would be amazing.
Also any tips on how we can try to bond with Roger and comfort him through his grief would be amazing? (he seems to be fine, although not eating as much). Eventually we would want to get him another companion but for now we want to make him as happy as possible whilst he is on his own.
Thank you all in advance.
