Beebleburb
Strolling the yard
Something that I always find reassuring is statistics. while I know they can't tell me the exact path of my life I find comfort in the general trajectory they give me.
With this in mind, an area I can never find any data is common causes of mortality in pet parrots. I know the categories; illness, accident, injuries, toxicities, and age induced problems- but I dont have good information on how often each one occurs.
To those who have lost birds in the past, I know this is a sensitive topic, but what caused the passing of your parrot? Did you parrot reach its life expectancy? I think if we collect some data on this it might be helpful to those of us like myself who stay up worrying.
I will start in saying I have lost two birds in my time keeping birds, one as an adult and one as a young child. The bird I lost as an adult passed peacefully in her sleep of old age, she was multiple years above the average life expectancy. The bird I lost as a child was due to a situation out of my control as it was exposed to very cold temperatures for a long time because my parents lost the ability to heat our house. He was not able to recover.
I am adding a poll below to give simple answers but stories are also welcome.
With this in mind, an area I can never find any data is common causes of mortality in pet parrots. I know the categories; illness, accident, injuries, toxicities, and age induced problems- but I dont have good information on how often each one occurs.
To those who have lost birds in the past, I know this is a sensitive topic, but what caused the passing of your parrot? Did you parrot reach its life expectancy? I think if we collect some data on this it might be helpful to those of us like myself who stay up worrying.
I will start in saying I have lost two birds in my time keeping birds, one as an adult and one as a young child. The bird I lost as an adult passed peacefully in her sleep of old age, she was multiple years above the average life expectancy. The bird I lost as a child was due to a situation out of my control as it was exposed to very cold temperatures for a long time because my parents lost the ability to heat our house. He was not able to recover.
I am adding a poll below to give simple answers but stories are also welcome.