Anyone have an explanation?

[ernie47]

Hello all,

I came to this forum to perhaps get a explanation about my lorikeet passing. I have had this lorikeet for a couple of years now without incident. My lorikeet usualy sleeps on a DIY bed but we found him on the floor breathing heavily. after picking him up he remained verry calm but couldnt stand. he tried stumbeling around but couldnt get more then a couple of steps, all in all he was just verry weak. What usualy where incredibly loud squacks came out as sad little whines.

i tried calling every animal clinic i could but sinds it was late at night there where no avient doctors available. about half an hour after we found him he sadly passed. im left wondering if i could have done anything, caused this maybe but most of all i just want to know what could have happend. After such a normal day this is the last thing i expected to happen... if anyone has some sort of explanation for me it would be greatly apriciated.

Thanks in advance

 

[Davi]

I’m really sorry to hear about your lorikeet. It’s so hard to lose a pet, especially so suddenly like that. It sounds like you did everything you could in the moment, and it’s normal to wonder if you could’ve done anything differently, but sometimes these things are totally out of our control. Birds hide illness really well, and by the time they show symptoms, it can already be too late. There could be many reasons for what happened (an overheated Teflon-type pan is a common cause, unfortunately), but try not to blame yourself. Take care of yourself and give yourself time to grieve. Sending hugs.

 

[Icey]

I agree 100% with @Davi .
In hindsight we always question ouselves what happened, what was the reason, what could I have done differently, if anything.
Please don't be too hard on yourself.
I am so sorry for your loss. xx

 

[A.K]

Omg this hit hard. That’s exactly how I lost Kiwi. I took her to vet as soon as I realised something was wrong. They had no answers. I had no answers. She passed away within an hour of me noticing. I still don’t know what took her from me.

You can try and get a necropsy done if you still have your baby’s body. I buried Kiwi under her favourite tree and chose not to get one done.

I’m so sorry for your loss - I wish I had answers. I really do. Without closure we tend to blame ourselves a lot. Please, don’t be too hard on yourself. We’re all here for you to grieve and to lean on. Sending hugs to you

 

[jessem101]

Hello all,

I came to this forum to perhaps get a explanation about my lorikeet passing. I have had this lorikeet for a couple of years now without incident. My lorikeet usualy sleeps on a DIY bed but we found him on the floor breathing heavily. after picking him up he remained verry calm but couldnt stand. he tried stumbeling around but couldnt get more then a couple of steps, all in all he was just verry weak. What usualy where incredibly loud squacks came out as sad little whines.

i tried calling every animal clinic i could but sinds it was late at night there where no avient doctors available. about half an hour after we found him he sadly passed. im left wondering if i could have done anything, caused this maybe but most of all i just want to know what could have happend. After such a normal day this is the last thing i expected to happen... if anyone has some sort of explanation for me it would be greatly apriciated.

Thanks in advance

Sorry for your loss! and like others said, dont beat yourself up about it. Having these intelligent birds in captivity is not an easy thing to do. Ontop of that, we dont get much support like if we had dogs or cats, and most vets dont exactly specialize in every species, so at times, no matter what we do isnt enough. I lost my Blue crowned Conure after only owning him for 12 years. I was crushed.

Its all hindsight, but today i try and give my birds as much of natural sunlight as possible. Or in the winter i try and get UV lights to help them out. Alot of these parrots are coming from back yard breeders (not saying you have, just noticing the masses) and they dont do health checks on these parrots before breeding them. With Dogs and Cats, breeders would do health checks, to make sure they dont have heart conditions, HD, tumors and so on, as alot of these diseases are hereditary. Is this the same with Parrots? who knows, but im sure it is. A good healthy diet and some vet checks could probably extend the life of your parrot, but some things no matter what you do, you cannot prevent. Hopefully in the near future we will get more support, we will have vets encourage frequent health tests on breeders, hopefully they can conduct long term assessments to see what we can do as owners to make sure what we are doing is correct.

Currently i am bummed out. I use to have a local vet that did missions in the Amazon, specifically on Amazon parrots! when i rescued Manolo (My DYHA) he walked through everything he could with me to make sure he will survive and also gave some GREAT training tips. At first i was bummed that my parrot wasnt a needy bird, but he explained how that is a great thing, and as long as he knows how to step up and step down and picks up simple commands, he will live a long happy life. Alot of times we trigger these parrots and mess with their hormones unintentionally. Alot of times online i will watch videos of owners petting their birds below the neck line, or cuddling their birds, or allowing them to rest on their shoulders. this can trigger their hormones and they can see you as their mate. This also might lead to feather plucking, spaz behavior, biting. He was able to explain alot. Now he has moved (i dont know where, so i need to track him down) as the new vet wasnt exactly up to speed. Didnt know how to handle manolo as well, i had to grab him myself, they gave me some videos as tips for training (which didnt really help). I basically learned as much as i could from my previous vet, he was absolute clutch.

Sorry for the rant, but i feel the pain, and with so many different variables out there, it will be very hard to determine what you could and could not have done. Hopefully we get more support in the future for these birds, cause without it, i can see more health issues becoming more and more prominant. Hope you are feeling better,

Jesse