CaiqueJuno
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WARNING SAD STORY
My caique passed away last night at ~7 years old. My little sister decided to adopt a stray cat and the cat decided it wanted my bird. I am beyond devastated and it was an incident that could have been avoided if we just told her to give up the cat (but how could we do tell her to give up something that brought her so much joy like my bird brought me) or just paid better attention.
We had no issue for the first couple months with this first cat. We created a routine and we always had the animals locked in separate rooms when we weren’t home and we give them turns when we are home but there was a miscommunication about who was put away and the cat got her. She wasn’t killed in the spot. We were in the house and we stopped it just moments after it happened (side note: it’s 10pm). Juno was fine just a little shook and there was a little blood on her tongue (we thought she bit her tongue). We took her to the vet the next morning and they checked her heart and lungs then examined her body for wounds and they said everything was ok and if there was internal bleeding she wouldn’t of made the night. They gave her pain meds and antibiotics. Later that day she died in my dads arms.
It all feels like a bad dream and I keep thinking I’m going to get home and she’ll be there. I don’t know what I’m looking for posting this. I guess what I’m doing is trying to find something to make me feel better about it all. Like her living a long full life or she went peacefully in her old age but I can’t find any peace in this situation.
Maybe I just want to know if I’m not alone and that I’m not a bad bird mom because I feel so much guilt and I wanted to take her with me when I moved from home. Do pet birds often not make it to old age, are freak accidents common. I’m honestly just looking for anything to ease this pain.
I loved her so much and I would do anything to bring her back.
My caique passed away last night at ~7 years old. My little sister decided to adopt a stray cat and the cat decided it wanted my bird. I am beyond devastated and it was an incident that could have been avoided if we just told her to give up the cat (but how could we do tell her to give up something that brought her so much joy like my bird brought me) or just paid better attention.
We had no issue for the first couple months with this first cat. We created a routine and we always had the animals locked in separate rooms when we weren’t home and we give them turns when we are home but there was a miscommunication about who was put away and the cat got her. She wasn’t killed in the spot. We were in the house and we stopped it just moments after it happened (side note: it’s 10pm). Juno was fine just a little shook and there was a little blood on her tongue (we thought she bit her tongue). We took her to the vet the next morning and they checked her heart and lungs then examined her body for wounds and they said everything was ok and if there was internal bleeding she wouldn’t of made the night. They gave her pain meds and antibiotics. Later that day she died in my dads arms.
It all feels like a bad dream and I keep thinking I’m going to get home and she’ll be there. I don’t know what I’m looking for posting this. I guess what I’m doing is trying to find something to make me feel better about it all. Like her living a long full life or she went peacefully in her old age but I can’t find any peace in this situation.
Maybe I just want to know if I’m not alone and that I’m not a bad bird mom because I feel so much guilt and I wanted to take her with me when I moved from home. Do pet birds often not make it to old age, are freak accidents common. I’m honestly just looking for anything to ease this pain.
I loved her so much and I would do anything to bring her back.
I am so sorry.
