Hello everyone.
I am writing on a very sad topic. I had two green cheek conure girls, and one of them got killed yesterday, in a way I still can’t comprehend, and what’s most devastating, with my help.
My younger one was a very mischievous, a little bit over 2 years old bird, Pineapple green cheek. She was sweet, funny, and adorable, and it’s hard for me to cope with her death.
I want to tell this very sad story of how it happened, because I wanted to hear your ideas of what happened. I have my own theory, but I think it’s always good to hear other’s opinions and stories.
Before I post the story, I want to pretty much beg you to not blame me. The birds are loved to pieces, getting a ton out of cage time, fully flighted, good diet, very spoiled and always thought of, and What happened, is beyond my comprehension, I don’t know what Else I could have done to avoid this, or how it could have happened on the first place. I’m devastated and broken, and I can’t take a blame or harsh criticism right now, neither do I think I deserve it.
So here is the story of what happened.
I had a very very busy day yesterday, running around And thinking what else I had to do this day. I just finished my online teaching and was starving. My bearded dragon just had its light going out that day, so I tried to keep him in the natural sun instead (I‘M in Ct).i thought I’d bring him to the porch for some sun, so I opened the exit door in my living room to get there. The door opens inside the living room. I brought my beardie out, Left him there (the porch is enclosed, but only has a storm door there), then I went inside, closed the door back, so the birds wouldn’t get out (my older bird was on me at the time), and went to the kitchen to make myself dinner (when I’m starving, I can mostly just think about food). A couple of minutes later I realized that my younger bird wasn’t making any sounds or flying to me, which usually means that she is up to no good. So I went back to the living room, starting looking for her, and realized to my horror, that she is hanging head stuck between the door to the porch and it’s frame, and her body hanging off her neck. For a split second my mind wouldn’t believe that she was dead, so I rushed to open the door to let her out, and she fell down. Dead. I still cannot fully understand how her head could have gotten stuck between the door and the frame above it, there was next to no space for it to fit in between. I didn’t feel anything wrong when I was closing that door, neither did I hear a peep or saw her, it didn’t even really come to my mind that she was dead, until she dropped on the floor.
i am usually very aware of where my birds are, when they are out of the cage, I’m always afraid to hurt their feet when I close the doors, so I check on them when I do, and I tried to avoid all possible dangers for them that I knew of. I could not have predicted that this would happen, neither can I understand how could have her head got stuck between the door and the frame above it, with very little space for it to do so. Her whole body was hanging off her neck, with the head completely inside between the door and the frame.
I‘m left with my older bird, who is without a companion now.
I‘m now asking myself:
first, should I even keep the birds at all, if this happened? I thought I was doing everything right, and my avian vet specialist was happy with my care. I can’t, just can’t figure out what I’ve done wrong in this case. I suspect that the silly bird was hanging down the door frame trim, which she loved doing, from the inside of the living room, so I simply didn’t see her, and when I closed the door, her beak and the rest of her head got pulled into that damn space.
Second, if I do keep my older bird (which would probably break my heart to give her away), should I find her companion ASAP?
Third, should I show my older bird The body of the deceased one to try helping her realize that she is gone. They liked each other and were fine in one big cage, but I don’t think they were too closely bonded, right now she seems fine.
I’m now also freaked out about my older bird, what is she gets hurt? I’m afraid to get paranoid about that.
Also, I’d love to hear the stories of people who went through the same ordeal, and how they coped with it, and also if anyone had the same awful accident and can tell me, how it could have even happen at all?
Thank you all in advance, and again, please don’t blame me, I love these birds absolutely to pieces and would do almost anything to bring the dead one back, also I desperately want to prevent anything happening to the other one (also, should I clip her wings now?)
I am writing on a very sad topic. I had two green cheek conure girls, and one of them got killed yesterday, in a way I still can’t comprehend, and what’s most devastating, with my help.
My younger one was a very mischievous, a little bit over 2 years old bird, Pineapple green cheek. She was sweet, funny, and adorable, and it’s hard for me to cope with her death.
I want to tell this very sad story of how it happened, because I wanted to hear your ideas of what happened. I have my own theory, but I think it’s always good to hear other’s opinions and stories.
Before I post the story, I want to pretty much beg you to not blame me. The birds are loved to pieces, getting a ton out of cage time, fully flighted, good diet, very spoiled and always thought of, and What happened, is beyond my comprehension, I don’t know what Else I could have done to avoid this, or how it could have happened on the first place. I’m devastated and broken, and I can’t take a blame or harsh criticism right now, neither do I think I deserve it.
So here is the story of what happened.
I had a very very busy day yesterday, running around And thinking what else I had to do this day. I just finished my online teaching and was starving. My bearded dragon just had its light going out that day, so I tried to keep him in the natural sun instead (I‘M in Ct).i thought I’d bring him to the porch for some sun, so I opened the exit door in my living room to get there. The door opens inside the living room. I brought my beardie out, Left him there (the porch is enclosed, but only has a storm door there), then I went inside, closed the door back, so the birds wouldn’t get out (my older bird was on me at the time), and went to the kitchen to make myself dinner (when I’m starving, I can mostly just think about food). A couple of minutes later I realized that my younger bird wasn’t making any sounds or flying to me, which usually means that she is up to no good. So I went back to the living room, starting looking for her, and realized to my horror, that she is hanging head stuck between the door to the porch and it’s frame, and her body hanging off her neck. For a split second my mind wouldn’t believe that she was dead, so I rushed to open the door to let her out, and she fell down. Dead. I still cannot fully understand how her head could have gotten stuck between the door and the frame above it, there was next to no space for it to fit in between. I didn’t feel anything wrong when I was closing that door, neither did I hear a peep or saw her, it didn’t even really come to my mind that she was dead, until she dropped on the floor.
i am usually very aware of where my birds are, when they are out of the cage, I’m always afraid to hurt their feet when I close the doors, so I check on them when I do, and I tried to avoid all possible dangers for them that I knew of. I could not have predicted that this would happen, neither can I understand how could have her head got stuck between the door and the frame above it, with very little space for it to do so. Her whole body was hanging off her neck, with the head completely inside between the door and the frame.
I‘m left with my older bird, who is without a companion now.
I‘m now asking myself:
first, should I even keep the birds at all, if this happened? I thought I was doing everything right, and my avian vet specialist was happy with my care. I can’t, just can’t figure out what I’ve done wrong in this case. I suspect that the silly bird was hanging down the door frame trim, which she loved doing, from the inside of the living room, so I simply didn’t see her, and when I closed the door, her beak and the rest of her head got pulled into that damn space.
Second, if I do keep my older bird (which would probably break my heart to give her away), should I find her companion ASAP?
Third, should I show my older bird The body of the deceased one to try helping her realize that she is gone. They liked each other and were fine in one big cage, but I don’t think they were too closely bonded, right now she seems fine.
I’m now also freaked out about my older bird, what is she gets hurt? I’m afraid to get paranoid about that.
Also, I’d love to hear the stories of people who went through the same ordeal, and how they coped with it, and also if anyone had the same awful accident and can tell me, how it could have even happen at all?
Thank you all in advance, and again, please don’t blame me, I love these birds absolutely to pieces and would do almost anything to bring the dead one back, also I desperately want to prevent anything happening to the other one (also, should I clip her wings now?)