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On April 14th, 2006 two of our parakeets got into a fight and Minnie-Me died.
See Minnie-Me here.
Meanwhile a friend of Kim's sister's son had gone away to college, and his
parakeet was now living in a cage with a bigger bird of another species who
picked on her. A mutual friend told my sister that she had parakeets. She phoned
my sister and asked if we could provide a better home for her. Because of
Minnie-Me's death, my sister offered to give us the bird that we named "Sky
Blue." We got
Our only male "Green Bird" ("Scratchy") immediately chose Sky Blue as a
favorite. "Blue Bird" ("Itchy") subsequently died on February
4, 2007, leaving
"White Bird" out. On August 20, 2008 Sky Blue and White Bird got into a fight
and Sky Blue nearly died - see photo below. Ever since then her left foot did
not work, but the remainder of her life was good.
Around May 2011 I noticed that Sky Blue was getting a bump in the back. On
August 5, 2011 I took her to the vet, assuming that they could do something. But
the doctor explained it's either a tumor or infection, and even antibiotics
would not likely fix the problem. I decided to have Sky Blue put to sleep. (See
last photo - I had brought Green Bird to the vet, not expecting that they would
not be coming home together.)
The first two photos below are actually "Blue Bird" in March 2006 - but since
I didn't create a website for Blue Bird, I put them here. |
From: Kim Berry
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 5:47 PM
Subject: blue bird died today
Itchy (blue bird) had been getting weaker for months, and would stay in the cage all day as the other birds played.
Last night we saw her on the floor looking for seeds, wobbly on her feet. We decided to put her in a separate cage in our room to assure rest.
This morning she was alert but would not eat or drink. We put her on a towel with lettuce and apple bits around and I warmed a small towel with a hair dryer and put that over her.
An hour later she was gone.
We had debated taking her to a bird doctor yesterday. Don't know if that would have made a difference. But I think she was happy to have our attention in her final hours much better than finding her at the bottom of the cage.
She's buried next to yellow bird, who she killed 10 months ago in a fight and was never the same since.
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March 31, 2006 - Blue Bird flying
March 29, 2006 - Blue Bird eating millet
May 28, 2006 - Green Bird / Blue Bird / White Bird / Sky Blue - on window
sill
May 28, 2006 - Sky Blue and Blue Bird
June 4, 2006 - Green Bird and Sky Blue
October 9, 2006 - Green Bird / Sky Blue / Blue Bird / White Bird
April 30, 2007 - Sky Blue
April 30, 2007 - Sky Blue / White Bird / Green Bird
April 30, 2007 - Sky Blue / Green Bird
April 30, 2007 - Sky Blue
August 20, 2008 - Sky Blue after fight with White Bird
May 14, 2011 - Sky Blue - tumor visible
May 14, 2011 - Green Bird
May 18, 2011 - Last photo of Green Bird and Sky Blue together...
If I would have known she was not coming home from the vet I would have
taken photos on August 5th.
They were together outside in the sun for about an
hour in the small cage before we left.
August 5, 2011 - after Sky Blue anesthetized