RedheadedVixen
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This is the only bird forum I've ever written in so I thought I'd post this here. It's not IRN related but really didn't know where to put it. Typically I talk about my IRN Soleil, but today is about my other bird.
Today I had to rush my disabled parakeet to the vet. Friday evening I noticed he had a lump. The emergency vet doesn't handle birds. I knew I had to take him to the vet asap. Sat he bit into that lump. It trickled a small amount of blood but it dried up quickly. I kept it clean. He stopped flying, laying in the bottom of his cage. I kept food in a flat dish, and he ate. Sunday, lump is quarter sized. In a parakeet, that's huge. No puss, lump hard. Today, Monday, my regular vet is not in. Have to locate a bird vet. 3 calls later I rush him to a bird vet 20 mins away. Longest drive of my life. I remember hearing infected fatty tumor, surgery, survival rate slim, if survives poor quality of life. I made the decision to have him euthanized. I spent 20 more mins holding him. They told me to let them know when I was ready. I knew the longer I waited, the harder it would be. I handed Loki to the vet, picked up his travel cage and walked out empty handed. Driving home with the empty cage beside me has been one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. I've dealt with the loss of pets before but have never had to make the decision to have one laid to rest. It's an entirely different pain. Loki's gf Freya is quiet. Soleil my IRN knows something is wrong and is very attentive to me. I've cried for the past 2 hours and I'm spent. My heart hurts.
Fly high Loki. No more pain.
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Today I had to rush my disabled parakeet to the vet. Friday evening I noticed he had a lump. The emergency vet doesn't handle birds. I knew I had to take him to the vet asap. Sat he bit into that lump. It trickled a small amount of blood but it dried up quickly. I kept it clean. He stopped flying, laying in the bottom of his cage. I kept food in a flat dish, and he ate. Sunday, lump is quarter sized. In a parakeet, that's huge. No puss, lump hard. Today, Monday, my regular vet is not in. Have to locate a bird vet. 3 calls later I rush him to a bird vet 20 mins away. Longest drive of my life. I remember hearing infected fatty tumor, surgery, survival rate slim, if survives poor quality of life. I made the decision to have him euthanized. I spent 20 more mins holding him. They told me to let them know when I was ready. I knew the longer I waited, the harder it would be. I handed Loki to the vet, picked up his travel cage and walked out empty handed. Driving home with the empty cage beside me has been one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. I've dealt with the loss of pets before but have never had to make the decision to have one laid to rest. It's an entirely different pain. Loki's gf Freya is quiet. Soleil my IRN knows something is wrong and is very attentive to me. I've cried for the past 2 hours and I'm spent. My heart hurts.
Fly high Loki. No more pain.
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