GaryBV
New member
- Nov 2, 2013
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- 7
- Parrots
- Pacific Parrotlets - green Beanieboy and blue Skya;
Fischer Lovebirds - Mariposa and Papillon
I'm very sad to say that my female parrotlet, CeeCee, has passed away yestereday and I"m not sure why. I had a pair of parrotlets, CeeCee and Beanieboy, and CeeCee had pulled Beanie out of a bad slump and helped turn him from a bad plucker into a healthy, and fully feathered bird. I can't say CeeCee loved me, as she followed me and always tried to bite me, and her tail was always flaired at me, but I do know that I loved her, and I miss her very much. She was the very picture of health and so robust, that I"m in a bit of shock. I've buried her in a treasured spot in my garden.
I've searched my databanks for a clue as to what could have happened to her. She was in the same cage with Beanieboy and right beside a cage of my 2 Fischer lovebirds, and all of those birds are very healthy. So it was not a contagion or bad food, or anything like that. She had the best diet and appetite and I made sure she and they all have lots of choices and lots of fresh foods. The only thing different is that she had laid an egg on the 20th, which had never happened before with her.
She accidently broke the egg the following day (solving for me the delimna of whether to keep it) but had not laid any since. I hadn't been happy about seeing the egg, but I did expect her to lay some more, which she did not. Her appetite during this time was great, and so was her activity and bathing, etc., all normal. Yesterday morning, she was quiet and lethargic. I saw Beanieboy trying to feed her, and she didn't take it (a first), so I reached into the cage and for the first time was able to hold her - and that alarmed me. She died with me holding her in my hand. I can't say for sure what it was that took her down, but in retrospect, I think she may have been egg bound and that I simply didn't realize it or recognize the symptoms until it was far too late.
I'm going to miss her, she was such a character. I'm very concerned about Beanieboy who had been a major plucker for some years, but since I got him CeeCee helped me to rehabiltate him and he is now fully feathered and just as beautiful as she was. I am afraid he may start plucking again so I'll be keeping a very close eye on him, poor thing has been calling out for her but of course no answer
Rest in peace my little CeeCee...
I've searched my databanks for a clue as to what could have happened to her. She was in the same cage with Beanieboy and right beside a cage of my 2 Fischer lovebirds, and all of those birds are very healthy. So it was not a contagion or bad food, or anything like that. She had the best diet and appetite and I made sure she and they all have lots of choices and lots of fresh foods. The only thing different is that she had laid an egg on the 20th, which had never happened before with her.
She accidently broke the egg the following day (solving for me the delimna of whether to keep it) but had not laid any since. I hadn't been happy about seeing the egg, but I did expect her to lay some more, which she did not. Her appetite during this time was great, and so was her activity and bathing, etc., all normal. Yesterday morning, she was quiet and lethargic. I saw Beanieboy trying to feed her, and she didn't take it (a first), so I reached into the cage and for the first time was able to hold her - and that alarmed me. She died with me holding her in my hand. I can't say for sure what it was that took her down, but in retrospect, I think she may have been egg bound and that I simply didn't realize it or recognize the symptoms until it was far too late.
I'm going to miss her, she was such a character. I'm very concerned about Beanieboy who had been a major plucker for some years, but since I got him CeeCee helped me to rehabiltate him and he is now fully feathered and just as beautiful as she was. I am afraid he may start plucking again so I'll be keeping a very close eye on him, poor thing has been calling out for her but of course no answer
Rest in peace my little CeeCee...
