We lost our LoriKeet RedBird

[klc78900]

We lost our lorikeet Redbird after having him for 15 years on Sunday. The morning started like any other then all of sudden I get out of the shower and my husband is screaming that he stepped on him by accident and we have to get him to the vet. We hurried as fast as we could, our poor little Red barely breathing but he died on the way to the vet. Me and my husband were screaming and crying and so were my two children. It was so devastating. He was like a child to me and my husband, he was always there for us went on vacations with us, he was and will always be a member of our family. My poor husband is so devastated saying he killed his best friend and hating himself. I told him it could have happened to any of us because Red loved to chase feet and loved to be out of his cage. It is just so unfair. I just lost my mom 2 years ago now I lost my best friend. No one can understand how we feel because they think birds are replaceable, they don't understand the love and the attachement you have to these little guys. He was there when I cried over my mom's death just sitting on my knee, he was there when I was scared or just when I needed someone to talk to. The house is just not the same anymore. I know you all understand because you are all bird lovers that is why I am posting. I just needed to talk to someone who could understand. God bless all the birds out there.:red:

 

[meghanxx4]

Hey there!

I am so sorry you lost your bird. I am also so sorry that your husband is feeling this way. Birds do have tendency to like feet and like to hang out around there. I have even almost stepped on my birds a few times, which is one of the reasons why i don't usually put my birds on the floor, and if they are i'm sitting on the floor with them. It can honestly happen to anyone though. I know he probably will still feel horrible, but make sure he knows it could have happened to anyone. It was a fluke accident. Don't blame yourself.

Isn't annoying how people don't seem to care about birds? They are a living animal, just as equal to a dog or a cat. They are part of the family, not an object. People don't seem to understand this. Your not alone though, i think everyone who has owned a bird, or owns a bird can share at least one story of how people have shown disrespect to a bird, or other animal.

 

[ParrotBoy]

I agree with Kayto, people think they're just animals, they're not! They beacome part of out families and they become one of us.

I am so sorry about your loss, I too have lost a fair share of birds. Took a while to get over them but nice to hear yours had lived a good long life, unlike some birds.

 

[Jez]

Isn't annoying how people don't seem to care about birds? They are a living animal, just as equal to a dog or a cat. They are part of the family, not an object. People don't seem to understand this. Your not alone though, i think everyone who has owned a bird, or owns a bird can share at least one story of how people have shown disrespect to a bird, or other animal.

I agree with that 10000%.
This may sound crazy, but it's my view, maybe a bit exhagerrated...
I don't see why people think of animals as toys. Technically, WE are animals too. So when you kill a dog, why don't you get charged the same as if you killed a human? You're taking a life away, it's basically the same thing, isn't it?
MOST people treat other humans with SOME respect - and dont go around and kill other people - but some people kill animals... why?
Just because animals aren't as smart as us, doesn't mean we have to control them and use them like theyre our little rag dolls. I think pets are great to have, and I'm sure the pets think the same, IF, they are treated properly.
If you wouldnt do it to a person, you shouldnt do to a human (in terms of bad/abusive things).
It's disguisting to hear how some people treat animals, they deserve to be thrown in a supermax with all the murderers.
anyway...
Sorry you lost him! We keep you in our prayers.

 

[Auggie's Dad]

Just because animals aren't as smart as us...

Are you sure they aren't. Has there ever been a reasonable test for this? Many animals can quite easily do things that still astound people. Birds, and many fish can navigate back to a place they only saw once when they were very young - and they can do so with a higher degree of accuracy and precision with just their inborn abilities than most humans could with a truck full of technology.

Humans do have a unique constellation of abilities - but the same could be said of any other animal. There is no reasonably measure of "intelligence" by which humans would not be bested by some other animal.

Our pets sit at home all day while we work all day - suffering from many stress induced ailments - just so we can bring food home to them and take care of them. Who is smarter? )

I agree with everything else you said, but this "human intelligence" is just the last hold out of human arrogance in placing ourselves apart from the rest of animals.

 

[Jez]

Just because animals aren't as smart as us...

Are you sure they aren't. Has there ever been a reasonable test for this? Many animals can quite easily do things that still astound people. Birds, and many fish can navigate back to a place they only saw once when they were very young - and they can do so with a higher degree of accuracy and precision with just their inborn abilities than most humans could with a truck full of technology.

Humans do have a unique constellation of abilities - but the same could be said of any other animal. There is no reasonably measure of "intelligence" by which humans would not be bested by some other animal.

Our pets sit at home all day while we work all day - suffering from many stress induced ailments - just so we can bring food home to them and take care of them. Who is smarter? )

I agree with everything else you said, but this "human intelligence" is just the last hold out of human arrogance in placing ourselves apart from the rest of animals.

I didn't mean it in that way... I got lazy...

I think animals definately are extremely smart. I can't say if they are as smart as us, or if we are as smart as them... I think that there are many things they can do that we can't, and many things we can do they cant.
So maybe it's even. We are good at say chemistry, and can develop vaccines to illness. Fish and turtles for example can navigate beter than anyone - with any piece of technology. Sea turtles go back to the beaches they were born to lay their eggs - HUNDREDS of miles back to these beaches, and still they find them, every single time.

 

[antoinette]

I'm sorry for your lose..... Tell hubby it was an accident....
Could have happened to anyone at anytime.
I lost my dad in 2006 to cancer. My darling little Gigi (African Grey) was my physiologist, she sat with me when I cried, made me laugh, held my hand and gave me hope.
2 months later Gigi had a stroke and died. It felt like the end of the world to me.
I still miss her and think of her everyday.
Thank God he had 15 years with such a devoted and loving family.
Take care

 

[jodieflo]

I am so sorry for your loss. I have just lost my amazon, and people do not understand how she was my child (i had hysterctomy very young and childless) so Marlie really was my little baby. My friend told me she knows how I feel as she lost her cat, cats are independant and spend little time in the home. Loosing a cat or dog or any pet is as valid as loosing a parrot, but the loss of a companion bird is a greater void the loss of their pressence is more notable, no matter where I was in the house, marlie's pressence was always known, marlie was as intelligent as a three year old, she didn't merely mimic, she comprehended and spoke in context regularly. My heartbreak and pain is undescribable. The silence in my home is excruciatingly painful. You clearly loved your companion bird and it had a good life. Please do not feel bad, it was an accident and your bird will know that and wait for you at the rainbow bridge, eagily awaiting cuddles from daddy.x x x

 

[nofearengineer]

KLC,

Please tell you husband that he is only human. He obviously loved your Redbird very much; otherwise he wouldn't be so devastated over it. I too caused the death of a beloved parrot, so I know what he's going through.

I'm sure he doesn't want to hear it right now. That is understandable, but time will help. Please feel free to tell us about how you're feeling, and share memories of Redbird with us if it helps you deal with it. We would love to hear all about him.

(I can't believe I'm giving this advice right now, as it was not so long ago, I was receiving the same advice from the wonderful members of this site.)

 

[Ratzy]

I'm sorry for the loss of Redbird, but this thread is pretty old, and the owner of poor Redbird isn't active!

 

[nofearengineer]

Well, shoot.....I should learn to read the date of the threads.....I got myself all upset over it.