Finnie 0 Posted August 3, 2009 Member ID: 5,135 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,545 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,055 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2020 Birthday: 06/08/1965 Share Posted August 3, 2009 "> My poor baby Nigel died suddenly this evening. A small commotion drew my attention to the birds, and I looked just in time to see him fall to the floor of the cage. I went to look, and he was just sitting there with his wings spread out, like he was panting, only wider than that. And he let me just pick him up and put him back on a (low) perch, and he just sat there. He didn't seem to have any injury, and everything in the cage looked normal, no runny poos anywhere, all the other birds look fine, but he just wasnt' right. After a little while he fell off the perch again, so I held him to keep him warm while I set up a hospital cage, but once he was in there he just laid on the floor, and after a short while he looked up and had a sort of seizure, and then laid down and stopped breathing. I can't imagine what the problem was. He was 8 months old, and he'd never had any problems. I will really be watching the rest of the birds now, in case there are any signs I can detect at an earlier stage, I hope this doesn't happen to them too. I hope he wasn't suffering long, since I wasn't aware of a problem before he fell. I will miss him. He was one of my favorites, and I was really looking forward to seeing what kind of babies he would produce. I just feel a little helpless, because there was no warning for me to be able to head this off. Link to comment
Dean_NZ 0 Posted August 3, 2009 Member ID: 4,879 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 28 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 974 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5,370 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/12/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 18, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2009 How unusual... Sorry to hear the news. RIP Nigel! Link to comment
toohp 0 Posted August 3, 2009 Member ID: 4,209 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 23 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 85 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 655 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 30/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 14, 2023 Device: Windows Share Posted August 3, 2009 Sorry to hear about Nigel . Link to comment
shannon bird breeder 0 Posted August 3, 2009 Member ID: 4,671 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 60 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,386 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 7,755 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/09/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 24, 2011 Birthday: 12/09/1994 Share Posted August 3, 2009 o no sorry to hear Link to comment
sootie 0 Posted August 3, 2009 Member ID: 4,805 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 142 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 860 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/11/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 1, 2012 Birthday: 22/09/1985 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I'm sorry to hear that. It hits you badly when you don't know the cause. RIP Nigel. Link to comment
**Liv** 0 Posted August 3, 2009 Member ID: 3,771 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,621 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,450 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 8, 2014 Birthday: 09/04/1911 Share Posted August 3, 2009 (edited) Aww. I am so sorry Edited August 3, 2009 by **Liv** Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted August 3, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I am real sorry you lost him in and in such a distressing way. Big hugs Link to comment
daniela 0 Posted August 3, 2009 Member ID: 5,298 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 518 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,950 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 30, 2013 Birthday: 10/03/1978 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Very sorry to hear the news of poor nigel. May he rest in peace in budgie heaven Link to comment
krosp 0 Posted August 3, 2009 Member ID: 4,621 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 95 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 777 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,955 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/08/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 10, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I'm sorry he looks so beautiful too. Link to comment
Finnie 0 Posted August 3, 2009 Member ID: 5,135 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,545 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,055 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2020 Birthday: 06/08/1965 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 Thank you all for your kind words. It's nice to know there are other bird people who sympathize. Was a little nervous uncovering the cage this morning, in case anyone else had joined Nigel, but thankfully not. I really hope it was just a single incident. Buried Nigel this morning in our little pet cemetery out back. It's always sad to lose a pet, but they are worth having, even though we know they won't live as long as we do. It would be a very sad thing to avoid loving a pet just because of that. Thanks to all of you, and returned hugs to those who've also lost one recently. Link to comment
birdluv 0 Posted August 6, 2009 Member ID: 2,137 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,842 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 31,670 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/03/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30, 2018 Birthday: 06/04/1978 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Oh dear, l'm so sorry for your loss :rofl: Link to comment
anne101 0 Posted August 6, 2009 Member ID: 5,199 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 88 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 941 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5,680 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 11, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2009 So sorry to hear this Finnie.... R.I.P little Nigel... Link to comment
Dino 0 Posted August 29, 2009 Member ID: 5,567 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 3 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 15 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 29/08/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 29, 2009 Birthday: 08/11/1996 Share Posted August 29, 2009 :rip: R.I.P nigel :sad: :sad: :rip: Link to comment
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