Hi,

I know it's been awhile since I've been able to get on the forum, I've been organizing my sons 6th Birthday and it was a biggie 33 kids and 26 adults and snakebusters and party food for the kids and a BBQ for the adults.

 

But today I need a shoulder because during the night "Smiggle" passed away and I am devastated, tearing up right now , he had been in the house with us for such a short time, he was only inside for 3 weeks, I bred him and he tamed so quickly (I mean 2 days and he was out of his cage mostly sitting on my shoulder all day). He would give me light little kisses on my cheek and was the best tame budgie I've ever had and that saying alot as I've had tamed budgies since I was about 7 and you can now add another 30 years to that (but ssshhh don't tell anybody).

 

I knew he wasn't himself but with the party on Wednesday night and all the guests I just thought he needed sometime to get over so many people in the house. But then there was the wheeze but no tail bobbing, so I thought this was just him starting to try to talk, as it would come and go and there was no discharge from his nostrils and his poo seemed fine, he had loss some condition but I just didn't realize how sick he actually must have been. It's only day one and I miss him terribly and I can't help but feel if I'd picked up on the symptoms just a little more I could have taken him to the avian vet who came to our club.

 

My boys where beside themselves, we gave him a little burial this morning. The worst part of this whole thing is I didn't even get a photo of him, and I have taken heaps of photos of my breeding budgies to post here, but just in the last couple of weeks I've been so busy with the party and helping out at the boys school, it's just been a really hectic fortnight so the photos hadn't happened and I was actually thinking about the fact I hadn't taken photos just a few days before Mitchells party, because I was wanting to post about how wonderful "Smiggle" had tamed and how much my whole family had loved him, but decided that I would have much more time to do this properly after his party so put it off. Anyway I'm feeling a little better getting this off my chest and one day when I feel the time is right I'll bring another fledging inside to tame.

So sorry to hear about Smiggle

We get so attached so quickly, it really doesnt seem to matter if it is a week, a year or a decade, it's still sad and upsetting

 

RIP Smiggle :angel1:

im soo sorry. i wish budgies lived forever. well if there is a budgie heaven that's where he went. i hope you feel happier soon. rip smiggle

Edited November 28, 200816 yr by Neat

I am so sorry

Awww... So sorry mate... I agree with Sunnie. It doesn't matter how long they are around, it still hurts. Just know we are all here for you and know how you are feeling. Biggest hugs xo maesie

oh so sorry for your loss , sounds like you really bonded well .

Thanks so much guys for your support you don't know how much it means to me, yeah "Smiggle" and I bonded really quickly and he will be deeply missed, but who knows why he died and maybe he was in alot of pain and I didn't even know, I can only hope that Mother Nature has done this for a reason. Thanks again and I will let you know how things are going soon.

Thanks so much guys for your support you don't know how much it means to me, yeah "Smiggle" and I bonded really quickly and he will be deeply missed, but who knows why he died and maybe he was in alot of pain and I didn't even know, I can only hope that Mother Nature has done this for a reason. Thanks again and I will let you know how things are going soon.

 

I'm a very big believer in that everything happens for a reason...although we may never know what that is.

hugs, I am so very sorry

Edited November 21, 200816 yr by Elly

 

Look! I did find one photo of Smiggle, but I would have loved to have shown you a fully feathered cheeky photo of my beautiful boy. My Dad fell for Smiggle whilst at Mitchell's party last Wednesday so I haven't told him the sad news as yet, but I keeping my fingers crossed he may have just taken a photo that night. Slim chance (that's probably why I haven't rung him yet) but a chance never the less .

l'm so sorry for your loss

So sorry to hear of your loss :angel1:

Sorry to hear of your loss mate ......

Look what I found when I wasn't even looking for it a couple of older shots of "Smiggle" that I'd forgotten all about taking. I'm wrapped, these aren't great photos as every time I put the camera close to "Smiggle" to get a good shot he would lean into it and want to investigate.

 

I'm just happy to have these, because although they don't really portray "Smiggle" as he was "a cheeky little devil" they are better than nothing which is what I orginally thought I had.

Awww carolyn he's such a cutey.

 

What you really need in your life at the moment is some good news........