So here's the deal. My mother's husband frequently works out of town. So I've been staying in her home caring for her pets while she has been back and forth. And by back and forth I mean she has been here 2x for about 2 weeks each time since Mid-February. Anyway, I came home a few days ago from work to find her Cockatoo lying dead at the bottom of her cage. I LOVED this animal. To the point where I was already fighting with other family members to be the one to inherit her once my mom passes (she is sick with a rare brain disease). However, with my mom's brain kinda going haywire on here, I was frequently getting blamed for not caring for her animals, and the bird in particular, and now she is gone. I don't have any definite cause of death, all I can figure is a fly carrying Sarcocystosis made it into the house and was eaten by the bird causing hyper acute disease. She was fine just hours before she was found dead so I'm not sure what else it could be.
Anyway, short story long, I have NO IDEA how to go about telling her, particularly considering I already know that I am going to, at least initially, receive the lion's share of the blame. Any suggestions from the reddit universe on how I should handle this situation. This is my nightmare. I hate to have to be the one to break my mom's heart like this. I hate that I have to fight off the urge to be upset with her for not being here to care for them herself even though I know that's a messed up train of thought to even start with. I hate that the one animal I am currently taking care of that I loved dearly is now gone. I can't even look at her cage or walk into that room, and now I have to find a way to break this news to my mom.
I imagine I just need to rip off the bandaid and tell her, I just don't know how...please help...
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