Her friend was Sweetie, and they have been sharing a cage for 4-5 years now. They've been a joy to have, and I'm really going to miss Ember. But, this is the first time I have been faced with this. Ember just passed today, and so I buried her in my backyard. She was fine and happy yesterday. Nothing wrong at all.
But today I found her lying on the bottom of the cage next to a small pile of feathers (both hers' and Sweetie's) and parakeet dung. Her wings were hardly flapping, and at first I thought she was stuck. I reached down into the cage to pick her up, but found she was not stuck. She just wasn't standing for some reason. I tried to get her onto her perch, but she couldn't stand. She seemed very weak. I panicked, thinking she had hurt herself, or she was sick. I set her back down and walked away for a few minutes to call my mom (I'm 15), telling her, and asking to go to the vet.
I got off the phone, and got back to Ember. She had stopped moving, and he eyes were closed. I picked her back up and she didn't move at all. She was completely limp. I thought she might be unconscious, but after a while of no heartbeat, and no breathing, I realized that she had passed away.
Needless to say I'm super super sad, but that's not why I'm posting. I'm mostly curious as to how the heck this happened. Happy and healthy one day, to not ok the next day. Was she probably sick, or did she get hurt, was there a bird fight? I don't know.
Also, my biggest question. What do I do with Sweetie now? I don't know what to do. I can't spend time with him that much, since I'm often at school, and my family is busy. I don't want him to be lonely. I heard that getting another bird is a bad idea, since he might be hostile toward it. Also, I don't know how bird emotions work, but is he sad at all about this? Is he ok? Does he know? But what do I do? Should I let him go, since I don't know if I can take care of him well by himself? Should I give him away?
I love him so much, and I don't want to, but I want to do what is best for him.
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