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Post by milliej on Oct 15, 2016 15:58:41 GMT
I feel so sad for you ini, how terrible poor little thing. Perhaps he was a bit young to fly the coop? Mind the breeder should have known this? I had a budgie years ago who died not long after I got him but seemingly he was born with a tumour! I found out after the event. It's horrible watching any pet die but sadly that's the way of things as their little lives can be so much shorter than ours.
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Post by ffiscool on Oct 15, 2016 17:54:26 GMT
I am so so sorry... how sad.. But Bubba would have been comforted by you holding him and stroking him.
RIP little one
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Post by Hezz on Oct 16, 2016 6:13:49 GMT
What sort of spasms did Bubba go through, ini? I have seen spasms in their legs and feet, but not flapping as Marianne Marlow has described. Why did I not say anything? Because photos do not tell the whole story. You can take a photo of a bud having a fluff and someone might look at it and say that bird is sick and fluffed up when the reality is very different. PS It is called a necropsy when done on an animal. And SQ's point is spot-on. Buddy needs to be given the all-clear, as well.
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Post by OP on Oct 16, 2016 6:29:07 GMT
May I suggest an exceptionally good spring clean of cages and toys, just in case.
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Post by ini on Oct 16, 2016 6:29:36 GMT
He kept arching his back and head, and fluttering his wings... I'll arrange for Bud to get a check up as well as the necropsy then.
Yes you may OP. I was planning to start that today.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Oct 16, 2016 6:44:16 GMT
I have definitely seen the flapping several times. Roswell died in June and he flapped vigorously twice before he passed.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2016 6:48:23 GMT
I am so sorry ini that you've lost Bubba. What a shock for you. Take comfort in that you was holding him when he passed and that he was shown love by you in his short little life. RIP Bubba xxxxxx
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Post by ini on Oct 16, 2016 6:56:14 GMT
What about the arching neck Marianne?
Thank you and yes, the last thing he knew was love, that is important.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Oct 16, 2016 7:19:19 GMT
The arching neck thing I only saw in one budgie, Jerry, when he had fits and ended up paralysed, I had to have him put to sleep because he could not eat or drink.
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Post by ini on Oct 16, 2016 7:29:09 GMT
Gosh.. I wonder if Bubba was fitting in his last moments...
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Oct 16, 2016 8:59:20 GMT
It's possible Ini, it could have been some kind of genetic problem, it's so hard to know.
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Post by jujubiiird on Oct 17, 2016 21:38:57 GMT
I'm so sorry for your loss Ini, it is a terrible but comforting thing to have your beloved pet die in your arms...so so very terrible and mentally shaking...but comforting to know that they felt love and some comfort as they passed. It doesn't matter if you had him 5 days or 15 years, love is love and when something like this happens it is heart breaking.
You and Bud are in my thoughts and I hope you get some good answers from his vet visit and that the Necropsy will shed some light on things. Again I am sincererly sorry for your loss.
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Post by ini on Oct 18, 2016 5:37:14 GMT
Thank you. Bud was taken to the vets yesterday and got the all clear. The vet doesn't believe it was anything catching, more likely genetic. However, to be on the safe side he advised I throw out all of Bubba's toys that can't be cleaned, and give the cage a good clean, which I have done already, but will probably do again. Now the question is.. do I want another..
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