Post by clt80 on Nov 25, 2021 8:55:19 GMT
Sadly my little boy John has passed away.
I feel it is the end of a chapter as he was the last of the little budgie family; but I take solace in that he is back with Shirley and his babies.
I am still not sure what exactly took him from me, his droppings were a mess - complete green slodge and he had a funny shaped vent and it looked like - well goodness knows. It was either an infection Baytril had not cured or cancer somewhere low down.
Last night his leg went all limp again and he couldnt use his leg or foot so I put him in a small cage, no perches, a towel under the kitchen roll paper for him to lay on and all his food and water on the floor, just something to make him more comfortable. This morning OH came back upstairs and said I think John has passed. I feel - just complete numbness with waves of sadness. I said goodnight to him when i went to bed and he was snuggled in the corner of his cage - I just knew, I just knew his time had come.
John came to me with Shirley and Roxanne in August 2016. His leg ring had 15 on it so he was 1-2 years old at the time and must be 6 - 7 now . He was paired with Shirley and as most of you know the two of them managed to outsmart me and have 4 chicks. John was a great partner for Shirley, caring for her attentively whilst she was raising the babies. Shirley passed in Jan 2019 of ovarian cancer, and he really cared for her and looked after her in her final days. I feel sad that he was by himself in the cage when he passed.
After Shirley passed John mated up with Frank - the two blues, here there and everywhere. John was one of the more vocal budgies that has lived with me - chirp chirp in a morning - chirp chirp in the evening - tweet tweet all day long. If I went outside he would fly over to the corner of the aviary and start chirping as loud as he could. I liked to think he was saying hello to me; he was probably just telling the others the food lady is about.
He was not timid, in fact he was very sociable and confident, he was right up the top of the pecking order that is for sure. He stayed with Frank constantly, until Frank had to come in for a while for medicine. That is when he made his move on Ivy - and she let him which was highly unusual and said a lot about John's role in the aviary. Once Frank was back outside John went back to him, his loyalist friend.
Most of you know of John's illness these past couple of months, he came in - I suspected a stroke - vet gave baytril incase of infection, and he did rally - he got well enough (and loud enough) to be back outside. His leg and foot were working normally, droppings were better, he ate like a horse and he seemed healthy. Maybe he knew all along what was to happen and he put everything he had into getting enough energy to go back and say a final goodbye to his friends.
It will not just be the flock that miss him, i will miss him dearly. Oh dear, the tears have arrived, I knew the numbness would not last long, time to finish.
Fly high with your little family sweet John - we all love you xx
John
John and Frank
Shirley and John
Their Babies
I feel it is the end of a chapter as he was the last of the little budgie family; but I take solace in that he is back with Shirley and his babies.
I am still not sure what exactly took him from me, his droppings were a mess - complete green slodge and he had a funny shaped vent and it looked like - well goodness knows. It was either an infection Baytril had not cured or cancer somewhere low down.
Last night his leg went all limp again and he couldnt use his leg or foot so I put him in a small cage, no perches, a towel under the kitchen roll paper for him to lay on and all his food and water on the floor, just something to make him more comfortable. This morning OH came back upstairs and said I think John has passed. I feel - just complete numbness with waves of sadness. I said goodnight to him when i went to bed and he was snuggled in the corner of his cage - I just knew, I just knew his time had come.
John came to me with Shirley and Roxanne in August 2016. His leg ring had 15 on it so he was 1-2 years old at the time and must be 6 - 7 now . He was paired with Shirley and as most of you know the two of them managed to outsmart me and have 4 chicks. John was a great partner for Shirley, caring for her attentively whilst she was raising the babies. Shirley passed in Jan 2019 of ovarian cancer, and he really cared for her and looked after her in her final days. I feel sad that he was by himself in the cage when he passed.
After Shirley passed John mated up with Frank - the two blues, here there and everywhere. John was one of the more vocal budgies that has lived with me - chirp chirp in a morning - chirp chirp in the evening - tweet tweet all day long. If I went outside he would fly over to the corner of the aviary and start chirping as loud as he could. I liked to think he was saying hello to me; he was probably just telling the others the food lady is about.
He was not timid, in fact he was very sociable and confident, he was right up the top of the pecking order that is for sure. He stayed with Frank constantly, until Frank had to come in for a while for medicine. That is when he made his move on Ivy - and she let him which was highly unusual and said a lot about John's role in the aviary. Once Frank was back outside John went back to him, his loyalist friend.
Most of you know of John's illness these past couple of months, he came in - I suspected a stroke - vet gave baytril incase of infection, and he did rally - he got well enough (and loud enough) to be back outside. His leg and foot were working normally, droppings were better, he ate like a horse and he seemed healthy. Maybe he knew all along what was to happen and he put everything he had into getting enough energy to go back and say a final goodbye to his friends.
It will not just be the flock that miss him, i will miss him dearly. Oh dear, the tears have arrived, I knew the numbness would not last long, time to finish.
Fly high with your little family sweet John - we all love you xx
John
John and Frank
Shirley and John
Their Babies
I really hoped that John would pull through. He sounds like he was the life and soul of the flock, and an excellent partner and father to boot.
