baby bird needs your love

I'm sorry, Aleesha! :rainon: I know this has been really hard on you. :hug:

okay i just spoke to my vet... he's been in the O.R. all morning.

so... we discussed her... and he feels that because she was a runt and soooo small and underweight when we pulled her (from her parents) that she most likely had heart or liver issues. he said that hand feeding her kept her alive longer.

in the past, we've noticed that when a baby is much smaller... it doesn't survive. in the years we've been handfeeding (i think three years now) and the clutches we've handfed... we've lost 2 other babies. i'm trying to remember exactly, but one died within hours of pulling her from her parents and the other died while i was getting ready to start feeding it. it spun around in my hand and it's heart stopped.

i know it's part of the circle of life... but it's these little ones, the runts who touch us the deepest.

I'm sorry Aleesha:(

Awh, I'm so sorry she didn't make it... :( Sometimes it's just not meant to be...

I'm so sorry for your family and for your little one. :hug:

Aleesha...

:( The little pinfeather bundles are always so delicate...the fact that "not all of them are meant to make it" doesn't ease our responsibility as bird-moms when it comes to providing for them. Your sorrow in the midst of losing this wee slip of a bird is testament of your dedication to - and reverence for - all living things. May we all learn from and follow your example of compassion & respect.

K~ ...and the resident featherbeasts: The FEEK, Zazu, Bluey Kablooey, Germ, BlueBelle, Syd, Bindi, Lola & the Budgie Formerly Known as N$&#*.

P.S. Cookies on me. Choco-chip-toffee for us, and millet mango for the Fids. :)

oh kara i have sooo held it together during all of this and now i'm crying. thank you so much.

when i went to feed the other little tiel... it made me sad to see him sitting in the box alone :( i spent some extra time cuddling him to try to make up for his loss. my hubby thankfully is doing the rest of the feedings.

I'm very sorry to hear of your loss Aleesha.

Hope you got my IM...
Sorry from your lose...

CJ

Aleesha, I'm so sorry that I missed this post before this morning. My heart goes out to you in your loss! :hug: