Post by Ash on Sept 19, 2014 12:20:00 GMT -5
Okay, first off, I just heard this news from the vet and I'm a mess right now. I've never been a part of any online parrot community or anything, but I thought that if anyone should know what I'm going through, it might be this place. I'm full of so many emotions and thoughts that I know might seem silly and wrong but I just have to let them out, so here goes.
So I bought Yoshi from a breeder around September 2009, when I was a freshman in high school. And as cheesy as it sounds, he's been my best friend since. Yoshi has helped me through a lot. Whenever I felt that no one was there, he was there (not that he had a choice in it, haha) but he was there! Every morning he'd be the first face I'd see (his cage is right next to my bed) and he was always up before me and never asleep until I was, or so it seemed. I'd take him out of his cage and go eat breakfast with him. This was the case for every single morning, except for when I went away for my 1st year of college.
Although the breeder told me it would be smart to clip his wings, I never did. He was free to fly anywhere he wished, he even flew outside a couple of times and always came back on command. He loved giving kisses, playing peekaboo, laughing along with the family, dancing to good music, singing along to my guitar, and participating in conversations he wasn't really a part of lol. Everything was perfect, he'd never had any sort of health issues.
I believe it was this Monday that I noticed him squatting and growling in a way I've never heard before. A few seconds later, there was an egg under Yoshi and he was a she! As soon as I opened the cage door, she walked over to me and gave me a kiss on the cheek, then proceeded to sit on her egg. So I looked up what to do in the event that your parrot lays an egg. And everything they told me would happen was happening. Yoshi was extremely focused on her egg and spent the next day being super motherly, she wasn't aggressive with me at all and I still pet her, though she wasn't too keen on leaving the cage.
That Tuesday evening I got a call from friends to spend the night, and I, thinking of what I recently read that parrots should be in quiet settings so they could rest, agreed to leave the house and give Yoshi the night alone.
When I returned around 10 am the next day, I noticed Yoshi squatting in her smaller cage (that's in the corner of her big cage) and TWO eggs unattended in the other corner of her big cage. This was obviously not normal behavior, she hadn't even chirped with happiness that I was back and didn't run to the cage door when I opened it. She was squatted and appeared to be panting with her feathers all fluffed up. My first thought was that she might be about to lay another egg. Slowly she left the small cage and approached me, I took her out and snuggled with her, extremely worried. I tried to feed her, but she wouldn't eat. She'd only drink water.
That's when I called the vet and explained what was happening, they told she might be "egg bound" which was something I'd read about when researching previously, and that I should bring her in for a check up as soon as possible. They scheduled me an appointment at 2pm, and I don't have a car so I asked some friends to do me the favor of dropping me off and so we made it to the appointment.
There, the vet took Yoshi out of her cage after saying that she looked like she was "in pain" and felt her belly saying that it didn't feel like there was another egg coming. She said that she might trying to develop an egg without having the calcium to make the shell, this could be toxic and life-threatening if not treated immediately. She called it Peritonitis. I couldn't help but feel that she was blaming me for Yoshi's state (I'd only brought along seeds to the appointment, but Yoshi eats fruits and veggies as well) saying that the seeds, which have no nutrition, had probably caused this. She then recommended they keep her overnight in icu under their care and said that this was really serious and she wouldn't guarantee Yoshi getting better but because I brought her to them so quick, the chances were very high.
They then took Yoshi away, and it might seem silly, but I wanted to tell them to let me say goodbye to her, but I didn't cause I'm so shy. And I really regret that.
I signed some papers for the overnight stay and went home. So the vet calls me the next morning and tells me that Yoshi was doing a little better but not as much as she'd hoped. She took xrays of her and found what looked like a collapsed egg inside her that she cannot expel herself and said that surgery might be the necessary. I replied that I trusted her judgment and I'd pay for whatever it took to get Yoshi better. I didn't feel the surgery was confirmed and they hadn't even asked me sign anything (maybe there's no need with pets?). So when I called later that day to check up on her, I was surprised to hear that she was actually scheduled for surgery in the next 15 min and that was that.
After the surgery, the doc called me and said the surgery went well and Yoshi was in recovery. She had found dead tissue in her stomach, removed it, closed her up and put her on medication and antibiotics. She said Yoshi looked good but that the next 24 hrs would be crucial.
I got a call an hour ago from the vet saying that Yoshi didn't make it through the night and that she was sorry. She asked me to call her back when I decided what I want to do with the body.
I don't know if this will even be read or anything, sorry its so long. But I'm still a mess, I can't believe this happened, it was so sudden, Yoshi was only about 5 years old, I always thought she'd be with me for so much longer. I can't help but to feel responsible for this, even though I don't know what I did wrong, it feels like I did. I hate myself for not asking the vet to let me say goodbye when they took her, I hate myself for not having a car and being able to visit her cause I know that she was probably very confused and scared, and I just wish there would've been more time. I know a lot of these feelings will pass but this is how I feel now.
Yoshi meant the world to me, and I will miss her everyday.
I'd appreciate any comments or words of encouragement on Yoshi. Thank you.
Rest peacefully, Yoshi. I'm so sorry this happened to you. I love you with all my heart.
So I bought Yoshi from a breeder around September 2009, when I was a freshman in high school. And as cheesy as it sounds, he's been my best friend since. Yoshi has helped me through a lot. Whenever I felt that no one was there, he was there (not that he had a choice in it, haha) but he was there! Every morning he'd be the first face I'd see (his cage is right next to my bed) and he was always up before me and never asleep until I was, or so it seemed. I'd take him out of his cage and go eat breakfast with him. This was the case for every single morning, except for when I went away for my 1st year of college.
Although the breeder told me it would be smart to clip his wings, I never did. He was free to fly anywhere he wished, he even flew outside a couple of times and always came back on command. He loved giving kisses, playing peekaboo, laughing along with the family, dancing to good music, singing along to my guitar, and participating in conversations he wasn't really a part of lol. Everything was perfect, he'd never had any sort of health issues.
I believe it was this Monday that I noticed him squatting and growling in a way I've never heard before. A few seconds later, there was an egg under Yoshi and he was a she! As soon as I opened the cage door, she walked over to me and gave me a kiss on the cheek, then proceeded to sit on her egg. So I looked up what to do in the event that your parrot lays an egg. And everything they told me would happen was happening. Yoshi was extremely focused on her egg and spent the next day being super motherly, she wasn't aggressive with me at all and I still pet her, though she wasn't too keen on leaving the cage.
That Tuesday evening I got a call from friends to spend the night, and I, thinking of what I recently read that parrots should be in quiet settings so they could rest, agreed to leave the house and give Yoshi the night alone.
When I returned around 10 am the next day, I noticed Yoshi squatting in her smaller cage (that's in the corner of her big cage) and TWO eggs unattended in the other corner of her big cage. This was obviously not normal behavior, she hadn't even chirped with happiness that I was back and didn't run to the cage door when I opened it. She was squatted and appeared to be panting with her feathers all fluffed up. My first thought was that she might be about to lay another egg. Slowly she left the small cage and approached me, I took her out and snuggled with her, extremely worried. I tried to feed her, but she wouldn't eat. She'd only drink water.
That's when I called the vet and explained what was happening, they told she might be "egg bound" which was something I'd read about when researching previously, and that I should bring her in for a check up as soon as possible. They scheduled me an appointment at 2pm, and I don't have a car so I asked some friends to do me the favor of dropping me off and so we made it to the appointment.
There, the vet took Yoshi out of her cage after saying that she looked like she was "in pain" and felt her belly saying that it didn't feel like there was another egg coming. She said that she might trying to develop an egg without having the calcium to make the shell, this could be toxic and life-threatening if not treated immediately. She called it Peritonitis. I couldn't help but feel that she was blaming me for Yoshi's state (I'd only brought along seeds to the appointment, but Yoshi eats fruits and veggies as well) saying that the seeds, which have no nutrition, had probably caused this. She then recommended they keep her overnight in icu under their care and said that this was really serious and she wouldn't guarantee Yoshi getting better but because I brought her to them so quick, the chances were very high.
They then took Yoshi away, and it might seem silly, but I wanted to tell them to let me say goodbye to her, but I didn't cause I'm so shy. And I really regret that.
I signed some papers for the overnight stay and went home. So the vet calls me the next morning and tells me that Yoshi was doing a little better but not as much as she'd hoped. She took xrays of her and found what looked like a collapsed egg inside her that she cannot expel herself and said that surgery might be the necessary. I replied that I trusted her judgment and I'd pay for whatever it took to get Yoshi better. I didn't feel the surgery was confirmed and they hadn't even asked me sign anything (maybe there's no need with pets?). So when I called later that day to check up on her, I was surprised to hear that she was actually scheduled for surgery in the next 15 min and that was that.
After the surgery, the doc called me and said the surgery went well and Yoshi was in recovery. She had found dead tissue in her stomach, removed it, closed her up and put her on medication and antibiotics. She said Yoshi looked good but that the next 24 hrs would be crucial.
I got a call an hour ago from the vet saying that Yoshi didn't make it through the night and that she was sorry. She asked me to call her back when I decided what I want to do with the body.
I don't know if this will even be read or anything, sorry its so long. But I'm still a mess, I can't believe this happened, it was so sudden, Yoshi was only about 5 years old, I always thought she'd be with me for so much longer. I can't help but to feel responsible for this, even though I don't know what I did wrong, it feels like I did. I hate myself for not asking the vet to let me say goodbye when they took her, I hate myself for not having a car and being able to visit her cause I know that she was probably very confused and scared, and I just wish there would've been more time. I know a lot of these feelings will pass but this is how I feel now.
Yoshi meant the world to me, and I will miss her everyday.
I'd appreciate any comments or words of encouragement on Yoshi. Thank you.
Rest peacefully, Yoshi. I'm so sorry this happened to you. I love you with all my heart.
