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Hi Tony,
You can return the favor to your wife and kids a hundredfold by providing 'housing' for these sorts of birds who will also be 'thankful'.
It lets you see how they live as wild birds, but after a while they do start to interact with people that are around, and then you start to appreciate their different personalities and even their humour (esp in the case of galahs).
I'll have to learn to post photos.
cheers, DL
Tony, we are very sad to hear about your mate. They can never be replaced but a new relationship can begin with a new Bird.
Birds really, are my favourite kind of people !!
My little Lorikeet is 18 and spends everyday looking after me.
She goes to bed about 8.30 pm. The other night I crept in at about 10 pm
to turn her electric blanket on at the wall, she cant stand being cold, you see.
Anyway, I tiptoed over and looked into her cage and a little voice quietly
said, thanks Mate.
I look forward to every new day.
I hope I've done the right thing as my Wife and kids are coming home on Tuesday and don't know about the loss yet:(
I was hesitant to do this but have now got a hand rared Cockatiel. Cockatiel Bird Information
They are not as colourful as the Rosella was but this one has a heap of personality and loves to socialise:) I believe they are great on tunes, phones , microwaves etc.
My kids are 9 and 11 so should suit them:) I hope:eek:
TonyQuote:
Originally Posted by Rangier Rover
Sorry about your loss, we lost one only on Thursday although we hadn't got to know it. Our Pug bitch was doing some nesting behaviour when I went to work late morning, later in the afternoon I rang my flatmate to tell him, unfortunately before he could get home Daphas had delivered her first pup and she didn't get the membrane away from its face in time so Michael came home to find a warm but dead pup. :BigCry:
We ended up with three live Pugs, 2 boys and a girl. Daphas must have known she lost one, because Friday morning one of the dogs was playing with a squeaky toy and she came running to see what it was, I'm sure she thought it was her missing pup. :(
Diana
Thanks Diana.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies
Glad the bitch was OK and some pups made it. Why and how do they do these things to them selves always when your not around amazes me.
I have a few kelpie bitches here and touch wood have been lucky so far with births.
Tony
Mate, glad to hear you got another birdie already! It's never easy losing a pet, but I have always replaced them straight away. My thinking being that I am reversing the grief I'm feeling into a positive thing....'love'. And hey, our own lives are too short, not to fill it with all the beautiful animals that we can!
I just hate it when someones tells me that they aren't gonna get another dog/cat etc,because they can't handle losing them. Personally, I think that is just plain selfish! We take on the responsibility of their death, the day we first bring them home.
Parrots are great mates and I know you'll get years of pleasure with your new cocketiel. Good on ya!
cheers
Evelyn
I was at the cattle yard when my wife and kids arrived home. Was hard to crack the news:( The emotions where as expected but when they found the new bird they got very exited:). Have had him out and was unsure at first then crawled all over them. He seems to like my wife as starts the baby language:confused:
All is good now. Think I was more cut up than the kids were:confused: