On March seventh of this 12 months, we stated goodbye to our little Emmy.
I wasn’t able to submit about it till now – first Cooper, after which Emmy. 2024 has not been one of the best 12 months for our flock.
Emmy had began to throw up, so we took her to our avian vet. They ran some labs, and put her on antibiotics till the outcomes got here again. They suspected avian gastric yeast.
She began shedding weight and was listless and poofy, regardless that she was nonetheless consuming. So we took her again to the vet. She spent two days/nights there whereas they tube fed her, handled her and tried to seek out out what was incorrect. Xrays confirmed a big inoperable tumor that was blocking the passage of meals to her abdomen.
We knew there was nothing we may do, and didn’t need her to endure, so we held her and stated our goodbyes. We advised her we beloved her and gave her kisses. She was given anesthesia, and whereas she was asleep an injection despatched her peacefully over the rainbow bridge.
We discovered Emmy on Craigslist in November of 2013.The individuals who have been rehoming her had purchased her as a pet for his or her toddler. She nonetheless had her child bars and was fearful of us. It took months for her to begin to belief us. Emmy was a bundle of power and really playful. Perhaps too playful for the opposite budgies. Ozzie was the one budgie who would put up together with her shenanigans, and ultimately they turned tweethearts.
Emmy beloved being with the opposite budgies. She all the time needed to be within the thick of issues.
Emmy was our “massive child”. We expect she had some English budgie in her, as she was bigger than the remainder of the flock. She was a magnificence, too. And so gentle – she had the fluffiest feathers.
I beloved kissing her whipped cream stomach. And she or he smelled divine.
Emmy was a candy little girlfriend to Ozzie, and a superb pal to Sunny and Cooper.
I hope she and the remainder of the flock are collectively now, feasting on millet, shredding wooden, singing and flying free.
