I write this with a heavy heart. Baby Re has passed away.  I could barely sleep last night so I am up early this morning. Yesterday I heard a horrible noise from the bird room so I rushed in to find Baby Re getting attacked by Zorro. I yelled at Zorro and she stopped. Baby Re was alive, but in shock. Shamus also got attacked but he got away with just a chunk taken out of his toe.

I took Baby Re out and cuddled her and since there were no obvious wounds, I thought she was alright (despite a hurt foot). She was not bleeding, but she was wheezing. At first I thought, “She must have a punctured lung” but then after she calmed down, she stopped wheezing so bad, so I thought maybe she had gotten her crop squeezed and had aspirated a little. I put her in a hospital tank with some heat and food and water. I had 2 hours before I went to work. I watched her the whole time and she didn’t get worse or get better.

I had to leave for work (I would have called in but it was my third day only) and I just prayed she would be better when I got home. So after work I went straight home and she was still in the same condition, no worse and no better. She was still wheezing, but the same amount. I didn’t even take off my coat, scarf or hat, I opened the tank and picked her up. She automatically jumped onto my shoulder and I could tell she wanted to go back in the bird room with her family so I made my way down the hall. I got just in front of the door and she either had a seizure, lost balance, or just freaked out and she fell to the ground. I picked her up and headed back into the kitchen to put her back in the hospital tank. I then noticed she had one of her legs stiff so I knew it was time. And right them she died in my hands.

I know I am so stupid for again thinking that I had solved the problem between the Caiques and the Lovebirds. This is the last bird that has this fate, I promise myself, my birds, and all of you. I just want to kick myself in the face for this. I know it was all my fault. It is almost as if you love them too much and that is why they have to go.

There will be no “out of cage time” without direct supervision. We are moving in a few months (well, hopefully in April or so) and when we do, the Caiques will be nowhere near the Lovebirds. If we do not move like planned (if we cannot sell our current home right away), I will move the Caiques out of the bird room, but right now I can’t. With them on eggs, I can’t move the cage. Moving the cage consists of taking it apart and I can’t do that when they are this nesty.

I will be adding pictures here of Baby Re later today.