Goodbye Chiara 💔
We had to say goodbye to Chiara this morning. She passed away quite suddenly and I must say that I saw no warning signs this time. Only last night after the lights had gone off, she seemed somehow restless on the perch when I went to close the cage. She was bickering at Greta and scratching herself, at times her cloaca area, so I took her to another cage and checked her to be sure she wasn't egg bound. I saw nothing of the kind, took also Boss to keep her company, they kissed and snuggled and I put on an infra red lamp to keep her warm. In the morning all was the same, she wasn't so restless anymore, but not well either. I saw she hadn't pooped almost none and checked her again for signs of constipation. Nevertheless she got very stressed as I handled her, I put her back, as she was exhausted and shortly after she died, with a seizure - I don't know if the seizure means anything, I've seen many birds pass away with a seizure, I think less often without any. But she ...