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platedlizard) wrote2008-03-18 09:02 pm
platedlizard) wrote2008-03-18 09:02 pm
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The parakeet died yesterday
S/he was fine over weekend, but when i came home yesterday I found him on the bottom of the cage, crashing. I rushed him to the vet, but it was too late. He was gone when I got there. I cried like a baby, which is weird because it wasn't like I was all that attached to him. If it had been one of the cockatiels or Wesley I can see me sobbing like that, but the goddamn budgie...
Maybe it's just that time of the month.
Or maybe it's just that I pride myself on how well I care for my pets, so it fucking hurts when I lose one because I feel like I've failed them as a pet owner. I don't know. I know that it wasn't my fault he had kidney issues, and I know it wasn't his fault for having crappy genetics, but I'm still pretty mad at both of us. I should be mad at all the breeders who breed these guys without thought for their long-term health and longgevity, reducing a bird from a 10-15 year lifespan to 4-6 years. Seriously, if you thought what some dog breeds go through because of puppy-mill breeding was bad, you ain't never seen what generations of color-breeding have done to budgies. DON'T BUY BUDGIES!!
Ichigo, the snake, is still missing and I'm giving up hope on finding him. Radar, my iguana was a total ass to me today, he got up on top of the bookcases and then tail-whipped me several times when I tried to get him down. Finally had to towel him. The frogs are doing well, they've doubled in size since I posted pictures of them, and Spot has lost his spot. Oh well, he's still cute.
Everybody else is doing well. I turned 28 Sunday and feel like crap. Pity me.
Maybe it's just that time of the month.
Or maybe it's just that I pride myself on how well I care for my pets, so it fucking hurts when I lose one because I feel like I've failed them as a pet owner. I don't know. I know that it wasn't my fault he had kidney issues, and I know it wasn't his fault for having crappy genetics, but I'm still pretty mad at both of us. I should be mad at all the breeders who breed these guys without thought for their long-term health and longgevity, reducing a bird from a 10-15 year lifespan to 4-6 years. Seriously, if you thought what some dog breeds go through because of puppy-mill breeding was bad, you ain't never seen what generations of color-breeding have done to budgies. DON'T BUY BUDGIES!!
Ichigo, the snake, is still missing and I'm giving up hope on finding him. Radar, my iguana was a total ass to me today, he got up on top of the bookcases and then tail-whipped me several times when I tried to get him down. Finally had to towel him. The frogs are doing well, they've doubled in size since I posted pictures of them, and Spot has lost his spot. Oh well, he's still cute.
Everybody else is doing well. I turned 28 Sunday and feel like crap. Pity me.