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Re: There is a bird UPDATE: bird is dead, thread cancelled
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:13 pm
by That
<]:^D wrote:i think its quite worrying that youd name a bird that has died after a forum member
I'm cool with it, I kind of envy it tbh. At least it only had to suffer for a day.
Re: There is a bird UPDATE: bird is dead, thread cancelled
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:23 pm
by kerr9000
I used to breed parrots and stuff, the only thing you could have possibly done was to have syringe fed it, you buy whats best described as bird porridge and you place a syringe with rubber on it into its mouth and squirt it in, its basically the closest we can do to the vomiting thing mummy birds do, but its blooming hard, they can swallow it wrong and choke on it etc so you only do it if the parents abondend it and its the only thing left to try. Sorry to hear it passed away.
Sleeping to death sounds like a lot better fate than it could have had though.
Re: There is a bird UPDATE: bird is dead, thread cancelled
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:25 pm
by <]:^D
Kezzer wrote:At least it wasn't
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I don't think that would fit on a tomb stone
that was my main thinking behind this username
thank the lord i am safe from bird-related bad omens
Re: There is a bird UPDATE: bird is dead, thread cancelled
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:25 pm
by <]:^D
Karl wrote:<]:^D wrote:i think its quite worrying that youd name a bird that has died after a forum member
I'm cool with it, I kind of envy it tbh. At least it only had to suffer for a day.
Re: There is a bird UPDATE: bird is dead, thread cancelled
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:26 pm
by Mafro
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Re: There is a bird UPDATE: bird is dead, thread cancelled
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:31 pm
by Green Gecko
kerr9000 wrote:I used to breed parrots and stuff, the only thing you could have possibly done was to have syringe fed it, you buy whats best described as bird porridge and you place a syringe with rubber on it into its mouth and squirt it in, its basically the closest we can do to the vomiting thing mummy birds do, but its blooming hard, they can swallow it wrong and choke on it etc so you only do it if the parents abondend it and its the only thing left to try. Sorry to hear it passed away.
Sleeping to death sounds like a lot better fate than it could have had though.
Yeah I do the same thing with geckos but with fruit if they are sick or chronically undernourished it's possible they can choke on it but if they're not eating they'll die too.
When most wild animals are sick they just stop eating and die as if not to prove a burden to anyone else.
I even gave a gecko CPR once and it lived, it's still living with another keeper and has even had babies I believe.
However I've lost two geckos in the past couple of months, I think I'm cursed, nothing can escape my touch of death.
Re: There is a bird UPDATE: bird is dead, thread cancelled
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:47 pm
by Hypes
Are you certain it's not sleeping?
Re: There is a bird
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:53 pm
by Dual
Green Gecko wrote:I initially called it Boof because it was boofed by a cat, as in bif but lower pitch.
But I like Karl Ladyfinger. Sadly while on hold to the RSPCA we checked to find the bird is dead. It's parents never fed it in time so it slept itself to death. Better than mawling and eating by cat I guess.
So now I hate these rooks again because they're not only loud and obnoxious, they're rubbish parents.
RIP In Peace Karl Ladyfinger.
Re: There is a bird UPDATE: bird is dead, thread cancelled
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:58 pm
by jawafour
Dang, man, I wasn't expecting a sad ending :-(.
It's good that you did your best though, Gecko. RIP Karl Lf.
Re: There is a bird UPDATE: bird is dead, thread cancelled
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:58 pm
by Green Gecko
Hyperion wrote:Are you certain it's not sleeping?
I did at one point have it lay upside down in my palm and then it woke up and flapped around. But that was before and this is now.
It had rigormortis, legs stuck out, no response from eyes. I even tossed it up and down once or twice gently, like a ball. Believe me, it's very dead.
I put it back in the bush.
Edit: ya got me worried for a second, so I went to check with a torch. Yup, still dead.
Re: There is a bird UPDATE: bird is dead, thread cancelled
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 11:11 pm
by Kezzer
At least you haven't killed GRcade yet.
Re: There is a bird UPDATE: bird is dead, thread cancelled
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 11:13 pm
by That
Kezzer wrote:At least you haven't killed GRcade yet.
There's still 47 minutes left in today.
Re: There is a bird UPDATE: bird is dead, thread cancelled
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 11:20 pm
by Kezzer
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Re: There is a bird UPDATE: bird is dead, thread cancelled
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 11:22 pm
by Buffalo
Well done for trying.
Re: There is a bird UPDATE: bird is dead, thread cancelled
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 6:57 am
by Parksey
Karl wrote:Kezzer wrote:At least you haven't killed GRcade yet.
There's still 47 minutes left in today.
I mean, we are effectively upside down in Gecko's hand, flapping manically but not having enough strength to go anywhere. One day we'll be getting The Bush too.
Re: There is a bird UPDATE: bird is dead, thread cancelled
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 8:11 am
by Mini E
Spoilers in the thread title? Really? That emotional rollercoaster was absolutely ruined for me.
Re: There is a bird UPDATE: bird is dead, thread cancelled
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 2:10 pm
by Green Gecko
I am so sorry
Re: There is a bird
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 2:11 pm
by Green Gecko
I have rolled back the thread title and locked the opening post from editing.
Re: There is a bird
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 2:14 pm
by Mini E
Thank you. Add a poll on the subject and I'll be content again.
Re: There is a bird
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 2:14 pm
by Kezzer
Did you bury Karl Ladyfinger in the back garden, cremate him/her while playing the bagpips or just chuck the carcass in the bin?
Or mystery fourth option: left it on the patio and let the circle of life continue?