Episode Three
Camas, WA - Today is the second days since Ocean Blue unexpectedly went to Bird Heaven, and we can all feel it, specially her mate, Sunny Jewel. It is too quiet, even though we usually have background music.
Sunny Jewel is always energetic and "working" on the pine bark platforms, but for the last couple of days, she seems uninterested, almost lethargic . She hangs around the perch with the large mirror Ocean used to spend a great deal of time. Sunny's body language is also telling - Instead of standing up, she seems to slouch - something I had not noticed before.
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| Ocean Blue and Sunny Jewel as seen my my grandaughters |
There were a couple of times during the day, today, when Sunny would be jumping around in circles, which I could only translate as a feeling of desperation or frustration.
Early today, we switched our usual gospel background music to parakeet sounds. My wife observed that perhaps that was not a good idea, as it could remind Sunny of Ocean's departure - we switched back
During the day, Sunny visited the platform. But I can tell she is in no mood to work. In cleaning the cage, it was obvious that there wasn't as much trash as when Ocean was alive, almost no cleaning required. Most likely, Sunny is not eating much. The branch of Millet is still hanging, almost untouched, until later on today, when Sunny took a few bites,
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| Sunny Before and After Ocean's Death |
In trying to digest Ocean's short life, it is appears that PetSmart has some explaining to do: Ocean was playing all day long Friday, but died on her sleep and we only had her and Sunny for five months! Was it a heart attack? Is it genetic? Is it a breeding problem.
We just hope that Sunny's grieving period is short and that she goes back to being her energetic non-stop self.
Diet: romaine lettuce
Carrots
Millet
Cabbage
Tomatoes
Bananas
They like to make square perches round, and some round perches, really small.
By accident I got
Millet and lettuce
They don't like square perches
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