Title: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: Caitie on 06-Dec-09, 05:12:01 PM
2 months ago my little Ozzie, my single female lovebird, started to fall out of her happy hut in the night. We took her right into a board certified avian vet and after blood tests and an xray he said she was very sick with multiple bacteria, fungus and a growth in her abdomen. He gave us antibiotic to give her and an anti fungi but we could see it didn't help her for very long. He didn't give us much hope. We don't know how she got so sick because we are very careful, clean and even give them all bottled water. Her favorite treats are just peas and avi cakes. She could only talk enough to say her name but she twirled on her bong as I clapped and said yeaaaa! The vet suggested against surgery saying she probably wouldn't survive.
Today shes lying on the bottom of her cage and her eyes are open very little and dying. Ive had her for 7 years and we love her very much. This is so hard to watch but there is nothing we can do but keep her comfortable and warm. I also tried giving her water with a dropper on the outside of her beak but shes very weak. Just say a prayer that she flys with the others soon we've lost in our avian family. I believe the lion lays with the lamb in heaven so I'm sure they won't hurt her. I'll miss her so much. :crying: Here's her picture.
Today shes lying on the bottom of her cage and her eyes are open very little and dying. Ive had her for 7 years and we love her very much. This is so hard to watch but there is nothing we can do but keep her comfortable and warm. I also tried giving her water with a dropper on the outside of her beak but shes very weak. Just say a prayer that she flys with the others soon we've lost in our avian family. I believe the lion lays with the lamb in heaven so I'm sure they won't hurt her. I'll miss her so much. :crying: Here's her picture.
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: Donna on 06-Dec-09, 05:26:08 PM
2 months ago my little Ozzie, my single female lovebird, started to fall out of her happy hut in the night. We took her right into a board certified avian vet and after blood tests and an xray he said she was very sick with multiple bacteria, fungus and a growth in her abdomen. He gave us antibiotic to give her and an anti fungi but we could see it didn't help her for very long. He didn't give us much hope. We don't know how she got so sick because we are very careful, clean and even give them all bottled water. Her favorite treats are just peas and avi cakes. She could only talk enough to say her name but she twirled on her bong as I clapped and said yeaaaa! The vet suggested against surgery saying she probably wouldn't survive.
Today shes lying on the bottom of her cage and her eyes are open very little and dying. Ive had her for 7 years and we love her very much. This is so hard to watch but there is nothing we can do but keep her comfortable and warm. I also tried giving her water with a dropper on the outside of her beak but shes very weak. Just say a prayer that she flys with the others soon we've lost in our avian family. I believe the lion lays with the lamb in heaven so I'm sure they won't hurt her. I'll miss her so much. :crying: Here's her picture.
Today shes lying on the bottom of her cage and her eyes are open very little and dying. Ive had her for 7 years and we love her very much. This is so hard to watch but there is nothing we can do but keep her comfortable and warm. I also tried giving her water with a dropper on the outside of her beak but shes very weak. Just say a prayer that she flys with the others soon we've lost in our avian family. I believe the lion lays with the lamb in heaven so I'm sure they won't hurt her. I'll miss her so much. :crying: Here's her picture.
Catie, I am so so sorry. I lost a Cockatiel to the same thing. New Year's Eve 4 years ago. Taco kept falling off his perch and just stayed on the bottom....laying next to the light bulb we put next to his cage. He barely was breathing. It was the God awfulist New Years. Right after midnight, he took his last breath. I feel for you and Ozzie. My prayers are definitely with you. It's not easy with any animal. Sorry.
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: Carol P. on 06-Dec-09, 06:12:18 PM
Caitie,
I'm so sorry that Ozzie is so ill. She is a beautiful Black Masked Lovebird. I had two Peach Faced Lovebirds named Rocky and Rambo. They ended up both being female. :happy:
My thoughts are with you and Ozzie.
Carol P.
I'm so sorry that Ozzie is so ill. She is a beautiful Black Masked Lovebird. I had two Peach Faced Lovebirds named Rocky and Rambo. They ended up both being female. :happy:
My thoughts are with you and Ozzie.
Carol P.
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: Caitie on 06-Dec-09, 06:22:41 PM
Catie, I am so so sorry. I lost a Cockatiel to the same thing. New Year's Eve 4 years ago. Taco kept falling off his perch and just stayed on the bottom....laying next to the light bulb we put next to his cage. He barely was breathing. It was the God awfulist New Years. Right after midnight, he took his last breath. I feel for you and Ozzie. My prayers are definitely with you. It's not easy with any animal. Sorry.
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: Carol P. on 06-Dec-09, 06:25:17 PM
:(
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: Wing Goose on 06-Dec-09, 06:30:50 PM
Caitie,
Prayers are with Ozzie and your family for your comfort.
:heart:
Lola
Prayers are with Ozzie and your family for your comfort.
:heart:
Lola
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: Kris G. on 06-Dec-09, 07:12:43 PM
So sorry, Caitie.
Kris
Kris
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: valhalla on 06-Dec-09, 07:23:57 PM
:pray: Ozzie now flies and sings with the angles :pray: I know that God has welcomed her home to His arms :pray: Blessings, Janet
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: Caitie on 06-Dec-09, 08:12:53 PM
God Bless you all... my dearest friend said she will let me bury her in her yard where she has a little pet cemetary and I can always visit her. We only have a condo so I was worried where I could put her. Your thoughts and prayers are all so appreciated. We get very attached to our lil fur and feathered babies don't we? They are all family to us... You know I saw she was suffering the last 15 minutes of her life so I took her off the towel I had her resting on and put her back in her favorite place, her happy hut on the floor of the cage, and prayed God would take her and he did minutes later.
Caitie Jayne (aka Janie on the Kodak yahoo group) :chriscat:
Caitie Jayne (aka Janie on the Kodak yahoo group) :chriscat:
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: Bird Crazy on 06-Dec-09, 08:26:36 PM
I am so sorry for your loss Caitie. It is so hard to lose our feathered babies. :crying:
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: Tokira on 06-Dec-09, 09:27:51 PM
God Bless you all... my dearest friend said she will let me bury her in her yard where she has a little pet cemetary and I can always visit her. We only have a condo so I was worried where I could put her. Your thoughts and prayers are all so appreciated. We get very attached to our lil fur and feathered babies don't we? They are all family to us... You know I saw she was suffering the last 15 minutes of her life so I took her off the towel I had her resting on and put her back in her favorite place, her happy hut on the floor of the cage, and prayed God would take her and he did minutes later.
Caitie Jayne (aka Janie on the Kodak yahoo group) :chriscat:
Caitie Jayne (aka Janie on the Kodak yahoo group) :chriscat:
:crying: We love them so much, and the parting is so hard. I believe there is a Heaven for them, and that we will meet them there someday.
I will be praying for your comfort tonight.
Carol
WV
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: pdk on 06-Dec-09, 10:14:00 PM
Caitie,
I am so sorry about your little Ozzie. She was a beautiful feathered friend.
Patricia
I am so sorry about your little Ozzie. She was a beautiful feathered friend.
Patricia
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: Donna on 06-Dec-09, 10:47:37 PM
Oh Catie, I'm so sorry. There really wasn't much you could do but make Ozzie comfortable. Bless you. :crying:
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: MAK on 07-Dec-09, 07:15:07 AM
:( :crying: :heart:
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: Joyce on 07-Dec-09, 03:19:59 PM
No matter how big or small, with feathers or fur, our pets mean the world to us. Sorry you had to go through such heartbreak in the last days Caitie. :rainbow:
~Joyce
~Joyce
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: rushhen06 on 07-Dec-09, 03:32:03 PM
Ozzie flies free. My prayers are for you & hubby to find peace knowing that Ozzie knew you
did all you could for him. God Bless.
Helen R
did all you could for him. God Bless.
Helen R
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: Annette on 07-Dec-09, 03:48:19 PM
Hi,
I am very sad about your loss. :crying:
Annette
I am very sad about your loss. :crying:
Annette
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: Paul Hamilton on 07-Dec-09, 09:37:41 PM
If God watches over the sparrow, then surely the lovebird. It was so caring of you to put her in the place that she loved so much.
Paul
Paul
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: imkakkingmad1 on 07-Dec-09, 09:46:42 PM
My deepest sympathy, Caitie. What a joy your beautiful Ozzie must have been to you over the years.
Take care,
Helen P. :rose:
Take care,
Helen P. :rose:
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: valhalla on 08-Dec-09, 06:31:02 AM
If God watches over the sparrow, then surely the lovebird.
Paul
Paul
What a beautiful sentiment, Paul. It made my morning :rose: Janet
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: jeanne on 08-Dec-09, 10:37:48 PM
I am so very sorry to hear of this sweet little one's passing. What a cutie. It is so painful to lose a beloved pet. :crying: :crying: :crying:
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: Caitie on 08-Dec-09, 11:54:14 PM
Hubby and I are overwhelmed with gratitude for the beautiful sentiments expressed here for our little feathered baby and we are truly Blessed to have such caring cyber friends.
:rose:
Tonight we buried Ozzie :crying: in my friends lovely backyard. She shares a place with 2 Guinea pigs and a rabbit. We placed her in a box inside her happy hut. We added her favorite ring swing pictured here below (with the shells and different colors) and a handful of Popsicle sticks which were her favorite toy to shred. I used to buy a craft case of them for her to go through. It was better then her working on my woodwork lol She was a stinker and so filled with personality. Before I knew she was a she, (she laid eggs one year)I always said Ozzie had the personality of a little Jimmy Cagney.The way she would proudly strut across the floor with her Popsicle sticks just daring little Whitey to take it, which sometimes he did.
She wasn' t afraid of anything! as I learned one day when I accidently placed my huge Eclectus in the birdsroom before placing Ozzie back in her cage. She zeroed in on this familiar but unsuspecting intruder 10X her size and I came running as I heard a loud screeeech!!! :o only to find this tiny lovebird clinging to the back of poor Baley's neck ready to fight for her territory against this huge monster bird!! Baley was none the worse and without a scratch. But Ozzie made her point.She definately was the alpha bird in our home.
But even with that you had to love her. She was so spunky and at the same time so tolerant of her friend Whitey the parakeet who stayed by her side for 5 years.
Well that's all I have to say about that as Forrest Gump would say...
That was just our little Ozzie
:rainbow: THANK YOU ALL :rainbow:
Walter and Janie :heartspin:
:rose:
Tonight we buried Ozzie :crying: in my friends lovely backyard. She shares a place with 2 Guinea pigs and a rabbit. We placed her in a box inside her happy hut. We added her favorite ring swing pictured here below (with the shells and different colors) and a handful of Popsicle sticks which were her favorite toy to shred. I used to buy a craft case of them for her to go through. It was better then her working on my woodwork lol She was a stinker and so filled with personality. Before I knew she was a she, (she laid eggs one year)I always said Ozzie had the personality of a little Jimmy Cagney.The way she would proudly strut across the floor with her Popsicle sticks just daring little Whitey to take it, which sometimes he did.
She wasn' t afraid of anything! as I learned one day when I accidently placed my huge Eclectus in the birdsroom before placing Ozzie back in her cage. She zeroed in on this familiar but unsuspecting intruder 10X her size and I came running as I heard a loud screeeech!!! :o only to find this tiny lovebird clinging to the back of poor Baley's neck ready to fight for her territory against this huge monster bird!! Baley was none the worse and without a scratch. But Ozzie made her point.She definately was the alpha bird in our home.
But even with that you had to love her. She was so spunky and at the same time so tolerant of her friend Whitey the parakeet who stayed by her side for 5 years.
Well that's all I have to say about that as Forrest Gump would say...
That was just our little Ozzie
:rainbow: THANK YOU ALL :rainbow:
Walter and Janie :heartspin:
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: Mirta on 09-Dec-09, 06:33:21 AM
:(
It is so hard when these things happen...
My heart is with you
Mirta
It is so hard when these things happen...
My heart is with you
Mirta
Title: Re: Prayers needed for my little Ozzie
Post by: jeanne on 09-Dec-09, 02:04:31 PM
I am so taken by how adorable Ozzie was! I'm so glad you could bury her in a serene, special place. Sweet baby. It is just so hard to go through this.