Of Life and Loss

About a month ago, two of my parakeets had a baby and now it's pretty much ready to be on it's own, to feed itself and be in a cage on it's own. Tonight, I discovered that the mother parakeet of my other babies, passed away. She was in the box that she hid out in all the time, and I didn't know she was gone, until I noticed the son that was in the same cage with her, was freaking out. I'm not sure how she died, but she wasn't sick. I just think she just may of died of old age, or something internal, like another parakeet I had, died from.

The reason I call this blog, of "life and loss" is because life and death is all around us. Not to be morbid or anything, but it's crazy how it can just come on suddenly. I had no idea that Snowy was going to die. She seemed fine just the other day. In fact I had her out and was petting her through her trying to bite me of course. But she didn't come across as sick or dying at all. For anyone, or anything, death can come without knowing ahead of time.

I'm sad that Snowy is gone, but the new life of Lucky being around is very refreshing. She's very smart and very sweet. I do not know, if her parents will have more babies this year or not, only time will tell, but even if not, that's ok. Lucky is an unexpected surprise, I never figured that there would be any more babies in this house, since Snowy was laying unfertilized eggs (despite having multiple males mating with her) so I knew she wouldn't give me any more. She already had 3 separate clutches, so she was done having babies.

Just remember, whether it's a pet, a friend or a family member, you should spend as much time with them, because when they're gone, it'll be too late. Give them a hug, or a kiss, or a kind word. You'll feel better in the long run.

-Crystalkitsune85