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On 21/9/05, we brought home 3 new little budgies, Danny, Snoopy, and Woodstock, to join CJ.

Tonight, we lost Woodstock. He was around 2 years and 2 months old.



Woody hadn't been feeling very well yesterday, he'd been pretty quiet most of the day and sleeping, which is very unusual for him. We'd been through similar with Danny and Snoopy a month or two ago, so I thought he'd just eaten too much grass.

He wasn't any better this morning. He'd been sitting on the perch looking incredibly fluffy and depressed, had barely struggled when I grabbed hold of him to look him over, just made a pathetic complaining sound. He didn't seem interested in food, which is very unWoody-like.

I had to go to work, but apparently as the day went on, he seemed to have trouble walking and had to put his wings out to balance and was breathing very heavily.

From my sister:
"When we got the other birds out for their fly, CJ attacked my finger when I tried to get him on my finger - I don't know whether he realised that Woody was very sick and didn't want to leave him alone. We were going to put Woody on top of the cage, but he couldn't balance when I got him on my finger, so I just ended up holding him and stroking his head. We ended up putting him in a separate cage, as he just seemed so sick, and he hopped on the floor not long after we put him in there. This is never a very good sign for a bird. About an hour later, he died."

Mum said he moved around the bottom of the cage from corner to corner, I guess trying to feel safe and like he was in a nest. He was pretty much lying on the floor, his wings out, breathing a struggle. Mum kept an eye on him, but tried not to disturb him. He died around 7pm, about 10 minutes before I got home from work. I held and patted him and cried, he'd already gone stiff.

Again from my sister:
"Woody was possibly one of the most loving, enthusiastic and weirdest budgies I've ever met. He loved everyone, fed everyone, and loved to play - nobody pulled the rings along the perch like he did. He had the weirdest body shape - not the streamlined shape of the normal budgie, but a bulk to his front that always reminded me of Rodney McKay, and this might be the reason that he died. He always had trouble keeping up with the others with flying and waddled like a duck as his legs just didn't seem to straighten properly."

He was my sister's bird, but we all adored him. He was everyone's bird. His personality was bigger than he was. He had this loud whistle that sounded like he was broken, never again will we yell "shut up, Woody". He particularly loved my hand, courting (with his little wings vibrating) and feeding it, and every so often trying to make love to it. As soon as I put my hand in the cage, he'd pounce. They'd be out for a fly, and as the others whizzed by, he'd be trying to feed my hand.

We're not sure what it was, hoping it wasn't contagious, but we don't think so. He was a weird body shape, didn't fly at all well, and got easily puffed. Maybe his heart and lungs weren't formed right.







My sister has been reading Little Women and said that Woody was like Beth - loving and giving to all, and taken too soon.

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Date: 2007-08-27 03:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dianora2.livejournal.com
Awwww. My condolences. :(

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Date: 2007-08-30 02:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazykitkat.livejournal.com
Thank you. I'm still getting teary when I think about him.

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Date: 2007-08-27 03:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sternel.livejournal.com
Oh, sweetie, I'm sorry. I'm sure his spirit is flying happily now.

::hugs::

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Date: 2007-08-30 02:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazykitkat.livejournal.com
I'm sure he's soaring. *sniff* Thank you.

*hugs back to you*

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Date: 2007-08-30 02:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazykitkat.livejournal.com
Thank you, Hon. I knew we'd miss him, but never thought it would hurt this much. We were really attached to him, he was much more than just a bird.

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Date: 2007-08-27 04:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cretkid.livejournal.com
I'm so sorry to hear this news. Woody was a character, I remember from your posts.

{{{hugs}}}

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Date: 2007-08-30 02:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazykitkat.livejournal.com
Thank you. He was definitely one of a kind, and so damn loveable and loving.

The best ones seem to leave us early. I had a budgie, Snowy, when I was in high school. She was also unforgettable. She'd been hand reared and didn't really know she was a bird. She'd sit on my lap and got to sleep while I did my homework, usually lying on her back or side. She was only around 3 when she died.

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Date: 2007-08-27 06:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soaked-in-stars.livejournal.com
I'm so sorry.

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Date: 2007-08-30 02:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazykitkat.livejournal.com
Thank you, Hon.

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Date: 2007-08-27 07:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] docfraiser8.livejournal.com
I'm sorry for your loss sweetie. ::hugs::

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Date: 2007-08-30 02:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazykitkat.livejournal.com
Thank you, Sweetheart.

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Date: 2007-08-27 07:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] docfraiser8.livejournal.com
I'm sorry for your loss sweetie. ::hugs::

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Date: 2007-08-27 08:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tangleofthorns.livejournal.com
Aw, honey, I'm so sorry.

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Date: 2007-08-30 02:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazykitkat.livejournal.com
Thank you, Sweetie. You get so attached to the little feather balls.

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Date: 2007-08-27 08:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] athena4lynn.livejournal.com
Aww, Kat, I'm so sorry. :(

*hugs*

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Date: 2007-08-30 02:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazykitkat.livejournal.com
Thank you, Hon.

I think anyone who has birds understands how they're such little individuals.

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Date: 2007-08-27 08:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pixiesio.livejournal.com
{{{{{{{{{{{{{huggles}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Oh hon, I'm so sorry. :(

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Date: 2007-08-30 02:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazykitkat.livejournal.com
Thank you, love. I'm still getting teary and Danny in particular seems to be affected. He's been doing a lot of calling loudly.

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Date: 2007-08-30 02:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazykitkat.livejournal.com
Thank you. *hugs back*

*hugs you*

Date: 2007-08-28 02:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] darkrefuge.livejournal.com
Sorry to hear of your loss Kat. I don't have any pets currently, but I do like them. I've never owned Budgies before, though my sister's kids did for awhile.
It sounds like your Budgies were very tame and friendly. I am sure you'll miss him greatly.

Re: *hugs you*

Date: 2007-08-30 02:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazykitkat.livejournal.com
Thank you.

You become really attached to the little feather balls. Woody in particular was one of a kind. He was so loving and loveable.

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Date: 2007-08-28 02:10 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] anr
I'm so sorry, hon. *hugs*

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Date: 2007-08-30 02:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazykitkat.livejournal.com
Thank you, Sweetie.

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Date: 2007-08-30 02:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazykitkat.livejournal.com
Thank you, Hon.

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Date: 2007-08-28 11:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] littlemissscifi.livejournal.com
:( Im sorry hon. *cuddles*

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Date: 2007-08-30 02:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazykitkat.livejournal.com
Thank you. I'm hoping to be able to think about him without tears.

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Date: 2007-08-29 08:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lzbrt.livejournal.com
:( I'm so sorry about Woody. *hugs you*

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Date: 2007-08-30 02:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krazykitkat.livejournal.com
Thank you, Hon.

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