Sorry buddy...this absolutly SUCKS. Losing a pet family member is devistating. Can I ask how old your wife's bird was and what kind of bird? We have a Cockatiel...but he really is my wife's bird as she walks with him on her shoulder 50% of the day. But, we all love him and when he goes (he is 29 years old).....it is going to be BAD at my house. Prayers.......
Dog can't stand up
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Explosive bloody squirts? This goes after both.
My suggestion would be to have this "Dirty Deed" done while you are away on a vacation. Credit card receipts from 700 miles away are a great alibi.
Sorry to hear that, @Hoosierhawkeye.
Different animal, but lost two cats to old age years back.
You like to think you're a grown adult and somewhat immune to severe heartbreak with things like a pet passing when its time comes, but to have to watch a cat pitifully meow as it can only just roll around because it can't stand up, let alone walk, just rips your heart to pieces.
The other cat suffered a somewhat similar fate, severe disability due to old age.
Couldn't bear to watch either get euthanized. I'm man enough to admit tears were shed as I sat knowing what was happening.
Gramps had them cremated and still have their ashes on the mantle to this day.
Different animal, but lost two cats to old age years back.
You like to think you're a grown adult and somewhat immune to severe heartbreak with things like a pet passing when its time comes, but to have to watch a cat pitifully meow as it can only just roll around because it can't stand up, let alone walk, just rips your heart to pieces.
The other cat suffered a somewhat similar fate, severe disability due to old age.
Couldn't bear to watch either get euthanized. I'm man enough to admit tears were shed as I sat knowing what was happening.
Gramps had them cremated and still have their ashes on the mantle to this day.
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OP, sorry to hear that.
Same. I saw that for the first time on this site a while ago. My old dog is 12 this year and have been seeing slow downs and think about this strip. It's made me take more time every day to get on the floor and cuddle with her.
Same. I saw that for the first time on this site a while ago. My old dog is 12 this year and have been seeing slow downs and think about this strip. It's made me take more time every day to get on the floor and cuddle with her.
So update, we havn't put him down yet or taken him to a vet. We're planning on taking him to his regular vet on Monday. Didn't want to rush him to emergency vet when he didn't appear to be in any pain and isn't declining. So we're gonna give him the opportunity recover if it's possible.
We did research and there is a condition older dogs sometimes get with their balance system but usually improves in a couple weeks at most. We are hoping it's that.
Other than that he eats and drinks although we have to bring the food and water to him. Still wags his tail when someone comes to pet him or give him attention. We've taken up using a towel or sheet around him that we hold on to to help him balance so he can go outside to go to the bathroom. This morning once we got him going like that he started moving really quickly and it was hard to keep up and hold the sheet. My wife got the actual proper tool to do this on Amazon and it should get here today.
Today he was able to get to his feet all by himself a couple times. The first time was when we were trying to take him out this morning, he managed to walk about 10 or 15 feet but fell back down. The second time was when he decided he wanted to lay on his rug instead of his bed. Just got up and walked that by himself but that was only a couple of feet. So maybe some improvement?
So still not out of the woods. We will see what the vet says tomorrow as to his prognosis.
We did research and there is a condition older dogs sometimes get with their balance system but usually improves in a couple weeks at most. We are hoping it's that.
Other than that he eats and drinks although we have to bring the food and water to him. Still wags his tail when someone comes to pet him or give him attention. We've taken up using a towel or sheet around him that we hold on to to help him balance so he can go outside to go to the bathroom. This morning once we got him going like that he started moving really quickly and it was hard to keep up and hold the sheet. My wife got the actual proper tool to do this on Amazon and it should get here today.
Today he was able to get to his feet all by himself a couple times. The first time was when we were trying to take him out this morning, he managed to walk about 10 or 15 feet but fell back down. The second time was when he decided he wanted to lay on his rug instead of his bed. Just got up and walked that by himself but that was only a couple of feet. So maybe some improvement?
So still not out of the woods. We will see what the vet says tomorrow as to his prognosis.
It was my mom's bird actually. We had a lot of cockatiels throughout my childhood. At one point my parents actually had 10 different birds, mostly cockatiels.
This bird however was a Blue Headed Pionus and we are estimating that she was 25. We actually had expected her to live longer because we read that they could live up to 40 years in captivity. We don't know why she died, she just did. That is sort of a thing with birds, they generally die pretty suddenly.
Is your wife's bird male or female? It's been my experience the males live significantly longer than the females. I don't know exactly why. My mom also has a cockatiel who we got as a baby when I was in MIDDLE SCHOOL. For reference I turn 42 at the end of this month. So he's actually about 30.
That's the other thing with birds, they seem to vary in lifespan pretty significantly even birds of the same species.
My older dog had vestibular disease which causes falling down like that. She did get better for awhile, although she always had a head tilt that made her look like she was questioning you. She would have seizure like episodes that the vet was able to control for about 6 months before old age and an enlarged heart finally took over.
I've always found it ironic that it was a large heart that took my dog away.
So today he showed some big improvements, was able to go outside and go to the bathroom without assistance other than us leading him on the leash. He then went to the vet and walked that pretty much on his own too on a leash. I had to help him into van but I had to do that before anyways.
Vet agrees that it was an issue with his vestibular system. He gave us pills to help with dizziness.
Going to try tonight to transition him back to going to his food and water bowl rather than have us bring all that stuff to him.
Vet agrees that it was an issue with his vestibular system. He gave us pills to help with dizziness.
Going to try tonight to transition him back to going to his food and water bowl rather than have us bring all that stuff to him.
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