Yesterday was the worst day ever...

Cedar our baby quaker has died...our 4 year old son Nash stepped on him by accident.

It was a very big shock and we all cried together...buried him in the backyard leaving him with a couple of his favourite foot toys and notes we wrote for him.

He was only with us for 7 weeks and a day...but seems like we always had him.

We will always miss him and already feels so empty here without him.

Lily my daughter would always say she's going to sing a song, he would come to her shoulder and sit to listen!

Love the way he plays on his boing going thru it upside down.

Will really miss that little face of his peering down at us.

Amber would play tickles with him and really laughs when Cedar goes all over her body.

Cedar would always sit on top of Nash's head.

Even I will miss chopping up some yummy vegies for him...seems silly I know!

Our hearts are still hurting today...cant believe how much he was part of the family already.

Thinking of u Cedar up there flying free

from

Regina, David and the kids Lily, Amber and Nash and lastly the cat Rex who will miss watching him...ox ox ox

OMG I'm so sorry to hear this! I remember when you joined thinking what a beautiful little blue Cedar was. I'm so sad for you. I'm sure he loved you all too, and that he knew he was loved.

i'm so sorry for your loss. what a tragic accident.

kris

Oh, this makes me so sad. Cedar was born the same day as Frost. I'm so sorry for your loss.

So sorry to hear your baby Ceder is gone. Accidents do happen. No-one is to blame. Hugs to you...

I am so sorry for your loss.

Fly free Cedar.

Oh my goodness---I am so sorry about this terrible accident....My condolences to you all....We all grieve right along with you and I do hope your heart will heal from the tragic loss of Cedar....we will all miss him too....

I'm so sorry. Hugs to you and your family.

I am so sorry!!

Our hearts are hurting with you. Oh poor little Nash must feel terrible. Please give Nash extra hugs....

so sorry my condolences are with you...I lost my beloved Robbie a year ago..I know what it feels like

Oh how my hearta aches for you all. Im sending you hugs and prayers in this difficult time.

Yeah, I know...

Cant believe he's really gone..the kids got up this morning and went to the cage hoping he was in the sleep hut and that it was just a bad dream

So long we waited to have him and now this has happened..we and the kids had so much spending time with Cedar during those first 6 weeks being the school xmas holidays.

Am trying so hard not to ask why? and what ifs? and how he died horribly. Had nightmares last night about that...

Lily is still crying on and off today. Nash is doing well asking if we can get a new one. Has changed the story of what happened to Cedar but that's fine we dont want him to feel bad in any way of what happened which was just an accident.

Many thanks for all the support and thoughts from you all here ox

Oh I am soooooo sorry about Cedar. He is such a beautiful baby!!! So sad. I hope your heart heals soon.

I'm so very sorry for your loss. I will be thinking and praying for you.

I am so very sorry for your loss. My heart goes out to your family........

amilysh - It's difficult to find the words to help you through your families tragic loss!
I just pray that Nash will be OK. Hoping that he won't blame himself for the accident. You should not dwell on the what if's! What's done is done and unfortunately will never be undone. We all should be reminded how fragile all life is and how especially fragile our 100 gram QP's are to such a tragedy!
Heartfelt Blessings,
Kent a.k.a. New QP Dad

New QP Dad took the words right out of my mouth. Try not to dwell on the why's and what if's. I wish things were different for you, your family and little Cedar and I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Poor little Nash. you are a good parent to let him change the story. So sorry for your loss.

I am so sorry for your loss. Hugs to you and the family(((HUGS))) Hope Nash is going ok.

Ohhhhhhhh no! How awful for you and the family. You really are a good mom for letting Nash alter the story. He's protecting his heart. Accidents do happen and I can tell you Tucker has had three lucky breaks. The outcome could have been very different.

Best wishes to and personally I think you should get a new quaker. It will help the kids move on and now I'm sure they have a greater understanding of how fragile these fids really are.

Jen

I am so sorry, my heart goes out to you and your family.

I have to play devil's advocate on this. I don't have children, but my best friend since grade school does, and she's always here with her kids (5 and 7). Her kids were/are fascinated by my FIDS, so last summer, they got their 5 yr. old daughter a Cockatiel for her birthday. The bird made it two weeks, but was killed one day when Molly (the daughter) was playing "hide and seek" with the bird. She covered the bird with a pillow and laid on the pilliow .. well .. that didn't end well.

Molly was heartbroken .. and really didn't understand what caused the bird to die. My girlfriend and I sat down and explained that birds are like glass .. they break very, very easy, so you have to pretend that a bird is glass, and be extremely gentle. For weeks, she begged for another bird, cried everyday. So my girlfriend and I went Cockatiel shopping again, and got her a new FID. I wasn't happy about it to be honest .. I was really upset over the whole thing, and thought she should wait until her kids were a little older before trying this again. It was against my better judgement, but, accidents happen, so I just hoped that lesson learned and we'll move on.

The second one made it three months. One day Molly decided the bird needed a bath .. I don't think I need to go any further. After that, I told my girlfriend I would not help her, nor recommend getting any more birds .. I felt like, indirectly, I led those birds to their death. I knew in my heart, that Molly was a little too "young" to really understand. Some kids get it, others don't. I was also very upset with my girlfriend .. as I truly couldn't understand how not once, but twice .. the child and the bird where left unattended together. I realize accidents happen, trust me, but if something bad happens once, you'd think they'd take precautions to make sure the same thing didn't happen a second time.

So, I guess my point is .. think carefully about the situation. Birds are a whole different ball game than cats/dogs, and often very young children just don't realize that.

I'm not trying to be mean, or harsh .. I can't begin to imagine your heartbreak, I'm just relating something that I was involved in, and still bothers me to this day.

Oh dear. I'm so sorry for you loss and it's heartbreaking to hear about it. I can't imagine what your family is going though.

Xcali - yes I do know what you mean..

That's why we have decided not to get another one til Nash's much older which is very hard as we loved having Cedar so much.

We're too scared to have another one now anyway...not only in the loss of not having Cedar anymore and seeing how he died too.

Very sorry for your loss.

i am so sorry for your loss ...

OMG - I could not believe the title of your posts. Kept thinking surely not. I remember when you first joined. Cedar is such a beautiful bird. Now he is beautiful with the Angels. I am very sorry for your loss. Prayers and hugs are with you.

Dana