I uncovered Taz this morning, then I went to Sammy's cage and took the front cover off and he wasn't on his perch. I looked down and saw his tail feathers under his food dish so I said "Sammy, what are you doing down there??" and squatted down and Sammy's head was down on the grate and he was just laying there with one wing spread out.....the only thing I can think of is he had a freak out last night and broke his neck. I really don't know.

The thing that is strange is...I'm not that upset. I'm sad, but I don't feel the need to cry, like I did when Arnie died. Sammy is buried next to Arnie, in the Lily of the Valley patch.

aw hun im so sorry.

Oh Dani, I am so sorry for your loss. Poor baby.

Im so sorry
Its kind of understandable why you arent nearly as upset as you were when Arni died. You've only had Sammy for a couple months right? Could it have been he was just old? If I remeber correctly you rescued Sammy from a horrible home?

Yes, Sammy came from a horrible home, who knows what he went through there....but they told me he was only about a year and a half old. And I don't know if he was happy here or not, he never seemed to calm down, he was always nervous and scared when we serviced his cage, or even sat next to him to say hi. So I really don't know what happened.

I was shocked when I found him, that's all I know! My Zach (LOL) was in the bedroom, and I started yelling "Honey, come here! Come quick, Sammy's dead!" Then Zach opened his cage and touched him, and he was cold and rigor mortis had set in, so he'd been dead for awhile.

I felt bad, because all I could think was "Well, that answered that question....(whether or not we were going to keep him or rehome him)...."

So sorry you had to go through that. I don't know what I'd do if I uncovered Max and he was at the bottom of the cage!!

Keep your mind on the new puppy, not to take away from Sammy.

I'm so sorry! No matter what the other people said about his age, if he was treated badly and they didn't take care of him, he might have had some illness or injury you couldn't see. His being so nervous and afraid even after two months probably meant that he'd learned to fear people, even people who were kind to him. It's also possible that your theory about night frights is true, also. I know poor little Benjy had terrible night frigts the first few nights he was here and it's a wonder he didn't hurt himself. I gave him a nightlight and that helped, but it didn't stop the night frights completely until he settled in, and they can do themselves severe injury when they get those.

So sorry for your loss. I can understand what you're feeling. It appears as you mentally hadn't bonded witb Sammy yet because you weren't sure you were going to keep him...It makes a big difference in the grieving process.

Sending you hugs.

Thanks everybody....it helps to know that people do care and understand... *hugs back to everyone*

Hi Siobhan, the reason I don't think Sammy was sick is that when we first got him I tried and tried to clip his wings, and couldn't do it. I finally got one clipped, but he got away from me and kept flying around the guest room and I couldn't catch him. It got to the point where I just opened his cage door and let him find his own way inside, then closed the door. He got super stressed from that, and if he was sick in any way, I have a feeling that it would have showed after that kind of stress.

That's what I was going to say... It's not a bad thing and you shouldn't feel bad over it. We do our best but we can't save all of them and if the last couple of months he had food, an offer of comfort, and warmth then you did everything you could. *hugs*

I'm sorry Dani, big (((HUGS)))

I'm so sorry!

I'm sorry Dani and Zach. Even tho you hadn't had Sammy long, I'm sure you gave him a much better home life thsn he had before, he just didn't realize that you weren't out to hurt/stress him. I know you did all you could for him.

Fly free little Sammy!

Thank you so much, everybody. *hugs*

im so sorry for your loss. hugs to u.

Awe, Dani, Zach, so sorry!!! You did your best for Sammy!!!

Take comfort in knowing, He's now Flying Free. No Pain, No Fear.

Well, it just now sank in......I put Taz to bed and then changed Sammy's water and was about to cover the cage and noticed the door was open...poor little guy....

I'm glad I cried for him, though. I feel better now.

I too am very sorry you lost your little guy.
Fly free little feathers! huggs x

I'm so sorry for your loss. Hugs to both of you............