FoxersArtist
12-19-2008, 04:18 PM
I don't even know how to process those words. I had a great deal of peace about the situation because Bhodi had really taken his move so well. He was not frantic, not panicking, not screaming or shaking. He really seemed to like his new mom and was going with the flow of this change. I had just taken him to the vet on Friday for a well bird check which included labwork and a full panel chem CBC. His weight was great, his CBC was totally normal and the vet gave him a clean bill of health.
Bhodi's mom got him up this morning and spent some time feeding him grapes and eggs which he really seemed to enjoy. She took him out for a short cuddle too, and he was a very good boy. She said he screamed some, but not too much and he didn't seem anxious. She was just sitting at the computer, writing me an e-mail about how Bhodi's first day with them was going wonderfully when Bhodi started to make a sound that made her think he was struggling to breathe. At first it was just a little click so she called me to find out if this was normal. I told her I would run over and take a look at him, but then Bhodi started gasping and collapsed. She called me back and I told her to scoop him up and get him to the vet now. We both dropped what we were doing and rushed to the vet but Bhodi was gone by the time we got there.
We are quite sure that he had a heart attack. My theory is that his organs were weak or diseased from the over drinking that he did and the move, even if he had taken it well, was just too much. I am having a necropsy preformed on him this afternoon and if the cause of death is not clear, we will have his organs sent to a specialized pathologist for further study. I will go to pick up his body later and he will be burried outside where we pass regularly, so that I can tell him "hello" and "I love you" in passing.
Bhodi was my baby and it was so hard to say goodbye. I didn't know my goodbye would be forever and I will never forget the way he clung to my sleeve when I put him down as he had never really done that before. Bhodi is the first big bird I have ever lost and it broke my heart to hold him over the exam table, telling him that I loved him and that I was so sorry.
I am going to send a HB invite to the very kind lady who opened her heart to Bhodi, because I know that she needs just as much comfort as I do. I know that if ever I needed my HB family, right now is that time.
-Anna
Bhodi's mom got him up this morning and spent some time feeding him grapes and eggs which he really seemed to enjoy. She took him out for a short cuddle too, and he was a very good boy. She said he screamed some, but not too much and he didn't seem anxious. She was just sitting at the computer, writing me an e-mail about how Bhodi's first day with them was going wonderfully when Bhodi started to make a sound that made her think he was struggling to breathe. At first it was just a little click so she called me to find out if this was normal. I told her I would run over and take a look at him, but then Bhodi started gasping and collapsed. She called me back and I told her to scoop him up and get him to the vet now. We both dropped what we were doing and rushed to the vet but Bhodi was gone by the time we got there.
We are quite sure that he had a heart attack. My theory is that his organs were weak or diseased from the over drinking that he did and the move, even if he had taken it well, was just too much. I am having a necropsy preformed on him this afternoon and if the cause of death is not clear, we will have his organs sent to a specialized pathologist for further study. I will go to pick up his body later and he will be burried outside where we pass regularly, so that I can tell him "hello" and "I love you" in passing.
Bhodi was my baby and it was so hard to say goodbye. I didn't know my goodbye would be forever and I will never forget the way he clung to my sleeve when I put him down as he had never really done that before. Bhodi is the first big bird I have ever lost and it broke my heart to hold him over the exam table, telling him that I loved him and that I was so sorry.
I am going to send a HB invite to the very kind lady who opened her heart to Bhodi, because I know that she needs just as much comfort as I do. I know that if ever I needed my HB family, right now is that time.
-Anna