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Re: What to do for a king who has lost his queen...
Posted by Ron on 6/22/05

Thank you again everyone for your sympathy, support and
advice. This seems like a really great forum here and I
think I'll try to spend a little more time here and maybe I
can help some others in the same way I've been helped.

MKay: I hope your little guy gets to feeling better soon. I
know what it's like tending to a sick bird. You feel so
helpless at times and you wish you could do more. Hang in
there! He'll be fine!

Debby and Fran: My sympathy goes out to both of you on your
losses too. I used to have nightmares about the day that I
would lose my birds. I always knew the day would come and
dreaded that, but I NEVER thought that it would happen so
soon or so suddenly. Or in the manner that it did in losing
two of them on subsequent weekends. Yesterday was the first
day that I actually made it through an entire day without
crying. I know how painful this can be and my thoughts are
with you too. One of the things that really kind of helped
me get through the grief was writing a tribute to Sammi and
recounting our time together. I did one the week after she
died before Lucy got sick. If you'd like, you can see it at
http://home.comcast.net/~ronk64. I'll be writing one for
Lucy too in the near future, but for right now I'm still a
little too overwhelmed by all of this and my main concern is
helping Scratch.

Scratch is hanging in there. He has been VERY clingy with me
and my wife. We're allowing him as much shoulder time as he
wants and we're able to give him. He's never been one to
really enjoy being petted the way the girls did, except for
when he was a baby (that's how he got his name!), so we're
just letting him hang with us and relax. I've been making it
a point to make sure he gets time out of his cage every
morning to have breakfast with me before I go to work. This
morning, he again greeted the birdie in the mirror with
another song, so at least he's seeking new companionship and
not just sitting there pining away. We have well bird
appointments with our avian vet for him and Tiki this coming
Saturday just to check everything out. He's my little bud.

I don't think I'm ready to watch any video of the girls
myself anyway, so I think the DVD will stay put away for the
time being too.

Thanks again everyone. I'll let you know how things go.

Ron

Posts on this thread, including this one

• What to do for a king who has lost his queen..., 6/21/05, by Ron.
• Re: What to do for a king who has lost his queen..., 6/21/05, by Robin P..
• Re: What to do for a king who has lost his queen..., 6/21/05, by Ron.
• Re: What to do for a king who has lost his queen..., 6/21/05, by Robin P..
• Re: What to do for a king who has lost his queen..., 6/21/05, by Ron.
• Re: What to do for a king who has lost his queen..., 6/21/05, by MKay.
• Re: What to do for a king who has lost his queen..., 6/21/05, by Michael L.
• Re: What to do for a king who has lost his queen.../Ron, 6/21/05, by Debby.
• Re: What to do for a king who has lost his queen..., 6/22/05, by Fran.
• Re: What to do for a king who has lost his queen..., 6/22/05, by Fran/add on.
• Re: What to do for a king who has lost his queen..., 6/22/05, by Ron.