The love that was not meant to be

[MariusStegmann]

Last Sunday, I went to a fellow finch keeper that is immigrating to New Zealand. I didn't go there to buy birds but managed to buy a Masked grassfinch hen for a song. Masked grassfinches is very scarce where I live. Cocks you can still get, but loose hens are almost non-existent. Unfortunately The hen was dead when I looked on Monday morning. I had such high hopes for the bird. In my imagination I was already breeding her. I suppose I paid school-fees again. I should have first put her in a cage and given her electrolytes against the shock.

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[Babs _Owner]

MariusStegmann

Oh Marius, Im sorry you lost that little gem. (I'm sure you'll be on the hunt for another).

You have a good sized aviary. Next time I would place the cage inside a shaded part of the aviary for a day or two so she can scout out where the water & food supplies are and get a good idea of where everything is located.

Sounds like she got lost, or she was already sick when we you purchased her.

[MariusStegmann]

Thx Babs. It will be quite difficult to get, and if I get a pair, it will be at a premium price. She was quite thin, there was no meat over the breastbone and her wings very hanging a bit. I mentioned that to the previous owner, but he asured me that she was fine. I was then seduce by the price.

[Babs _Owner]

MariusStegmann

Yep, those deals. I gave away a finch today for free .

[MariusStegmann]

But the pain. I have not felt the death of a finch like that in a while, and I only had her for a day.
A friend asked me to sell him a split for blue gouldian cock, and I refused because the bird doesn't look in good condition.

[wildbird]

Some birds are just special like that. I'm sure you will always remember her. I'm very sorry for your loss.