Why would healthy happy young finch just die?
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:56 pm
Hi All,
I posted here for a while in 2011, when my very old 14 year old Zebra finch was dying. He did pass quietly at home.
A while later, the house was just too quiet, we got a little female Pied Zebra. She was about 6 months old when we got her. We had her for about a year. She was happy, healthy, active. A few days ago I came out in the morning too feed/water her, and our pet Labradors. She seemed a bit "groggy", but that was sometimes the case real early mornings, especially while dark. That's the only retrospect red flag I had. Was her normal self the night before.
About and hour and a half after changing her food and water I was vacuuming near her cage. Looked up at the perches, no birdy. Look into the cups, bath, no birdy. She was dead on the bottom of the cage. She hadn't been puffing, or quiet, or not eating, normal poo, same old food, no changes at all. She was caged in a good sized cage by herself, there wasn't a mark on her, or anything that looked off about her. Any ideas?
Thanks!
I posted here for a while in 2011, when my very old 14 year old Zebra finch was dying. He did pass quietly at home.
A while later, the house was just too quiet, we got a little female Pied Zebra. She was about 6 months old when we got her. We had her for about a year. She was happy, healthy, active. A few days ago I came out in the morning too feed/water her, and our pet Labradors. She seemed a bit "groggy", but that was sometimes the case real early mornings, especially while dark. That's the only retrospect red flag I had. Was her normal self the night before.
About and hour and a half after changing her food and water I was vacuuming near her cage. Looked up at the perches, no birdy. Look into the cups, bath, no birdy. She was dead on the bottom of the cage. She hadn't been puffing, or quiet, or not eating, normal poo, same old food, no changes at all. She was caged in a good sized cage by herself, there wasn't a mark on her, or anything that looked off about her. Any ideas?
Thanks!