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sun conure died suddenly

by Lori
(Hastings, MN, USA)

Cleaned my sun conures cage last night. She was active and walking on the floor and chatting as she usually does. When I came home from work tonight, I started to put fresh food and water in the cages for my birds. When I went into my sun conures cage she was sitting on the bottom with two bloody eggs. I picked her up right away and noticed a considerable amount of blood around her bottom. she was listless and breathing hard. I quickly wrapped her in a towel and turned on a heating pad to warm her a bit, but I was to late.

I examined her cage and found a third egg, which I know is normal, but they were very bloody. I am wondering if perhaps her death is related to laying her eggs so close together with no rest period. I thought they usually laid one every other day.

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Jan 02, 2012

Sadly my Sun Conure passed suddenly
by: Rich Meyer

I took "mikey" in when my dear friend's mother needed a new home for her 14 year old Sun Conure, and she asked me. I had her almost a year, and she drew heavily on my heart, I can admit I actually looked forward to seeing, and being with her... She was mine. Yesterday, (Jan. 1, 2012), Mikey was squacking away, dancing and moving feely around, I even had her out of her cage as I did almost every night, but when put back in that cage she was quiet, seemingly tired so I put her blanket on and let her enjoy her alone time. I later went to she how she was and she seem to lese balance and feel to bottom of cage. I held her as her heart beat slowly beated, her eyes barely opened up, unresponsive to any and all talk or petting, didnt even grab on to me fingers to stand. She seems to have a few sezuires before passing away. I was the most gut wrenching thing i had ever watched. I have never saw this before, she clutched her feet and fell over and the one wing was straight out. I am heart broken the I lost my lady...

Dec 07, 2011

My 12 year old Mithu Died Suddenly
by: Anonymous

My 12 year old Mithu died suddenly today 12/7/2011 Yesterday he was having fun playing around the house and today in the morning when we wake up and went to his cage to feed him he was sitting on the bottom of the cage wasn't saying anything not doing anything i am shocked .... he was fine.. i dont know what happen or i dont know if there is something wrong that i did but i'll miss him for sure .....

Jul 03, 2011

skittles
by: Anonymous

My sun conure, skittles was 6 years old and he seemed perfectly healthy. Just yesterday he was on my shoulder watching tv with me and doing his little dance where he bobs his head and jumps up and down. But when i came downstairs this morning he was laying down in his cage and was dead. I haven't stopped crying all day, it was just so out of the blue. And i took such good care of him so i never expected him to pass away after 6 short years. I can't figure it out and not knowing why he passed or whether or not he was in pain kills me. Skittles was a huge part of my life as well as my familys life. His personality was one of a kind, and he will be missed dearly.

Editor's note: So sorry for your loss.

Feb 17, 2011

I found my Sun Conure "Sunny" dead at the bottom of his cage!
by: Anonymous

I have been reading the posts and I am hearing my story over and over again. Sunny was just fine yesterday! I woke up this morning and he was laying in the bottom of his cage, lifeless! Not that I am glad that anyone has lost their Sun Conures suddenly but, I guess I am glad to have found this site with these stories. I was being REALLY rough on myself wondering what had happened that may have been my fault! He was happy and healthy yesterday! I still cannot believe it. He was only like 4 1/2 years old! I have been a wreck all day and this is weighing heavy on my heart. Sunny was absolutely perfect in every way! He wasn't aggressive, he didn't have any hang ups, he had a great personality, and most of all, he made us laugh! Once again, I still cannot believe this has happened and I feel a little better knowing that I am not alone!

Jan 24, 2011

Loss of conures
by: Dee

I am so sorry to hear of all of your losses here. I lost my sweet green cheek conure Charlie on January 3, 2011. He was 18 years old. It has been three weeks now and it still hurts very much. He was a ripe old age but it was very sudden - he went into a kind of seizure then died. I know I will miss him for a long long time. Our Nanday conure seems to miss his buddy too - Charlie was here when we brought Chico home as a baby.

I just wanted you all to know that I know just how you feel...

Jan 11, 2011

Sun Conure
by: Jody

Hi Rachel

I just recieved your comment on my post today,my Sun Conure (Kruz) passed away on July 11,2010....just wanted to thank you for a response to my post....still to this day it is heart wrenching for me to think about or talk about it,people have no idea how fun birds are as pets,I have had lots of pets in my life but there was something about Kruz that was different.At first when he was real young he would go to anyone ,but....once he got a little older fergetabawtit....lol....if anyone even came around me he would fly right on top of thier head and sometimes even bite thier ear or finger whatever he could get ahold of,haven't got another bird yet ,but have been thinking about it , it's like starting all over again and it really takes alot of time and training efforts and of course doing repiticious things over and over and over again...again thanks for your response ...keep in touch if you'de like....ody1zr580 at yah...get it ....bye for now.

Jan 11, 2011

We had our Sun Conure Sunny 18 years and he died this morning Jan 11, 2011
by: Anonymous

I just realized the numbering when Sunny died 01/11/11 weird. He was fine yesterday, churping away and being his loud normal self and when I came into the bird room where Sunny lived with his sibblings, 4 other larger parrots, he lay helpless and lifeless at the bottom of his cage. Didn't even drink his water. I believe it got too cold for his little body because it was very very cold yesterday here in Colorado Springs, CO. We have a Cockatoo named COCO who is 24 years old, a African Grey parrot Misty, around 15 years, Yellow headed Amazon parrot Molly, around 24 years old, and a Red headed Amazon parrot Percy around 24 years old. Then there was sweet little Sunny at the end of the cages looking out all the time through the windows in the bird room my husband built for them in our Recreation room around 6 years ago. It is a much easier cleanup to have them all on flooring instead of open on the carpet. My husband installed a ventillation system inside to keep the dander down from COCO'
s feathers. We will miss you sweet little Sunny and miss your beautiful personality and spirit. May you rest in peace sweetheart. God Bless you! We will be buring Little Sunny in our backyard as soon as the ground thaws to make a hole. He will lay to rest in a shoe box that will be lined with Eight ball and flamed fleeced material. It will be very comfortable for his tiny body. Thank you for letting us share our little bird's story with all of you. 18 Years is a pretty long time for most of these birds. Although, most sites state that they can live up to 25-30 years in a perfect climate. I think it got too cold for his tiny little body. He should be in the Tropical Rain Forest Kashi Bird. I called him that.

Oct 01, 2010

A warning for all birds! Our Sun Conure died suddenly Sept 26, @3am
by: Rachel

Dear Jody,
Our 'Sweet Bird' was four years old, in perfect health. In the begining, we educated ourselves and happily changed our lifes to accomadate her. She always had a clean cage, she took a shower with one of us everyday, ate Harrson's, etc. She was a daddy's girl for sure. He called her 'Roo' because she LOVED to crawl down inside his shirt whenever he would bend over and then peak her head out from his collar, she would just hang out that way. It was so funny.
Our hearts are broken!! It's hard to believe she is gone. I still hear her little bird sounds when I walk near her cage; her little bells ring when I'm in the other room. She was in her Papas arms, wraped up in a small towel when she suddenly died. I had been on the phone calling every number I was given trying to find an emergency 'bird' vet anywhere within a 100 mile radius, to no avail. "No, she can't be gone!" For hours, I couldn't take my eyes off her waiting to see a hopful movement through the tears in my eyes. With our little bird laying between us we tried to savor these final moments together , we weren't ready to say goodbye. We were feeling helpless, in disbelief and feeling like we had neglected our responsibility to protect her. What happend??? Why did she die suddenly! We have always been so careful, so vigelent. Yesterday, I found a chewed up lamp cord hidden under the stand. Massive amounts of copper exposed!! Copper is poisoness to Sun Conures. She had snuck under there recently, seemingly to play hide-n-seek, but only for moments at a time. It never crossed our mind that she was chewing on the lamp cord. I am confessing this to you all hoping it will save someone's little bird.
With all my love 'sweet birds,'
R*

Jul 11, 2010

Sun Conure
by: Jody

Hi,I can't believe my sun conure died suddenly yesterday afternoon,i had him for 2 years and he was the most perfect pet.Kruz would love to play tickle tickle and always snuggled with me or just hang out and watch tv.I just don't understand what happened to him,he was perfect.what i mean by perfect is that he never pulled out his feathers like some birds that i have seen.very very clean and always zipped his feathers.i just can't stop crying ,i miss my bird so much it was like having a child here with another heartbeat.i know this probably sounds wierd but i can still hear his bell in the cage from time to time.i just don't know what to do without him,i had his wings trimmed and nails cut about 5 to 6 weeks ago.he was very energetic after that.always gave him fruits and veggies as treats.i just don't get it ,he had a clean bill of health.

Feb 06, 2010

Loss of parrot
by: Lynn

So sorry for your loss, for I certainly know how you feel. My precious 13 year old Quaker, Pogo, died suddenly in the early morning hours of December 27....I am still devestated. (http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/quaker-parrot-seizure.html) It is awful to be so helpless when it comes to our little feathered babies.

Lynn

Feb 05, 2010

Sun conure laid 3 eggs
by: The Avian Vet

I am so sorry to hear that you have lost your bird.

It is not physiologically possible for a bird to produce and lay three eggs in one day. It is possible that she became egg bound, the three eggs backed up in oviduct, and the straining and other injuries caused bleeding from the reproductive tract. If your bird is not eating a diet that is mostly pellets, then nutrition is the key in this problem. Putting birds on pellet diets will prevent this tragedy from occurring. However, there may have been other complicating factors that may have exacerbated this condition.

Do you have a veterinarian that you can take your birds to? You should have a necropsy (animal autopsy) done on this bird and have your other birds examined to be sure they too are not ill. Most important, is to get them on a pellet diet if they are not already. Harrison's is the best choice. This should make up 80% of the diet and the rest can be any treats.

Dr B

Feb 05, 2010

Lovebird died suddenly
by: Kim

I am really sorry for your loss. My lovebird Dino died suddenly yesterday. My husband got home from work and she was at the bottom of her cage next to her favorite bell dead. She was only two years old. She was the love of our life. We are so sad. I don't understand what happened to her either. It doesn't make any sense. She was active, social, and robust. She acted her normal when I had her out of her cage that morning before work. It sucks.

Feb 05, 2010

Sun Conure laid 3 eggs in one day
by: Tracie

I am soooo sorry to read this!! It must be very hard for you. Dr B should answer within a couple of days.

I think you are correct, I think laying that many eggs in one sitting killed her. I have never heard of this happening. I hurt for you.

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