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Riley passed away

Posted by Seesthru, TC advisor on 5/6/2025, 8:13 pm

Riley the cockatiel passed away a couple of hours ago. It was fairly sudden. He was grinding his beak, all content, sitting near me with Mr Tweets, then he started sneezing violently, gasping for air, and that went on for about 10 minutes. Then he was gasping, still, so I called the vet and had to leave a message.... I did the steam room for him, and he sneezed a lot, and brought up yellow stuff.

While I was waiting for the vet to call back to see if the avian vet was there, he passed away.

Riley was 25, and I raised him literally from the egg. He got his name, because he was easy to rile up and feisty. His partner, Mr Tweets, is sitting next to me. He knows Riley is gone. Tweets isn't tame, he hates hands. But he's sitting as close to me as he can without being on top of me. That's unusual for him. I hope I can be his comfort and his friend, since his bestie has flown over the rainbow bridge. I'm heartbroken.

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Posted by Lillian on 5/6/2025, 9:28 pm, in reply to "Riley passed away"

Seethru, I am so sorry. I know how you feel as we are still grieving Herbie. Rambo was outside laying in the sun this afternoon and he was very near to where we buried Herbie.

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Posted by Seesthru, TC advisor on 5/6/2025, 10:30 pm, in reply to "Re: Riley passed away"

Maybe he was keeping watch over the grave.

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Posted by Gina on 5/7/2025, 2:56 am, in reply to "Riley passed away"

Sees, I'm really sorry to hear this! He and Bailey are friends now, I bet. (Two "easy to rile up boyz here on Earth meet at the Bridge and???).
Those 10+ minutes must have SEEMED much longer... I'm sorry you had to go through that.
You and Mr. Tweets and the rest of the flock will be in my thoughts.

Gina

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Posted by Nancy on 5/7/2025, 5:01 am, in reply to "Riley passed away"

I am so very sorry for your loss. Glad you were right there with him as I’m sure that was a comfort to him. The bond we share with our fids is so special. My heart goes out to you.

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Posted by Cindy AZ on 5/7/2025, 2:29 pm, in reply to "Riley passed away"

OMG, I’m so sorry about Riley!

That’s how our sweet Mae went, too, though we knew she had a tumor and she was being treated. I hope your vet can do a necropsy, though at that age it may not be a question that needs answering. I’m so sorry for your loss and how traumatic it is to feel so helpless as a bird passes right before your eyes. You gave him a great life. Glad he was so content.

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Posted by Cathy on 5/7/2025, 3:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Riley passed away"

Seesthru I"m so sorry. It must be like losing a part of yourself since you knew him before he even hatched. When they suddenly go into crisis like that there's just no time to intervene. That happened with my adopted-from-the-SPCA tiel Lulu. I rushed her to vet as the available bird vet (not an in-depth avian one) was close by but Lulu passed in the waiting room. 😢 That's 3 we've lost on the board recently, 3 too many.

Cathy

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Posted by Diane on 5/7/2025, 6:38 pm, in reply to "Riley passed away"

I'm so sorry for your loss. I know how hard it is. I'm still grieving Dorian every day and so is Max.

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Posted by Cecilia on 5/8/2025, 6:07 pm, in reply to "Riley passed away"

I am so sorry for your loss.

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Posted by Lori on 5/8/2025, 6:40 pm, in reply to "Riley passed away"

I am so sorry, fly high sweet one.

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Posted by Dy (& Sebastian)) on 6/15/2025, 7:56 pm, in reply to "Riley passed away"

So so sorry for the lose of Riley. How is Mr Tweet doing?

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