Kermit March 2007-September 10, 2008DH and I have had an awful day! Our little Kermit (AKA Kermie, our little 'alien friend') had to be put to sleep today. We lost a very special and sweet little birdie. (I had posted about him a few times...this one was one of the posts).
Kermit had not been his usual perky, talkative self for several weeks. Dr. Sarah, our birdie doctor, had been trying to make him better. He had antibiotics, and we have been hand-feeding him for about three weeks. He had just been getting weaker, and not able to eat as much.
I took him to see Dr. Sarah yesterday, and she felt a mass in his abdomen, that wasn't there two weeks ago. She had me bring him back for x-rays today. He had a very large tumor on his liver, that was affecting his nervous system and compromising his lung capacity, and also his digestive system. It was not something that could be surgically corrected, and he probably would not have survived surgery, either. We made the decision to have him put to sleep, and not let him suffer any more.
We are both mourning the loss of our little feathered friend. We will miss him so much! He was such a character, and such a joy! Hard to imagine that we could get so attached to a little parrot...but we did. His life was just way too short.
He will be missed so much. Rest in peace, our sweet little birdie friend.
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