Today, I bought a pretty blue parakeet to keep my parrot company, and named her Sky. I went to work a few hours later. When I came home that night, I found my parrot dead. There wasn't a huge mess to clean, though; Sky had already eaten half of his corpse. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, around 12 a.m., my pet parrot said a sentence I've never heard him say before. Usually this would be exciting, but considering he said, 'I killed the bird', and that one of my two love birds mysteriously died a few days ago, it's safe to say I'm now terrified. FML
Today, my pet bird died. He had caught some illness and had been extremely sick for the past few days. He didn't die from the illness though. My dog ate him. FML
Today, I bought a parakeet for my kids. When I got home and presented it to them, they wanted to let him fly around inside. We went around the house making sure all the windows and doors were shut. Unfortunately I forgot to turn off the ceiling fan. FML
Today, I was caring for a bird that had flown into my window. I thought the poor thing wouldn't make it, when it shit in my hand, flew into my neck, then around my living room for ages before I could manage to get it out of the window. FML
Today, I woke up at 3:00 am to the sound of a bird screeching. Turns out, my roommate bought a parrot without consulting me first. Even better, my roommate expects me to pay for half of the bird's expenses. FML
Today, I found a tiny, featherless baby bird. I knew it was impossible, but I tried to keep it alive through the day. Before I could get it to the wildlife center, it died, and when I got all choked up over it, my mom started laughing at me and saying how "weak" I was. FML
Today, I was woken up by a funky smell. My dog had eaten a dead bird and thrown up all over my bed and floor. At 4 o'clock in the morning I had to clean up regurgitated bits of bird, feathers, blood and dog food. The smell still hasn't gone away. FML
Today, I returned home from a month long trip overseas to find that my bird sitter has trained my parrot to whisper, "You're going to die" in a sinister voice. FML
Today I bought a new cage, along with some toys, for my bird. I came home to find my bird had escaped its old cage. FML
Today, I was driving my parrot home from the vet. As I was driving home, I decided to let her sit on my shoulder. Something scared her, and she started flapping in my face, causing me to crash my car into a tree. FML
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aries_fellintona 2
honestly...its two birds that didn't know each other, and you put them in a cage together? You didn't know if they would fight, love each other, etc. and your locking them in a cage together while you are at work for hours and hours.. They most likely fought to figure out who the "big dog" is, and it was a fight to the death...i am sorry your bird died but really, common since says dont do something like that til they aer accustomed to each other.
hghiPigh 0
blue parakeets are evil. mine clawed my green parakeet to death, then perched on its perch with a smug look in its eyes.
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RosiePatosie 0
that's... horrible :S
sadistmonkey 19
"The parakeet is cannibalistic lol" No. They are two different species of birds.
chippa 24
But they're both birds. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's kind of like saying it's not cannabalism if an Asian eats a Caucasian, no...?
Shyke 0
A parakeet and a parrot are different species. Asians and Caucasians are the same species. Saying that a parakeet eating a parrot cannibalism is like saying a human eating a chimpanzee is cannibalism.
chippa 24
Oh, I see.
NINJAPROTOTYPE10 0
well really... asians and caucasians are just sub-species in the human genus
locaaaa 4
parakeets are a type of parrot so you're all wrong!
UpsidedownKayak 9
Ninjaprototype10, No, Asians and Caucasians are NOT sub-species in the human genus. We are all **** Sapiens, everyone from Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, and the Americas are the same species. I think you're talking about different races, but that doesn't count as a sub-species.
Sparx1_1 16
They aren't sub-species they are the exact same species.
aardvarkish 17
Reminds me of the dead parrot skit by Monty Python.
chippa 24
Me too! xD Then I got tempted me to query a bunch of other memorable MP sketches on YouTube such as the "My dog has no nose" sketch and the correctional cosmetic surgery sketch. 8)
aardvarkish 17
Yeah, I just noticed you "Ex-Parrot" comment. Cool. (This isn't an argument! Yes it is!)
mickeyroxsox 2
that's disturbing. my parakeet's name is sky too!
shaaayyee 0
if he's blue you better watch out.
BallsFace 0
Omnomnom.
locaaaa 4
PARAKEETS ARE FREAKING PARROTS! you can't say that you put your parakeet in with your parrot, when parakeets ARE parrots! there are literally hundreds of types of parrots, you can't just name one breed and generalize the other. that's like saying "my Labrador killed my dog" seriously, are people really that stupid???
aardvarkish 17
Just google it. Parrot is the name of an order, specifically Order Psittaciformes not species. So, it's like saying my Carnivora (order that dogs are in) ate my dog.
locaaaa 4
I didn't say they were a species, BUT parakeets are a member of the parrot family, so it is completely stupid to say that a parakeet killed a parrot. if you're going to name one type of parrot, you can't just call the other type a parrot, you gotta name it's breed too. unless your so stupid that you don't know what your own pet is
MrLaryRottweila 1
Wtf shouldnt it be the other way around? anyways ydi for putting two different species in one cage
Kelita 0
U don't put a parakeet n parrot 2gether.....common sense. U have to test it out but BE THERE dont leave them alone. RIP bird.
CallMeHush 1
REAL Birdfood.
sallen0046 4
First of all, as a bird owner you should know that you never leave to unacquainted birds alone together in an enclosed space for any length of time without supervision. Birds are very territorial of their space, as instinct dictates they protect the space to keep others away from the nest so that when they have babies they aren't immediately eaten by predators. They should have been put in separate cages close together for several weeks at the very minimum so they could get used to each other. Secondly, parakeets tend to be much more aggressive than more expensive birds simply because many are often caged together and they spend most of their early lives fighting for space of their own in a tiny cramped area. More expensive animals are almost always better cared for and given more space simply because it's a bigger financial loss if something happens to them before they're sold.