Bahamut

[firebyrd]

I found Bahamut dead this morning. Eric and I discussed and decided against a necropsy. I would have had Bahamut for 15 years in February and he was an adult of unknown age and origin when I got him. He had definitely been slowing down lately, though I'd been happily living in Denial Land even when I considered it, because it was subtle enough I couldn't just point at things and say, "This and this and this are different," for the most part. He hadn't mated with Elvis in a long time, but that was the only difference that was easy to articulate, so I dismissed it.

I'm reeling between shock and grief. On the one hand, he was definitely getting on in years for a cockatiel, so I'd partly braced myself for his inevitable death. On the other, I've had him so long, through so many different things, that it was hard to not ascribe a type of immortality to him. There are cockatiels that live into their 20's, sometimes even their late 20's, so I liked to assume I'd have him for a while yet. I was even planning on letting Enoch hold him in a few months. He was my first bird and I wasn't ready to let him go, though I'm sure he's ecstatic to be reunited with Wyvern.

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I believe you did as you were a little less intimidated by him. Thank you.