Due to my husbands horrendous and irresponsibly stupid mistake, I have lost my Lacy bird.
Last night I woke up to a burning smell and he had fallen asleep with the oven/burners on again. He had already caught it, but it smelled aweful. I told him to open some windows, which he didn't. In the morning, I opened some windows and left to go to the annual Muttstrutt. I came home to find her already gone. I'm hoping she went quickly.
Due to her age and the fact that birds have a very sensitive respiratory system, Lacy could probably not overcome the smoke inhilation she must have been exposed to. I cannot say whether that was what caused it as she was old, but I think it was a big contributing factor.
She may not have been the easiest bird to get along with, and due to her feather plucking she wasn't the prettiest, but she was still the first of my "serious" pets, and the one I've had the longest at 11+ yrs (she's at least 1 yr older than that).
I will miss you, my first pet to get, and unfortunately, my first to lose. Here's to my Lacy bird, may your wings now take you beyond the confines of a cage, far up to the heavens, which you can now reach.
