skippy the bush kangaroo: skippy's sunday nite music club

Sunday, July 29, 2007

skippy's sunday nite music club

skippy the bush kangaroo here with a personal note...today our little pet cockatiel squiggles died after a sudden illness. we had raised her from an egg and she was part of our flock of (originally 8, now 5) cockatiels that we have had for several years. it gives mrs. skippy and i great sadness to know she will not be around tomorrow with her little smile and her finicky ways.

Example

squiggles, mistress of all she surveys

she was a sweet girl, but very willful. unlike the other birds who happily step up on your finger when asked, if she didn't want to move, she wouldn't budge. and she dearly loved to get petted around her ears and on her neck. she would vie for attention when pets were being doled out at the cockatiel cage.

but the funniest thing about little squiggles was how excited she would get when mrs. skippy would prepare human dinner. if something was cooking in the kitchen, squiggles alone of all our birds would run around on the bottom of the cage excitedly, raising her wings up in the air and generally acting like she had just won the lottery. she'd stare at whatever was being prepared until we would relent and give her a bite of what we were eating.

we have had other of our pet birds pass away, and it doesn't get any easier. and even tho we have several left, there is a void right now in the cockatiel cage. her brother lestat, who had kind of a thing for her, is now screaming and singing mating songs continuously. we never let them become a couple, but they were always together and very close, having come from the same clutch of eggs. he can't understand why i left this morning with his sister in her sick cage (to take her to the veterinarian) only to return without her (she died on the front seat of the car en route).

it's a day of mourning at the skippy household...tho she was just a little bird, squiggles held a big place in our hearts. she was a loving and fun little lady, and we will miss her greatly.

in honor of squiggles, tho she herself was grey and not black, tonite's music club presents

paul mccartney - blackbird

rest in peace squiggles.

Labels: animals, passings, skippy's music club

posted by skippy at 4:05 PM |

11 Comments:

Losing a beloved pet is hard. You and your family have my sympathies.

commented by

Working Girl, 4:53 PM PDT

aw, skip, that's such sad news. our condolences to you and mrs. skippy. losing a pet is it's own kind of grief. if it's any consolation, i can think of no finer feminist epithet than, "she was a sweet girl, but very willful."

all the best, from pudentilla and mrs. p and the dogs.

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Pudentilla, 5:23 PM PDT

Sorry man. My best to you and yours. What a beautiful send off though. You choked me up. Take care.

commented by

David, 6:48 PM PDT

I'm so sorry.

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nunya, 6:49 PM PDT

Oh, damn, we are so sorry to hear this news. All the creatures we take into our hearts and home are family, be they covered with fur, feathers or scales. They become an integral part of our daily lives and we are better for it.

Your house will be in our thoughts tonight.

commented by

TheCultureGhost, 7:37 PM PDT

sorry to hear of squiggles passing, boss.

doesn't matter the size of our pet, it's the gigantic hole in our heart they leave behind that so hard to bear.

commented by

Cookie Jill, 10:10 PM PDT

Sorry for your loss.
Allison

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Anonymous, 2:37 AM PDT

Mourning a pet is not at all silly, no matter how small. It's those who don't mourn their pets (and those who strap them to the top of speeding station wagons) whom we should worry about.

R.I.P. squiggles, and peace to the Skippy family.

commented by

slim, 10:35 AM PDT

sorry to hear about the loss, thanks for the great tribute to squiggles

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Man Eegee, 11:35 AM PDT

I know how it hurts. I lost mine after 15 years and it ripped my heart out. Even now, years later, there are times when I swear I can hear his little voice.

So sorry to hear your news. I really and truly am. I'll be thinking about you.

commented by

pissed off patricia, 11:37 AM PDT

I'm so sorry, skippy.

poop!

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tata, 11:47 AM PDT

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