Today brought yet another pet funeral to the Smith house. Blue, one of our two 5 year old rescue parakeets, was laid to rest in the drizzle under a wild rose shrub. She is survived by her nastier sister Yellow.

For the first time in my life l lived with pets that I had no bond with. These two birds lived in my house for two years, but would still cling to the cage whenever I walked by, or fed them or cleaned the cage. These birds had no use for people, partly because they grew up with a boy who most likely abused them, and partly because the two birds had each other and had no use for us.
Like dogs, they missed an important early window where they should have been handled and socialized in a positive way.

I am sad for my kids. The bird chose to die when I was at work and my kids called me at least 7 times to give me a blow by blow of Blue's slow demise. Long distance really isn't the next best thing to being there, but at least my clients were understanding.

If she were a treasured pet, and we were rich, we might have chosen to Mummify her, the new craze of the rich and famous. Somehow, this appeals to me, although I don't have a spare $10,000 or so for the bird or the $50,000-100,000 that it would cost for the dog.

On a smaller scale, I think I would be interested in a small size urn that was a life like statue of the dog. Attention starving artists- you could make a mint on this idea!

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