that makes me feel sad that pic was an early pic.... she has a llot of green and black on her belly now why didn't you take noodles to the vet if you knew he was critically ill?

I can't believe you watched the bird get so sick over a period of time and did nothing at all to help. I'm sorry but that is so totally unacceptable. I hope now that you are older and more mature you realize that Parakeets don't "just die", they get sick and die and early intervention can mean it lives.

First of all, i was barely 15 when he died and no way would my parents have taken a little parakeet to the vet to get x-rays and expensive medicines and everything else that goes along with that-they barely do that for our cats. They just wouldn't. I definately couldnt do it myself. Maybe my post made it seem like i did nothing for him but i tried to help him. My mom went out and bought some medications at the petstore and we fed it to him everyday-we thought it would help him, but it didnt. Sadly i just wasnt as educated about parakeets then as i am now. i just didnt think people ever really took little birds to the vet. i wasnt absolutely positive he was dying anyway-i knew he was quite a bit older than mickey and i thought maybe he was just getting old and being less active- i honestly didnt know. Please dont make it seem like i was a just a heartless, immature child who couldnt be bothered to help her pet-i loved Noodles and took good care of both of them.

you need to let your parents understand about avian vets... if they don't like to bring any animals to the vet then you shouldn't have a pet. i don't think you were heartless. however, you should save up for an emergency vet visit if your parents won't pay for it themselves.