Losing a loved animal is hard but this is triggering so much guilt from the time I lost my parrot, Kirby. Was just before I went to college. I rehomed him to a girl who had several other birds because I didn’t think I’d have time to care for him anymore, and he’d have friends at his new home…my—
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I let him go.
I called the girl two months later to see how he was and discovered he died of a heart attack shortly after rehoming.
I fucking cried and cried. The guilt was crushing.-
You loved those birds til the end and I-
I couldn’t grieve him properly because I wasn’t allowed to. Downed a whole bottle of tequila that night.
The memories still linger as scars. It was my fault. I knew it.
I can’t let this happen again. Not to Rubin
All birds are. I wish more people could see that.
I hope you now have the space and support needed to properly grieve both of your companions. New loss opens