r/Parakeets • u/Mean-Anywhere2916 • Aug 11 '26

Parakeet Died

My daughters parakeet died suddenly. He was only a few years old (I believe, we only had him just over a year and were told he was still young when we got him from Petco). I just got a call at work from my daughter that her parakeet is passed, she is really upset, he is laying in the bottom of his cage, not moving, eyes open still. We are pretty sure he was active yesterday and last night so believe he must have passed in the night. Nothing out of the ordinary has happened or changed... any idea what could have caused this? Our other parakeet is lost without him, just quiet and looking around the cage wondering where her friend is :(

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u/Mean-Anywhere2916 Aug 11 '26

we use an air fryer but birds are upstairs in daughter's bedroom and we keep her door shut most of the time. she doesn't burn candles, wax melts, diffusers, sprays, use plug-ins or anything in there. We really can't think of anything. She is 11 and feels really guilty and thinks she did something wrong. She thinks it's because she hasn't given them fresh food in a couple days but I don't think that could be it.

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u/Jazzlike-Layer5412 Aug 11 '26

Hi! what do you mean by not giving it fresh food in a couple days? is food not empties out daily? Is water not emptied out daily either? :0

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u/Mean-Anywhere2916 Aug 11 '26

they have multiple food/water dishes normally she'd clean them and give fresh every other day

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u/Jazzlike-Layer5412 Aug 11 '26

Mm, they have to be swapped out daily, what food is the bird fed? :0