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Hi Everybody,
Sorry about the delays and not really being on top of things.
Those that know me know most thing private I keep private.
But the Busse family is family.
Thought you all may want to know.
Jan 16 in the evening my Polly Anna passed in my arms on the way to the vet hospital.
it seems she was egg bound, it can happen in parrots and is quite bad.
she has had a couple clutches of eggs over the years but I do all i can to help prevent it from happening.
Parrots do not really let you know anything is wrong until it is almost too late.
In the morning she seemed normal. later that evening when I went to take her to her sleeping cage she stiffened and fell in my arms.
as my wife drove us to the hospital in the neighboring town she just stopped breathing.
I knew she was gone.
she has pretty literally been on my shoulder for over 20 years.
so totally ingrained in our lives it is hard to imagine things with here gone.
she was always there with lots of whistles, beeps and words
she would imitate every electronic sound that came in the house.
we have not had a land line for 12 years and yet people would here the phone ringing.
never had a twitter account but the tweet whistle would happen often.
she would whistle opera songs like the magic flute
said lots of words at the exact right times.
said bye bird to my wife when she went to work and hi bird when she came home.
barked at the dogs over the years.
she would laugh
she would do raspberries (farty sounds)
whistle for the dog and laugh when he came.
It is just so quite now.
the following weeks and even months have been hard, very hard.
I grew up on a farm and death happened, things pass and you move on.
This has effected me a lot more than I could have imagined.
with my Family and friends and the lord it has been getting better.
she will always be with us
Thanks for listening
Love and miss you Polly Anna
Sorry about the delays and not really being on top of things.
Those that know me know most thing private I keep private.
But the Busse family is family.
Thought you all may want to know.
Jan 16 in the evening my Polly Anna passed in my arms on the way to the vet hospital.
it seems she was egg bound, it can happen in parrots and is quite bad.
she has had a couple clutches of eggs over the years but I do all i can to help prevent it from happening.
Parrots do not really let you know anything is wrong until it is almost too late.
In the morning she seemed normal. later that evening when I went to take her to her sleeping cage she stiffened and fell in my arms.
as my wife drove us to the hospital in the neighboring town she just stopped breathing.
I knew she was gone.
she has pretty literally been on my shoulder for over 20 years.
so totally ingrained in our lives it is hard to imagine things with here gone.
she was always there with lots of whistles, beeps and words
she would imitate every electronic sound that came in the house.
we have not had a land line for 12 years and yet people would here the phone ringing.
never had a twitter account but the tweet whistle would happen often.
she would whistle opera songs like the magic flute
said lots of words at the exact right times.
said bye bird to my wife when she went to work and hi bird when she came home.
barked at the dogs over the years.
she would laugh
she would do raspberries (farty sounds)
whistle for the dog and laugh when he came.
It is just so quite now.
the following weeks and even months have been hard, very hard.
I grew up on a farm and death happened, things pass and you move on.
This has effected me a lot more than I could have imagined.
with my Family and friends and the lord it has been getting better.
she will always be with us
Thanks for listening
Love and miss you Polly Anna
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