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Yes but I had a piure of my Alex up there, like the other people posted pictures of their birds marsha

http://www.birdchannel.com/bird-magazines/bird-talk/Alex_the_African_Grey_result11.aspx If anyone is interested, you can leave a memorial text at this site to Alex. The bird featured on this url was my Alex. marsha

Thank you, yall are good people. It is a comfort to know that through technology, I have bird friends like you guys. Thank you marsha

You are all too kind. I think my family and a lot of people that know me think I am nuts. They can't understand why I get so upset and depressed when I loose a bird. The first loss I had was my best companion and buddy. We did absolutely everything together. He was a beautiful sun conure named Pookie Doo. Pookie was my first bird and this is where my love and devotion started for my babies. I learned another hard lesson when I lost Pookie. I went into depression and had to go on antidepressants.

The only good thing that I can think of that came out of Alexandrea's death was that now she and her first moma are together. That gives me some comfort. thank you marsha

Alex came to me through a dying woman. She had only met me one time, and knew she wanted me to care for Alex after she was gone. Alex's mom had cancer, and a very short time later,I was contacted by her husband. I was honored to have Alex. I think what happened, her first mom and dad did not ever give her the proper bird food. The gave her whatever they ate she ate. They gave her some fruit, but Greys and any birds need a good diet. It is ok to give them people food, if they are eatting their food too. I give my greys, Pretty Bird, African Grey Specific. That supplies them with all the specific vitimins and nutrients they need. Alex had never had real bird food. She would not even eat seeds. Being 18 years old, she would not start eatting proper now. I tried, but my vet. said to feed her what she would eat. Being on this diet for so many years, evidently caused numerous problems for her. I am going to send you a website that will explain what Alex died from. I don't blame her first mom and dad. They didnt know any better and they loved her so, they thought they were just making her happy. I am trying to write with tear filled eyes and it is getting harder so I will leave you with the web site. http://www.birdchannel.com/diagnostics/details.aspx?body=Respiratory&symptom_id=&condition_id=102

Thank you for your concern. My birds are my passion I had 9. My Alex, was 19 years old and got that bad lung infection, Aspergillosis. She died in my arms, a horrible death of not being able to breathe.

You are all so kind. I have 8 birds now, 1 congo grey, 1 timeah, 2 conures, 2 cockatiels, a lovebird, and a quaker. Some of my birds came to me free or very cheap because the owners had to get rid of them for one reason or another.

I just found out that the famous Grey, Alex died on the 6th. That depresses me so cause I had an Alex gray that died a few weeks ago