let Me tell you about Buttons

[missmybuttons]

Buttons was a YNA ,He mother was wild caught , her father domestic born . She was the only egg , and she was hatched very strong and full of life , I got her when she was 12 weeks old , the breeder was diganosed with terminal cancer ,and wanted her to go to a special home. Buttons got her name because she chewed all the buttons off my shirt on the way home , all I could say was "No Buttons " lol thank goodness for tanktops lol , She slept with me everynight it never started out that way , just ended that way , and she was a blanket hog , and a great snuggler.She had about a 300 word vocabulary and loved to talk on the phone, her favorite saying was :HI HOW ARE YOU ? HUH ,GOTTA GO POOP"? she loved to sing witch dr with me and would dance with me lol were on you tube thanks to my hubby so ill put a link here I apolagise in advance for my singing and apperence it was a morning ritual during coffee to play with her .Buttons never was locked in her cage she was very well behaved and didnt need to be locked in , she was spoiled . one night my husnband heard a starnge honking noise , he ran into the living room to find Buttons on the floor ,her tonail had somehow gotten caught in the indoor/outdoor carpet , she was very stressed he untangled her, and she died in his arms .Life has not been the same for us .Buttons was 7 yrs old and not a pet but a memeber of our family ,loseing her has been like loseing a child, and even now I tell her story with tears running down my face and a huge rock where my heart should be.Buttons passed in late feburary 09 . Grief is still with me and somedays are better then others. I buried her in my rose bed ,She loved to be outside with me when I watered my two roses and she loved to be sparayed with the hose . so I put her under my red rose bush . My husband made a memorial slide show but I dont think I can post it due to copywrights .but I have pics of her on photobucket .I miss her soo much and not a day goes by that I dont think about her . Hopefully my pain will faid in time.

 

here is a link to her and my new greys .

 

http://photobucket.com/missmybuttons

[casper]

I was in tears when I read your tribute to Buttons.

 

What a beautiful relationship you both had, you will cherish those memories forever.

 

When people say to me, they are only birds, I want them to share the relationship we have with our companions.

My babies mean the world to me, as Buttons did to you.

 

Your photos are just beautiful, I wish you all the luck in the world with your new greys and just know that if you ever want to talk, theres people here who understand.

 

Fly free Buttons xx

[Luvparrots]

So sorry for your loss of your beloved Buttons. Your pictures tell the story of how much she was loved.

[Joolesgreyuk]

What a terribly sad story and for your Buttons to die in this way is so cruel but you have wonderful memories.

 

Casper is right, people who have parrots are the only ones who truly understand the bond we all have with our babies and if you want to talk there will be many sympathetic people on here to will be willing to listen and help in any way they can. xx

[Eckobird]

Aww that is so sad! I just couldn't imagine what your going through. RIP Buttons

[Tycos_mom]

I also have tears in my eyes and a lunp in my throat I know what its like to have that close bond with a bird I have that same bond with my YCA and hope to have that bond with the new baby Grey I just got at 5 weeks old. she chews the buttons off everything also.I can only inagine the huge hole left in your heart from losing such a companion as she was to you you will see her again she is waiting for you just accross rainbow bridge I hope time will help heal the pain your feeling now and that you can find a new companion to help a little though another bird could never take her place. I will be sending good thoughts your way and if you need to talk I will listen.

[missmybuttons]

Thank you everyone , No one really understands these birds like we do , anyone who gets a close bond learns their not birds they are personalitys all their own and that is what makes them so unique and loved so much .