Jake's Final Bow

Part I of this is at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIsolS4vY0I

After I finished the video "Jake's September Song," Jake and I still had some "precious days" to spend together. He hung with Penny, played a bit and napped a lot - much of the time on my shoulder.

Here I share with you the time we spent before he passed away.

Jake was a brave little friend and a great example of how to deal with an infirmity at the end of life.

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[coco2002100]

I first saw GCPs in a pet store in OC, CA, in 1984. There were a bunch of them in a cage, and the whole pile of them followed me to whichever side of the cage I stood on. I could not have a pet in those days, but I was charmed by these guys and thought how nice it would be to have such a sweet bird for a pet. Now I have 3 beloved parrots. I know that the GCPs that were brought here in those years are mostly gone now & they aren't available anymore in the US. Bless you for your caring!

[KutWrite]

@coco2002100 - Thanks for your nice comment.

Yeah; I've had 5 of these wonderful birdies and all were beloved parts of my life.

I now have an adopted Canary Wing named Charlie and a Pineapple GCC named Jasper. You can see their vids on my channel, too. Just click my name below.

[DragonlordXV]

sorry for your bird ! i lost mine there is almost 2 years ..i lost a part of me when he died he was my best friend during 9 years.

[KutWrite]

@DragonlordXV - Thanks. I trust he's back with his girlfriend, Penny. Sorry for your loss, too.

[Dirxano]

:( sad, sad to know that my little lovebirds will die someday..

[KutWrite]

@Dirxano - Take heart in that you had them and they had you for a long time.

[linda007ful]

MOURN ME REALLY DID LIKE ONE .... I WAS CALLED TO BE PUT Chelita .... LIKE THIS AND THEN WHAT WE HAVE TO RETURN HOME TO VETERINARY DIED WAS TERRIBLE .... I loved ... .. We played DORM ATE did everything together

WAS TWO YEARS AGO AT THIS TIME .... THAT DAY AND REVIVE HURT ME BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL SOME VERY LOVING PETS AND YOU COME TO LOVE THEM A LOT AND YOU

[thewardenlover]

First off i wanna say that i am nearly blinded by tears typing this alone

and second....

i so much appreciate your compassion for jake enough to make that coffin so.. beautiful..

as i have always buried my animals.. in a cardboard box...

i and i regret every moment i didn't spend with them..

[KutWrite]

@Melindaz1 - I still get teary eyed when I see it. Jake was such a mellow, good fellow. And he was just the medicine poor Penny needed to recover from her lonely, abused past.

Jake had a stroke, I think, which debilitated him. Eventually he just went to sleep and didn't wake up. I held him while he was just breathing his last - it was as if he was waiting for me to find him in his nest box, so I could say goodbye.

He was an old guy when I got him - he was 22 when he died. He was so brave.

[Melindaz1]

this might be personal, but how did Jake die? btw, i was crying while watching this video! i am sorry for your loss.