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My Farewell Greentea (by Uncle John)

     by John Su
It was a heart breaking day....
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Dear Stephanie, Yi-Ping, Alice and Chi-Chi:

Sorry to inform you: Greentea passed away this afternoon.

He has developed symptoms of illness in the past four days.  He ate less and less, moved less. He could not fly up, had to craw up.  Last night, he can still stay on purch to sleep.  Cheesecake had to stay very close to him to keep him warm.

This morning, we found Greentea on the floor, could not stand on its own feet.  Steven and I set up a ground feeder, so Greentea can stay in there. This earlier afternoon, he laid his head down, with little movement.  And just moment ago, he passed away.

According to wikipedia.org, life span of budgerigar are on average 5 - 8 years.  So, Greentea has spent most of his life with us.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budgerigar

Greentea has been my great company, and really a gentle birds.  Generous Greentea made Zoe and Abigail the luckiest two girls got to pet him last.  We thanks to his time with us.

John

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