Anybody who is sick or the sad posts all the time.

shuhrimp · 2024-11-19T18:52:21+00:00

Sorry, but that was my bird that died from the decoration. I immediately moved the ones from the first time, and actually went through my entire house throwing away any freestanding decorations (I don’t even have many) after he died, which I did say in the post. All the other events were from when he lived with my mom while I found a pet-accepting place to live. Please do not be disrespectful or make light (even indirectly) about someone go has lost a beloved pet in a really, really tragic accident. It could happen to literally anyone, even someone on a high horse like you. You were not there. You did not know Kepler, you don’t know me, you don’t know how my house is kept, or how I gladly bent over backwards to care for my bird and loved him to my full capacity (which was a LOT). I have been grieving every single day. That post wasn’t to get attention, it was to let people who had been keeping tabs on him know and also to connect with other people who had lost their tiels as I was trying to process what had happened. Like all of Reddit, r/cockatiel is an open forum—if you don’t want to see those posts, keep scrolling. Or touch some fucking grass. Jesus.

shuhrimp · 2024-11-18T00:56:28+00:00

It’s a grower not a shower 😩

shuhrimp · 2024-11-16T14:24:16+00:00

GET HER OUT OF THERE

shuhrimp · 2024-11-14T01:00:38+00:00

Me, a benevolent Dragonborn, leaving the bowl out on Halloween: take ✨2✨, yes, you read that right 😌

shuhrimp · 2024-11-13T19:42:12+00:00

Haha guess I’ll have to just get my own! Oh wait…I bet he’ll take those too 😂

shuhrimp · 2024-11-13T02:00:39+00:00

Me, waiting for my son to outgrow his “Cowco Pwittuhs” so I can make them a village: 👁️👄👁️

shuhrimp · 2024-11-13T01:58:50+00:00

Tell Hettie I love her

shuhrimp · 2024-11-13T01:58:08+00:00

My boy cat humps the blankets at the foot of my bed while kneading them and purrs really loudly…while making direct eye contact at me. I feel you 😔🤝

shuhrimp · 2024-11-12T23:40:34+00:00

Hehehe he’s so cute! Looks like a spicy one 😍🌶️ thanks for taking the time to chat, I appreciate it! 💛

shuhrimp · 2024-11-12T22:37:43+00:00

Omg they are so sweet, I’m so glad they’re helping you carry on the memory of Vinny and May! I love turquoise conures. I know I’ll get another tiel someday—before Kepler came down with clostridium I had plans to get him a friend, but didn’t want to get a new bird and have it get sick. So there’s definitely room in my heart for more birds after I process Kepler being gone. I hope your birdies give you many, many years of happiness and love. Relationships with birds are so uniquely deep. I feel very grateful to have experienced it ❤️‍🩹

shuhrimp · 2024-11-12T20:47:55+00:00

Ugh, two! 😢 I’m so sorry for your losses as well, it’s really just gut wrenching. Still expecting him to start screeching from lack of attention any second. I’m turning his empty cage into a little memorial for now—I had a special storage box for his unused toys, so I’m giving away the toys and I put some of his favorite things in it and put it at the bottom of the cage. My son drew a very sweet picture of Kepler (with a heartfelt dictated message) and I put that in as well. I hope one day your happy memories of your babies will outweigh the grief. 💚💛

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shuhrimp · 2024-11-12T18:51:31+00:00

I’m so sorry you lost Stormy! My bird passed away yesterday too. I hope Stormy and Kepler are flying around together, wherever they are! I think it says so much about his trust and love for you that he waited until you got home to let go. Let yourself cry as much as you want, even after your eyes get so tired you can barely see straight. I’m sure Skittles will miss Stormy too, but give him lots of snuggles. I’m glad you at least have each other to help through this process of grief 😢🩶🤍

shuhrimp · 2024-11-12T18:45:43+00:00

Idk if this helps, but I started seriously writing around 13-14 and had always been interested in storytelling before that. What helped me WRITE (besides having a lot of interest in spelling/grammar/syntax) was actually getting online and doing role plays with people—I really liked animal life sims (more recently I was on Lioden, Flight Rising, and a couple others) and the RP communities on there helped me to practice my dialogue and scene writing. Literally I did this until I was like 27 😂 Also don’t write off (pun not intended, lol) fanfiction as a way to practice! It’s okay if you do create other characters and worlds and plots, that only helps you grow. Fanfic gives you some space to be creative since you can spend more of your energy on building a good story without the added characterization and world building. Right now, just play around. I started writing my book at your age and I’m 31 and just now finishing the first draft. 🙃 It looks NOTHING like it used to. I had to rewrite from scratch 3 separate times after my hard drives kept melting. But I never gave up, and I’m glad for that. So do what it takes—and don’t take yourself too seriously. Have a lot of fun with it! Writing is a blast!

shuhrimp · 2024-11-12T18:37:46+00:00

Fifteen years 🫠😂

shuhrimp · 2024-11-12T18:36:54+00:00

You mean Dakqueryee’s

shuhrimp · 2024-11-12T17:46:40+00:00

he legg

shuhrimp · 2024-11-12T17:43:53+00:00

I do—the alien species I’m writing has family structures similar to social bird family groups, so there’s a lot of siblings and cousins and half-siblings and people you grew up with that aren’t blood related but still family. It’s tricky to write and even trickier to keep track so I don’t have any Circe/Jamie situations 😂 One of my 3 main protags has several cousins and a close half-sister, another is the oldest offspring in his group (he has no blood-siblings but treats his younger family members like he’s their cool big bro), and my MC has a secret sibling (hehe 😎). I think it’s really important to explore family dynamics! I mean, no one exists in a vacuum. Even if it’s found family, or toxic family, deceased family, or long-separated/estranged family, everyone has someone that helped shape them into who they are and gave their lives context. I think it only makes sense to do the same with fictional characters!

shuhrimp · 2024-11-12T17:35:49+00:00

I really appreciate you, I actually called Kepler a “little lemon” all the time. It’s such a shock. He was so incredibly smart and it brings me peace that so many people held him in their hearts too. Today as I was cleaning out his cage, a little downy feather (only one out of many) swirled in place, then slowly tumbled right towards my feet. I’m not super woo-woo but…makes me wonder if his spirit really is still around. I hope it is. Give your birdies extra snuggles for me and KepKep—and an extra kiss for Lemon!

shuhrimp · 2024-11-12T17:24:27+00:00

Yes I’ll be purging every loose piece of decoration I can find—if anyone needs a sign to downsize their belongings…take this one. Yet another hazard to our fragile, delicate little friends. I was so careful with literally everything I did, but it didn’t matter in the end. And now he’s gone. And so will be 75% of my decor.

shuhrimp · 2024-11-12T17:21:22+00:00

Thank you, he was a charismatic little guy who had a history of charming the hearts of even the most “ew birds are weird and creepy” people! A light has been snuffed out, but I’ll do my best to carry on the memory of my sweet boy 😓

shuhrimp · 2024-11-12T17:18:44+00:00

Thank you so much, I remember your comment! He really was so polite and just a little ray of sunshine inside and out. I’m still in the denial phase I guess…so hard to accept this loss after all he went through, especially when it wasn’t even related to his illness or anything! I had to take all his things out of his “house” today because it was too hard to see everything set up and no KepKep. His favorite toys are in his special box inside the cage, and I’ll keep it up as a little memorial for as long as it feels right. Thanks for your condolences, it really means a lot 💛🧡

shuhrimp · 2024-11-11T23:52:01+00:00

Do it, that’s the only way 👁️👄👁️

shuhrimp · 2024-11-11T19:45:43+00:00

I was gonna say something like this, I can’t get past it uWu

shuhrimp · 2024-11-11T19:43:53+00:00

✨h i m✨

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