Thanks jeraco77...I read your story and am glad your Sweetie made it!

Miss Darcy is still seeming okay...I went out and got her a new hanging toy, some tropical fruit stick thing and a bunch of carrots. She's never had carrots before, so we'll see.

I probably spoiled them. They LOVED millet, and I used to limit it to one spray a week, but then I started giving it to them more often, though I hadn't put much in lately. But they were just deliriously happy whenever they had it. I did read it could make them fat, but only Duff was looking fat. When my mom pulled him out of the cage (I was too sad to do it), she said he felt like just feathers and bones and she was surprised because of how much he ate. Which makes me think he did have some liver issue.

Does it mean anything that he didn't sing or make noises other than a high pitched squeak? It was very annoying at the time, but it would be music to my ears right now.

It could very well have been vomit on his head and not water. We saw him like that around 3am. He had been acting fine that day, he would sleep a lot but he and Darcy were still carrying on. It was a shock that he had already died by the time my mom got up.

I am wondering if Miss Darcy might be a Mr., though. Neither one ever laid eggs and they were never frisky with each other. The vet said she was a she, but there is a faint bit of blue on the cere. Not like with McDuff's, his was VERY blue, but now I am wondering about Darcy. Her name WAS Mr. Darcy, we thought we had two boys originally but the vet said no.

Are blue keets weaker than green keets by any chance? More susceptible to ailments?

We buried Duffy in our little pet cemetary...one dog, one cat, and now one bird.

Well, my mom and I talked it over and we're getting a new keet. Yay! I just feel too bad for Darcy and don't have the time to entertain her. I relied on them to entertain each other, and they did. Since Duff died, she's mostly just been sitting around. She's still chirpy and energetic, but she definitely needs a birdie friend. She still looks at me with suspicion, lol.

Now I need to read up on how to bring in a new bird. Anyone got any tips?

I have two cages, should I keep them separate for a while OR let them get to know each other right away?

I might go shopping this weekend...gotta decide on the color--very important. I'm leaning towards all yellow, or a lot of white with turquoise. Darcy is green and yellow. I want him different enough looking from McDuff.

I'm a little worried about introducing new diseases, but that's life, right? I got them from Meijer, which has carried keets for ages and they seem to sell quite a few pets.

I'm so sorry for your loss. It's never easy to lose a beloved pet.
I read that you should keep a new bird separated from the older one for the first 30 days, preferably in different rooms, just in case the new bird has any germs or anything that Darcy might contract. I can look up more information on how to actually introduce them as well.
Best of luck on your new addition!

AWWWWWWWW I feel bad for you and I know how you feel because my parakeet Jay-Jay just died well R.I.P to your bird and mine too.I I'm very sorry that your parakeet died

So sorry to hear your bird died. It is difficult to loose a friend isn't it? Hang in there, I'll be thinking of you today.

I'm so sorry to hear that your bird has passed on. I can't even imagine what I would do if something were to happen to Jake.