 19-year-old Bobbie Birdie perched on the Christmas tree in December of 2009. The Cascadian Nomads are joining BlogPaws in celebrating Senior Pets Month. All month long, we're sharing photos and stories of the senior pets we have been fortunate enough to share our lives with. Please check back tomorrow to see and read more about our very first precious senior pet, Bobbie Birdie (1991-2010.)
26 Comments
8/13/2013 02:18:25 pm
What a great picture of your bird celebrating the season. Thank you for sharing.
Bethany
8/14/2013 08:13:00 am
Thank you. It is my favorite (digital) shot of him! 8/13/2013 05:48:46 pm
Lovely photo. Have a wonderful Wednesday.
Bethany
8/14/2013 08:13:57 am
Merry Wednesday to you Molly and a prosperous rest of August! 8/13/2013 09:22:19 pm
WOW! 19. Golden Tweet Tweet! Happy WW BlogPaws. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar
Bethany
8/14/2013 08:15:19 am
Leo thinks being old at 19 is funny but it is a ripe old age for a cockatiel! 8/13/2013 10:23:15 pm
You know Mom has been pondering over that constitutes a senior pet - what is the formula. Some doggies can live to be 18 and some only 8 - when does either become senior? Love the birdies
Bethany
8/14/2013 08:18:29 am
That is a good question- I have always just left solving the when are they seniors equation up to the vet! I was absolutely shocked when the vet suggested Tynan was a senior at 5 (but he was a 65 pound dog and the vet felt some arthritis in his hips) yet I had to keep reminding the vet of Bobbie's age since he didn't seem like a senior at all!
Bethany
8/14/2013 08:19:10 am
Thanks, Oz. Bobbie would have loved that! He was always merry.
Bethany
8/14/2013 08:19:58 am
Thanks, Sadie! And a Happy rest of August to you.
Bethany
8/14/2013 08:20:38 am
I agree and this photo is so warm!
Bethany
8/14/2013 08:22:21 am
Thanks, Flea. I think I will be ready for another one someday but I will wait until I don't still imagine Bobbie chirping sometimes.
Katherine
8/14/2013 05:24:36 am
What a great photo!
Bethany
8/14/2013 08:23:46 am
Thank you, Katherine. I wish I had more digital pics of him! I need to get to scanning the old prints of when he and I were younger.
Bethany
8/14/2013 01:41:51 pm
Indeed he was. He perched in it every year!
Bethany
8/14/2013 01:51:51 pm
Our avian vet used to call us the ark; 2 birds, 2 cats, 2 dogs. Someday we'll be ready for another bird.
Bethany
8/15/2013 04:24:19 am
Birds are the opposite of dogs, where the larger they are the longer their expected lifespan. Well cared for small parrots like Budgies can live to 15 and my avian vet says she now sees cockatiels living to 25. Medium sized parrots like African Grays live 50-60 years and the large macaws can live 60-80 years. Leo is likely in the in the around 60 years category. 8/15/2013 03:49:00 am
What a sweet photo. Gosh, I should have mentioned the Sr. Pets Month thing on my blog yesterday since we posted a senior pic! D'oh!
Bethany
8/15/2013 04:27:16 am
Your photo was from 2009 too! And Bailey looks like a senior with her lovely silver muzzle. Bobbi just had a darker beak as he aged. Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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