Sad News My Little Girl Has Passed

[Yoda]

Hi Everyone
My only little girl who hatched in May was put to sleep today.

I went to take her out of the shed today and lost my balance and dropped her. She fell on a metal feeding dish and it broke her leg. We found a Vet who does do birds (she is new to the area) and she said the break could not be fixed. It was broken by the wrist (she used the right words but I call it this) and there was not enough bone on the foot part to attach a pin to. Unfortunately she said Emus need their feet to survive and this one will get infections and slowly die. I could not have that, I cared to much for her to have her suffer so we put her down. If you ever wanted to see a grown man cry should've been next to me. I hatched her and she looked at me for everything. I feel I failed her and it is my fault she is gone. It is tearing me up to no end here. She was my little girl and I spoiled her rotten. If I leave her she would go crazy and scream for me. The Vet was shocked that she was not in shock from the break. She said if I did not know the leg was broken she would have thought the emu was fine. My emu was biting at my watch and nibbling my fingers and if I left the room she would scream while the vet held her LOL The vet said she was well loved and she showed it back to me. I am lost without her sitting on my lap. I buried her in her pen she always ran around in. I couldn't just leave her there to be part of a mass cremation. Here she was at the vet's office today, my last picture of her:



This is where she is now

 

[Tame Emu Guy]

No, Yoda, you didn’t let her down. Sad to say, it’s a harsh lottery. To put it light-heartedly might help: if we had a chance to re-design emus, we’d give them slightly thicker legs. Their legs are their real weakness.

You’ve learned heaps about raising an emu. Stay part of the community here. Get another chick next season. By the time that chick is, say, a year old, it’s very likely that you’ll have a pet for a long long time.
Supreme Emu

 

[Toast n Jelly]

So sorry for your loss.

 

[chickenzoo]

So very sorry for your loss. It is heart breaking I know..... When Jazzy died I felt I failed him.... He looked off but I could find no reason. They were at a friends while we tried to find another place and he just didn't do well. He died a few weeks before me moved..... I was heartbroken and could not post in this forum for a long time. She was loved, it was an accident.... Sadly it happens. I just lost a bunch of my original silkies to the heat when the water buckets emptied quicker than normal. I had them for years.... I was devastated and feel guilty. I feel your pain.

 

[kathyinmo]

Oh..... this is so sad. I am sorry for your loss.

 

[Yoda]

Thanks everyone! Each day gets a little brighter. Had company over today for a small picnic, they actually bought flowers over and placed on her grave. They said they will miss the little stinker. They fell in love with her at the "Emu hatching party" I had when she was born. Her life was too short and I lost out on watching her grow up. She is missed terribly and touched my heart like no other animal ever has. I could go out and buy a pair of Emu, but the bond that is formed when you hatch them is totally something special. I miss the jumping on my feet to be picked up the most. Everytime she cried I picked her up. My mother told me to stop spoiling her and let her cry all the time but I couldn't, on my lap she went. LOL.

 

[The Sheriff]

Oh my gosh Yoda I just saw this post. I am so terribly sorry. Unfortunately I too know your pain from personal experience. I felt responsible because I left the emus where they could get around the donkeys. Little PeeWee got stepped on and had to be euthanized. It still breaks my heart to think about it. They are endearing little creatures. Be kind to yourself.

 

[Yoda]

Thank you Sheriff.

I know it was an accident, but I will always ask what if? I miss that little bugger everyday, but everyday is a little better then the last one. She is sleeping in her run now and maybe this coming season I will try again and hopefully she will hear little feet running back and forth in her run as she did.

Frank

 

[drumstick diva]

Yoda, I am so sorry for your loss. Poor baby. Don't be too hard on yourself. Most of us have had accidents or incidents - so we understand and grieve with you.