True Love Aviary

12/21/2024

We gave Dr. Burkett this ornament to honor his legacy with our birds.

12/21/2024

Today was our last visit with Dr. Burkett before he retires on 12/31/2024. We wanted to do one last follow-up on Luna, who is now our old guy turning 17 next week.

There are a lot of emotions to process. Dr. Burkett has cared for all 9 of our lovies over the last 19 years with us as his client, not to mention all the babies we raised, 4 other breeding lovies, 3 parakeets, 1 cockatiel, and 1 Amazon. It is a tremendous loss for the bird community and for us personally. Words don't adequately describe the appreciation we have for him. He is the reason we launched the bird store! He's laughed, challenged, cried, and shared so many more emotions with us. We will truly miss him, but wish him the best in his retirement.

12/20/2024

Sending love from our family to yours in this Holiday Season! This is the last year our sweet BeBe and Tammy Turtle will be on our card, and it is hard.

12/09/2024

I'm all ears!

11/19/2024

Tammy Turtle is back with us. Grief is hard. We miss her, and while we miss her, we are missing BeBe too.

11/12/2024

Just like that, broken again. Tammy Turtle is gone. 💔 34 years old. It's really rough having lost BeBe also just a month ago. Please pray for us, send virtual hugs (or just hug us if you run into us), and send some love our way. We really need it.

A huge thanks to Dr. Sokolik and her team for their compassion and care today at Avian and Exotic Animal Care.

11/12/2024

Tammy Turtle is not doing well. Pray for us while we decide what to do. She doesn't appear to be suffering, just shutting down. She's 34 years old and with a typical max lifespan of 40 (couple decades in captivity normally) she's definitely defied the odds. (pictures are from awhile ago)

11/06/2024

He's home. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

11/05/2024

Thank you, Birdhism, for your amazing stickers and kindness. This morning I cried missing my BeBe, and today, my order arrived with the halos included for BeBe and Mango. Jen, your stickers carry special meaning in our hearts and having each of our beloved fids in our daughter's room on the tree are a loving reminder of the space they take in our heart. We added claw prints to both cars today as well. Y'all, just order from her. They are worth it.

10/27/2024

Morning preening and fluffing.

10/26/2024

Missing my BeBe today (and the rest of them too...).

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/xiFfpZVe5zz9Lvsi/

10/25/2024

Sweet boys. They are still working out flock dynamics. #

https://youtu.be/c5XI9S2yUMo?si=0R4olXxZrzfbEByK

10/13/2024

Sweet BeBe... 11 years ago
https://youtube.com/watch?v=oQNJB2O7UPA&si=vDcHTxnsNFd-_rrN

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This is our version of Peek-a-Boo except that we call it "Where's BeBe?"Still grieving the loss of Evee, but we enjoy our play time together.http://www.truel...

10/12/2024

Missing his buddy. Giving lots of kisses. ❤️
https://youtube.com/shorts/TfoMoX7-vmo?si=TTjmkZEMV5wKS5Lc

Watching our birds, Blazer and Char, be silly on our Aviary camera. It’s one day after our loss of BeBe, but we still have to focus on our other 3. ...

10/11/2024

We are devastated and broken. BeBe is gone. We loved him so much. He was 19 years and almost 3 months old. Please pray for us as we navigate life without him. We want to thank everyone who has loved and cared for our boy, but most especially Dr. Burkett and his staff.

10/05/2024

Hi Friends! BeBe has lost a lot of weight recently, but we think it's mainly because he is just sleeping a lot. He still has some meat on his bones, so we are just monitoring to make sure he doesn't lose any more. We are moving to give him pain meds daily to keep the arthritic pain at bay. He still is his sprightly self and loves snuggling with Luna in his tent. Luna has become a caregiver, preening and comforting him as needed. ❤️