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I think I would go into depression if my dog died

When I was little I had a Budgie bird. He was beautiful. Green/Lime green with yellow and black fur. He was my companion and he was tamed so well. I could have him stand on my finger and be playful and or climb up on my shoulder. We would take webcam pictures together and despite him pooping every like 5 minutes, I took care of it. He was really friendly and wouldnt fear humans in general or run away like the wife budgie bird we had in the cage would.
One day my sister and I decided to shower him and I dont know if we were responsible but I am pretty sure I used the water we were suppose to which was lukewarm. My dad had done it all the time spraying it through the cage to shower them. I went outside to play and when I came in for a drink to check up on him i found him in the cage struggling to stay up, and his wife was perfectly fine. He was shaking and shaking a lot. I picked him up and took him outside to show my soster he wasn't really responding or moving, but I had him laying in my palms with his eyes open he looked so bad

I'm not sure what happened but tears rose to my face and I think he stopped breathing in my hands, he passed then.
After years of owning many budgie birds NO budgie bird have we raised from birth was ever close like the buddy I had.

Now I miss him:'( *wipes tear away* Love you <3

My sister had a gerbil when we were younger and somehow it got out of its cage and into my mom and dads bed. My mom said she woke up and looked over at dad, only to see a gerbil stuck to his back as he was sleeping on his side lmao. rip gerbil... forgot his name lol.

When I was little, my brother and I each got a hermit crab. We put them in the same box with sand and little plastic trees and everything. But my brother's hermit crab was bigger than my hermit crab. A few weeks later my brother's hermit crab ripped off my hermit crab's arm and later mine died Well I wasn't really attached to it so i didn't care.

One time my sisters cat ate my gerbil. I loved those gerbils so much... I had the father of the gerbil and he had his son (I gave the mother away because I didn't want any other babies) I come home to find my gerbil lid knocked down with the father sitting in the corner. I was so damn sad when mini me died and all of my friends and family knew it, hell I even think the father was sad.. My friend Kodi knew my birthday was coming up and I was going to buy another gerbil to replace the one that the father had lost. Right as I'm walking into the pet store I see my friend and he hands me a box. In this box is another gerbil and I take him home, the father of the gerbil accepts him as one of his own (maybe he even thought it was his old son). They live happily ever after to this day still.

I thought this thread was just going to be about dying pets... but now I'm going to go cry myself to sleep after reading some of these posts.

No one close to me died yet, only my grandma but she lived in Vietnam.

My dad died when I was 13. Maybe it was the shock, but during the first couple weeks I didn't really cry much. It didn't feel like he was gone. He was still regularly in my dreams. I remember waiting during the evening during his healthy days for him to come back from work, but now, all I get during that time is sadness. I miss his presence and I think about him a lot. After about a month or two, I randomly saw his old ID from work, and broke down. It just hit me like a train. He's gone. Forever.

People with bad relationships with their parents like to tell me that my dad passing away is not a big deal. Fun fact: Some people actually love their parents.

Honestly, you can never come out of the grief of losing a parent. You can only numb it down. I try not to delve deep into thinking about him because I will, without fail, begin tearing up. That usually ruins my day. Ambulances are also huge triggers for me.

I've shared way more at the moment with basilmarket than I ever intend to, but yeah that's basically the gist of what I went through.

All in all, you just have to accept that death is part of life and I legitimately hope you feel better. -internet hugs-

[quote=ShammyShakes]riperino in peacerino[/quote]
pls no copy pasterino

OT: I had a beta fish for live for 4 years before dying. that's all lol

riperino in peacerino

i am sorry to hear that :'(

(I guess your name should be just julia now, just kidding)

I once had a beta fish, but my dad accidentally replaced his water with hot water

my baby brother died when i was around 5.
at the time i didn't really have a full grasp of what death really was, so i kept on asking my mom where my baby brother was.
she got really sad so i stopped asking the question without knowing why back then.