Barney has died

Barney, the best splendid parakeet I've ever had as died.  The leg problem, which I think was cancer got very bad towards the end...rapid growth of tumors...and eventually killed him. Apart from the last two days he didn't appear to be in too much pain and still managed the odd song.  He was only 3 years old and was hatched in my own aviary.  His mother died after hatching and with his brother and two sisters was fostered to a pair of bourkes parakeets.  He has been one of the few splendids that I've kept that has bred consistently, apart from when he took ill and lost the lutino chicks. He will be sadly missed and I think his lost will be the final decider for me to give up my remaining splendids.

Some photo's.....

The one above shows Barney a few days fledged

And finally just type in Splendid Grass parakeet in google, the first thing that comes up is a Youtube video...it's Barney singing when he was in his prime.....over 31000 hits!!