Our 18yr old cockatiel caught some kind of virus and died last week. She had not been well for about a weekand a half. We knew that she was ill and I warned the boys that she might die when we were away. Peter watched over her and he was the one to find her at the bottom of the cage. He was also the one to telephone us and relay the sad news. He has such a soft spot for animals. We took pictures of her a few days before she died.