This morning, I woke up to find that my parakeet, Penelope, had passed away during the night. I am sad. I buried her behind the garage and carried her empty cage straight to the trash. She was a good bird, but I don't plan to ever have another one. A few weeks ago, the lady at Petland told me that I must be doing something right because Penelope was nearly 5 and that is pretty old for most petstore parakeets. I'm glad that, apparently, I was a good parakeet parent. I'll try to post a picture when I get home.