Hi i just walked into my room with a huge surprise, my bird laid an egg it is really small. I don’t really know how to take care of her tho. Is there a good chance that it is fertilized because there is a male cockatiel in the same cage. So i bought cuttle bone for calcium and a nesting box. Her poop also seems to be heaver is she just ovulating? and also this is her first egg there only seems to be one, when will she lay on them?
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I have two lovebirds, and the female already laid an egg yesterday, I already placed some bedding this morning that I got from our back and front yard, they consisted of grass, dried leaves, some leaves from a shrub, and some ferns. All moist to perfection because it rained here yesterday. I cut them into bedding-sized pieces and placed them inside the nesting box, making sure NOT to touch the egg out of fear that the birds might not sit on them anymore. But I did surround the egg with the bedding, so the eggs is probably cushioned. I also added boiled-egg in their diet, and some egg-shells, because I have heard that eggshells provide calcium. And plenty of green veggies. I change their water every now and then. And I secured the door of the box so the risk of the egg falling out when the birds peep out will be lessened. I still put them out to enjoys some fresh cool air. What more should I do? HOW LONG TILL ALL THE EGGS ARE LAID. Is it possible that ONLY ONE egg can be laid? This is my lovebird’s first time to lay eggs, can they be successful on the first time round? Do I have to wait for their second time to have babies? And when is the breeding season for lovebirds, I guess it’s the autumn or the cool season. Because when it started to get cool around here my birds laid an egg. I’m so excited of having an egg and I’m keeping to point to NOT peek at the box all the time. I peeked this morning to put some bedding and that’s that. How long do I have to wait till I can peek inside again to put some more bedding? Please answer me seriously. I need straight answers. Thank you very much.
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I have a lovebird pair that’s been breeding for a few years without any problems until recently. Several months ago the female lovebird began to lay soft shelled eggs. My vet told me that she lacks calcium so I gave her calcium and vitamin D supplements, but she continued on laying soft shelled eggs. I took away her nesting box and tried to allow her to rest, but she continued on mating anyways and tearing up newspaper. I don’t really care if she is unable to rear chicks, I just want her to stop laying eggs and risking death from egg binding. I am trying to separate the pair, but they are very close and they would call to each other all the time and I really don’t like having to split the two up. Does anyone have tips on treating the problem of soft shelled eggs, or at least knows how to discourage a bird from laying eggs? Would a calcium shot help?
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I have two birds in the cage, one boy and girl. I was told that I can put them in the same cage as long as there is not a nesting box available. One day, i saw the boy on top of the girl but they got off eachother as soon as I walked by. Then, my dad saw the female at the bottom of the cage pecking at something and we later saw it was an egg. Since we do not regularly give the female calcium, we put some in her food and she is eating it now, leaving the egg on the floor of the cage. What am I supposed to do? This has never happened to me before.
I have two cockatiels: one pearl and one pied type, which are both about 3 or 4 years old. I know the pied one is a female (it layed 3 eggs so far), but I am not sure if the other one is a male or female. Anyway, last week I found the pearl cockatiel behind a wardrobe, which is about 3 inches away from the wall. He/she was standing there next to the first egg I have seen from them. I have no idea how long it has been there, but I shined a light on it to see if there was anything in it. It was completely empty and clear. I bought them a nest box and a nest, which I put inside their cage. Because the wardrobe was too far from their cage and food, I moved the egg into the nestbox, and provided them with cotton balls and tissue paper outside of the nest box, so they could rearrange it however they want. Since then, they have not touched any of it, and they just ignore the egg. This morning, the female layed another egg in the corner of the cage, which is surrounded by one side of the nest box, and piles of cotton and tissues. I then moved the first egg from the nest box to next to the second egg in the corner. I still have not seen them sit on or have anything to do with either of the two eggs, ever since I moved the first one from behind the wardrobe. Even when I reach to touch the eggs, they don’t show any type of aggresiveness toward me. about 5 hours later, a third egg was laid. This time it was outside of the cage, and next to a woven basket, which is close to their cage. I decided to leave that egg their for now, but still, the birds are paying no attention to the eggs- even the new ones. I noticed the female makes light but unusual breathing noises once in a while. I am mostly concerned about my bird’s condition after laying eggs, and I am sure there will be more. I provided enough food and extra calcium also. So, what should I do with, and where should I put each of the three eggs? What should I do if neither of the birds sit on them or pay attention to them? Or if they lay more? Any advice for the health of the female? HELP ME PLEASE!! THANK YOU…
Oh, and they would not go into the nest box or use the nest.
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2 out of my 3 cockatiels started laying eggs. I have 2 females and a male. One of the females is alone, and the two others are together (they are brother and sister). I wasn’t expecting the eggs to hatch, but the brother and sister managed to knock one of the eggs out of their nesting box. (It’s not a real nesting box, it’s just a cardboard box with a hole in the front.) When I was looking at it I held it up to the sunlight (very briefly of course, so I didn’t get a really good look at it) and I could see something in it. It was almost as big as the egg but not quite. It looked pink from what I could see. Could this have been a baby bird? Or was it just an unfertilized yolk? They laid the eggs around late April or early May. I am not sure about the brother and sisters eggs, but I know that the female bird that is alone eggs won’t hatch because the male hasn’t been anywhere near those eggs. I just didn’t want to take the eggs away because they seem to like sitting on them and I didn’t want them to lay more. I know how much calcium it takes from their little bodies. They eat special food with calcium vitamins in it. If they are going to hatch, when will they hatch?
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we decided a month ago to let a pair or our parakeets hatch their own eggs out, after a lot of research and stuff. It was her first time, so the eggs never hatched. Then, we took a different pair, who had already bonded, and put them in a separate cage. Toddra, the female parakeet, sat on the eggs and barely got off. Her nest box is a wooden box with 1 hole and a cover that lifts up. A few days ago, I found out some exciting news; one baby chick had hatched! It had hatched a day or two ago, without anyone knowing. Toddra has been sitting on the small, bald chick. It was peeping a lot, so it’s strong and seems healthy. Toddra is fed seeds, a formulated egg diet for extra protein and calcium, and some veggies and fruits, such as apples and celery. So since the mother is feeding the chick, it’s getting a pretty healthy diet. My question is, do we just let Toddra take care of the chick until it’s old enough to leave the nest? If so, at what age is it old enough to live on its own(such as eating solid foods, drinking water, etc.)? Some people take them at 10 weeks and they feed them a special baby bird formula, but we don’t have the time to feed the chick 4x a day. Toddra and the father seem to be taking good care of the chick, so we aren’t really worried about her not feeding it or something like that. Any info on baby parakeets would be great!(not for raising them ourselves, but for knowing when they can live on their own and stuff like that) Thanks!
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