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How do I stop my lovebird from laying soft shelled eggs?

Posted on April 15, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

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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Tagged box, calcium, chicks, death, egg, egg binding, lovebird, mating, newspaper, pair, soft shelled eggs, supplements, vet, vitamin, vitamin d

chockatieals…. (spelling -5) what can I try to feed it other then bird seed.?

Posted on December 27, 2011 by admin| 12 Comments

I found this yellow Cockatial last fall as it just about froze too death… we couldn’t get close too it for the first year… wild.. wild… so it stayed in its cage… lately I have been putting feed on my hand and it has been walking out of the cage and walk up on my hand too eat… which is nice…. and it goes crazy chirping when I come home from work so I sit next too the cage, open the door and visit for 15 minutes and feed her, we kind of have this bond going on… wife is getting Jealous.

sooo… it loves me… I love it… I try too feed it other things but what would be good for her… and possibly she would like? Except for her morning “Hissssss” that I got from her for the first year she has really come out of her shell to be on my hand… Now Tricks?

her wings havn’t been clipped or nails trimmed but she seems fine and house is closed up when I let her out and she doesn’t fly.. I walk around with her and have put her on my shoulder… she seems to be relaxing.

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Tagged 15 minutes, Bird, bird seed, cage, Cockatial, death, Fall, Feed, Hand, home, seed, spelling 5, year

Will house sparrows attack a Carolina Chickadee?

Posted on July 3, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

I have a nest box (mainly used by Carolina Chickadees) and when I opened to clean it out there where two dead baby birds at the bottom. They had feathers and everything and looked like they had starved to death. Originally we blamed the cat but then I found a Wren nest today the looked as if it had been attacked by sparrows and that made me wander. What do you guys think?

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Tagged baby, baby birds, bottom, box, carolina chickadee, carolina chickadees, cat, chickadee, chickadees, dead baby, death, everything, feathers, house sparrows, nest, nest box, today, wren

Cat got ran over?

Posted on May 17, 2011 by admin| 13 Comments

Today I witnessed the death of my daughters cat and could do nothing and the local police more or less laughed it off. The cat goes in and out and this morning followed me out to the barn to feed the horses then started chasing a bird and got out by the road, a kid came flying down the road and DELIBERATLY swerved into our yard and hit the cat. I called the police and they said sorry nothing we can do, I don’t think this is right. This cat has three kittens that are still nursing so now we are trying to get them to take milk out of a bowl. Isn’t their someone that can call and get something done about this kid to me it was cruelity to animals not to mention what it did to an innocent 8 year old.
yes we know exactly who did it a kid that lives a couple of miles down the road. We also called and talked to his parents and got told a cat was just a wild animal anyway and no big loss they would find her another one.

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Tagged animals, barn, Bird, cat, death, horses, Kid, Morning, nothing, police, road, three kittens, today

Please help me u all good people…. Urgent!?

Posted on April 21, 2011 by admin| 17 Comments

So on my way back home, i found this little baby crow trying to across the street, probably a weeks old and seems to fall from its nest. I approached it and this cute little things run to the bushes, scares to death. I know it wont survive without a care so i searched for it even though my shirt’s gettin mess and those street guys making fun of me. Ok, i found it – took it to my home. Put it in a box to make it warm a little bit. But next steps, i dunno! I want to return the baby crow to its nest but i cant find it! Pls…. i know there’s many people will take this lightly coz crow aint a fav birds, many people hated ‘em. But pls help me dudes…!

Thx!
Its very young and i dont think it’ll eat by its own…

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Tagged baby, baby crow, birds, bushes, care, crow, death, home, little baby, little bit, nest, street, Urgent, way, wont