my female cockateil wont stop laying eggs help!
2006-08-22 09:15:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Birds
to stop them! they already had like..20 babys! not all at once.. we have a male. but we cant seperate them! the male is a killer birdie!
2006-08-22 09:33:09 · update #1
Excessive egg laying can be a real problem.I had a female love bird that laid like crazy with no male around. Reduce the amount of light she receives each day. Uncover the cage at 7 am and cover back up at 6 each evening. As hard as it may seem, you need to remove the male from the cage to help cut down on the hormonal influence. Make sure the female gets a good diet rich in dark green veggies and protein to replenish her body. Remove the eggs and any nests she tries to make as soon as you see them. Good luck.
2006-08-22 11:28:05 · answer #1 · answered by missmoon_1953 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all take the breeder box away from the pair, place them in different cages only in the same room, make sure when it gets dark outside the lights go out in the room your birds are in. Wake them up with light around 9 or even 10 AM and do this all the time. Even if she lays eggs they wont be firtile if you keep them apart. She will eventually stop laying with a monitored light schedual. If you shorten their days like that they wont want to breed anymore.
2006-08-23 19:14:21 · answer #2 · answered by reasonable-sale-lots 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do nothing! Your female will be dead soon. OR you could put a glove on and get the male out of the cage!!!!!!!
After 3 months or so you can try and put the male back in but more than likely she will start laying again.
Place the cages side by side if YOU have a problem with separation anxiety. She will thank you for it.
2006-08-24 16:28:14 · answer #3 · answered by Plantoneonme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The female who presents you with unwanted eggs can and SHOULD be stopped. In order to come into breeding condition, cockatiels and most other birds need two things: sufficient food and long hours of daylight. Needless to say you wouldn't want to reduce her food intake, but you can reduce her daylight. You don't need to cover her cage, though you can if you want. If you have a big enough cage that covering is impractical, put her in a room where you can close the curtain or window shades to bring on "evening". I kept my birds in a dark room where I had to turn on lights in order to give them proper daylight. I used full spectrum lights. I turned off the lights in two stages, so they would have time to settle in for the "night" before turning off the last light. They would all wake and sleep according to the schedule I set for them.
2006-08-22 17:55:37 · answer #4 · answered by Robin D 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As soon as she lays the egg remove it from the cage, always within 12 hours if possible so they don't get attached. Sometimes they will be so hell bent on trying to hatch one they will just keep on laying them. Another trick that I have heard works, sometimes permanently sometimes temporarily is to take them out of their cage nd into another room where they can't see you doing it, and rearrange their cage. Move food dishes, toys, put new toys in, take old ones out, move it to another part of the room/house etc. Birds won't lay their eggs if they aren't comfortable, and when you put them in a different setting such as a different room or new toys, typically, they won't lay them anymore. Also remove anything from teh cage that could even possibly be thought of as a nest! Good luck!
2006-08-22 16:26:59 · answer #5 · answered by acekingsuited83 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you reduce the amount of daylight (including artificial lights) that they are exposed to, they should stop laying eggs. Cut down their daylight to 10-12 hours or so, and they shold stop. Birds should et 12 hours of darkness for sleeping every night anyway.
2006-08-22 20:59:24 · answer #6 · answered by ziz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take her out of her cage and keep her in low light another cage seperate from other (male ) birds,take her off her food ,and feed low protien ration, changing her ideal conditions to less than usual. Watch her for a few week and if this is not working see a vet.
2006-08-22 16:27:01 · answer #7 · answered by syndi49time 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine did that for a while. It isn't harmful to them that I know of. I just made sure to take them out because she would eat them. If you don't have a male, then they obviously aren't fertile. I think they do that no matter what because in nature they would be mating. Maybe it is like their "period". I don't know. I wouldn't worry though.
2006-08-22 16:27:48 · answer #8 · answered by mine 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm confused now! Are you looking for a way to stop her?? Do you want to know what to do with them? I'm afraid you are going to let nature takes it's course. I've had cockatiels who hatched their eggs with no help from me. Besides, if I sat on them they'd probvably not survive.
2006-08-22 16:30:19 · answer #9 · answered by Nancy M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should go see the vet and if I were you I would seperate them to prevent your birds from having any more babies.
2006-08-24 10:49:35 · answer #10 · answered by sweetz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋