we have 2 male and 2 female. can a male or a female be fixed? and also how much it would cost?
2006-10-12 13:50:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Birds
It is very difficult to have a bird fixed and very dangerous. It is usually only an option if the bird is a chronic egg layer, which means it lays eggs way too often to the point that all calcium and other minerals in the body become depleted and the bird could become egg bound and die. It is still quite dangerous to do and is only done as a last resort. It can cost from several hundred to over a thousand dollars.
If you are concerned that your 'tiels are having too many babies, the only thing you can really do is to separate them. But if you decrease the amount of light they are getting each day it could help, because birds only breed in the spring when there's more sunlight, so fewer daylight hours make them think its winter. You can also make sure there's nothing in the cage that they would be able to nest in. That might help.
2006-10-12 14:10:38 · answer #1 · answered by jerrri 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Birds can be spayed and neutered, but the cost would be so much more than the value of the bird. And besides, it is so easy NOT to breed birds that there really is no need unless you have a chronic layer.
If you are worried, reduce the amount of daylight the birds get. Usually more than eight hours a day will bring them into breeding condition, so make sure they get less than eight hours.
If you should get an occasional egg, just throw it away. If you don't give them the nest and the time to sit on the egg, you won't have any babies. You can throw several eggs away without any serious effects on the hen. Just be nice to her and take the eggs as you see them so she doesn't try to brood them and get upset when you take them away.
Of course repeated egg laying takes a lot out of the hen and she will deplete the calcium in her own bones and the protein in her own muscle to make more eggs. So if you have a chronic egg layer, give her extra good nutrition.
2006-10-13 06:58:15 · answer #2 · answered by Robin D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Female birds can get a hysterectomy. Not sure of the cost, but I do have a friend that has a cockatiel that had to have one done because of excessive egg laying. I think the cost was around $300 or so, but I could be wrong.
2006-10-12 18:45:19 · answer #3 · answered by karmor_22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You can not spay or neuter a bird of that size, according to my avian vet. Best bet is to keep them separated (females in one cage, males in the other). Just remember that in the spring it will be quite noisy.............
2006-10-12 13:56:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
sprayed you mean yes but it is a very hard thing to do . it might kil your bird most vets dont do it cause hter is a high chance your bird will day . it all depends on the vet for the cost and if they need epi cause they might die.epi is a drug to speed up the heart steriod.but i would not spray your bird they dont do well will being sparyed.so i have heard i did one spary with my boss and it was a cockateil and it died but it also had a tumor which is hwy it had died.
2006-10-12 13:56:13 · answer #5 · answered by hot_temptrist420 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I can't understand why you should proceed to a such indecent crime. If they breed and you don't want the offspring, just open the cage and let them go.
Let the pure souls enjoy what from nature is provided free and in abundance.
Would you like someone to pick you up and fix you?
Get real.
2006-10-12 14:03:21 · answer #6 · answered by UncleGeorge 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
separate them it can be done but high risk of death
2006-10-13 13:49:06 · answer #7 · answered by wifenwife3340 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋