it turns out that my senegal parrot,is a female she laid an egg !!! what can i do ?? what do i need to get?? please no mean comments!! thanks for your help !!
2006-11-10 01:25:38 · 5 answers · asked by da brat 2 in Pets ➔ Birds
females will lay eggs with or without a male. I used to have two female tiels that would pop eggs out all the time! My male senegal is the best. Dont they make just the best pets?
2006-11-10 09:14:48 · answer #1 · answered by sweetascandii707 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yout parrot is probably about two years old and is kept in a well lit room. She may go on to lay three or four eggs, one every other day for a week. Take them away as they will be infertile and you don't want her to become fixated and try and sit them.
It will do her no harm but make sure that she has a good diet and plenty of calcium. Cuttle bone or oyster shell grit is good for this.
Try to reduce the lenghth of time she is lit by shortenng her day.
When she has got artiificial light late into the evening she thinks it is summer so goes into her breeding cycle. If she is not a tame handleable bird you mighjt think about getting a mate for her and giving them a large flight with a nest box.
2006-11-10 10:19:14 · answer #2 · answered by stevehart53 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is there a male in her life ? If not you can throw the egg away. Female birds often do this. But if she has'nt been near a male in the recent past, there won't be a baby bird inside the egg. Sorry. Call a pet store !
2006-11-10 09:30:08 · answer #3 · answered by Vinegar Taster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like the person above said, if there is no male, take the egg away as soon as possible. If your female gets attached to the egg and it will obviously die if theres no male, she may get depressed. Please take it out. Good luck.
2006-11-10 10:08:12 · answer #4 · answered by Pinky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure she gets plenty of calcium and vitamin D or she could develop osteoporosis
2006-11-10 15:31:59 · answer #5 · answered by jonnyraven 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋