She has no mate and we do not want to breed her. She has layed 14 eggs in three months.
2006-12-12 12:37:14 · 7 answers · asked by Philip H 4 in Pets ➔ Birds
Don't take the eggs out as Cockatiels will go back and lay more if you do. Leave them in there until she looses interest, and then you can take them out.
Make sure she is getting enough calcium as if she isn't then the calcium needed for the eggs can be leached form her bones.
Make sure you are not providing nay place she might feel is a good nesting site (dark places, bird beds etc) and make sure there is nothing she could use for nesting material.
To discourage this behavior you can try lowering the amount of daylight she gets, closing the cage off earlier and uncovering it later the usual. Also try rearranging her cage.
Hope this helps! The most important thing is to make sure your bird stays happy and healthy and is getting all the nutrients needed so this egg laying wont have and bad affect on her body. Good lcuk!
2006-12-12 20:39:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its natural for birds to lay eggs even if they don't have a mate. Mine do it all the time. Make sure she has a cuttle bone in her cage so she can get calcium. Take the eggs out after she lays them since they won't hatch.
2006-12-12 13:44:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anaelise 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Leave the egg in there. If you stop taking them away because they will not hatch anyway leave it alone. If she stops laying eggs becase you try to make her she can become egg bound and die. Its natural and theres nothing wrong. Give them to someone who has a bearded dragon or a turtle they'll eat the eggs.
2006-12-12 13:06:01 · answer #3 · answered by addisonsmom17 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My parakeet did this and it really scared me. I gave her extra cuttle bone, egg shell, and left the eggs in there LONG after she quit laying on them. I am sure they were rotten, but I didn't crack them to find out. So far, it has worked. She hasn't laid any in 3 months now. Good luck!
2006-12-12 16:12:13 · answer #4 · answered by Sydmom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't provide any 'dark' area. not under the food dish, a hideway tent, NOTHING. Give her a calcium supplement to compensate for the calcium she has lost through the eggs.
Actually, you can hardboil the eggs, mash them up (shell and all) and give them back to her. They like eggs and she'll be getting back what calcium she lost.
2006-12-12 13:07:51 · answer #5 · answered by emilymarie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is natural, I had a dove that layed eggs all the time, I would let her keep them a few days then I would throw the out.. no biggie
2006-12-12 12:41:05 · answer #6 · answered by BubbleGumBoobs! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
since you do not have a male in her cage with her she is laying the eggs for you cause that is the way birds act. good luck and god bless and happy holidays.
2006-12-12 12:46:22 · answer #7 · answered by Kate T. 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋