this makes her very tired . What if anything can I do for her?
2007-02-07 23:30:41 · 9 answers · asked by jc skywalker 6 in Pets ➔ Birds
There's a lot you can do for her. One thing is to limit the mating triggers in and around her cage and in your household so that she'll belive it's winter - a bad breeding period. The first thing is covering her cage for at least 12 hours a day, and if she continues to lay chronically, you can have darkness for her anywhere up to 20 to 22 hours a day and limiting her sunlight drastically. The next thing would be to monitor her food intake. If she's receiving extra food, she'll believe there is enough food to feed babies. You can mentally stimulate her to the point where she's too busy to bother caring for the eggs (since they're infertile anyway). This also tells her body that this constantly changing, mentally stimulating environment is dangerous to raise babies in (ie. in the wild, this would mean there's too much going on and there's a risk of predators getting the chicks.) So buy new toys and new perches and change the cage around completely - not one thing should remain the same in that cage, and it should be changed around as so at least once a week.
Definitely leave them with her until she is tired of them, and after a month or so when she does decide to leave them, throw them away. If she has a nesting box, remove it. If she has any little crevices she could nest in, get rid of them. If she has nesting material, remove it or keep a barrier between it and her (a grate, for example).
Meanwhile, get her to an avian vet to get her checked out health-wise. It's obviously very exhausting and producing all the egg shells drains calcium, so feed her calcium-rich foods such as dark, leafy greens (kale, spinach, broccoli, romaine lettuce, bok choy) and if you want, you can crush some egg shell up and feed it to her. Make sure she's getting a balanced diet of 80% fortified pellets, where the best brands are Harrison's, Roudybush, and Zupreem, 10% seeds, and 10% fresh fruits, vegetables, pastas, and grains. A vet can instruct you further if she needs any additional care.
2007-02-08 03:30:09 · answer #1 · answered by PinkDagger 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Female birds will lay eggs if their body clock says it is the best ime to lay. You can fool them into stopping by reducing the hours of light they get. IE> they get the sun light all day in the house then you turn on the lights in the evenng so lengthening their day.
Move them to a room that is dark in the evening so that they only get the normal amount of sun light for the time of year.
This then slows down their reproductive cycle and tricks them to stop laying eggs.
If I want my birds to breed early in the season I give them a long day of 15 or 16 hours of light and this stimulates them to start the breeding cycle.
Also suplement her diet with plenty of calcium to relace it for her bones and feathers.
2007-02-08 00:06:47 · answer #2 · answered by stevehart53 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my Mom's bird is 17. She still lays eggs. Your female does not need a mate either.
2007-02-07 23:33:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Female cockatiels have unfertilized eggs and there isn't much you can do about it. I suppose as they get older she won't do that as much you could check with a bird vet there are a few around.
2007-02-07 23:34:07 · answer #4 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That happens a lot. Make sure you give her good food, and a vitamin supplement with extra calcium. That might help with the tiredness.
2007-02-08 00:08:00 · answer #5 · answered by erinn83bis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my 14-year-old tiel does the same thing. the advice i've received is...let her lay them and sit on them, don't remove them. when she quits paying attention to them, you can remove one per day (she can't count) when she's not looking. by the time they are all gone, she will no longer care. if you remove them while she is still interested in them, she will produce more, which depletes her calcium.
2007-02-08 02:04:01 · answer #6 · answered by leilani 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! Put eggs in her nest (you can buy these at a pet store). She will start to think they are hers and stop having so many herself. Also, give her calcium drops in her water. This will keep her stronger and healthier and less stressed.
2007-02-08 00:11:09 · answer #7 · answered by BJA 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You need to have her seen by a vet if she is suddenly laying more frequently. This can be a sign of a metabolic disorder or nutritional defiency.
2007-02-07 23:42:01 · answer #8 · answered by cs 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Make sure you feed her a premium food and extra calcium (cuttle bone)
2007-02-07 23:50:18 · answer #9 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋