Okay I have never had a Cockatiel lay an egg! Is this egg viable beings she has not been around any other birds? she is sitting on it. What kind of nest do I need to get her?
2007-03-17 04:17:39 · 6 answers · asked by jojo 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
i would just take the entire cage, bird, and cage to the vet. he can recommend something and help you out. Don't touch the bird though. Most likely, it is not a fertile egg, but bird are VERY protective of their eggs, she'll bite you.
2007-03-17 08:38:44 · answer #1 · answered by superman_crazy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I had a female cockatiel for 2 years, before getting a male. She used to lay eggs when she was on her own. Obviously the egg in no good. A good way to know if egg is fertile is hold it up to bright light after a couple of days. If you see blood vessels in the egg, it is fertile. Cockatiels will nest in just about anything. My bird layed eggs on some cloths in drawer of old cupboard.
2007-03-17 11:46:06 · answer #2 · answered by neil_krause 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The egg is not fertile, but DO NOT TAKE IT AWAY! THIS WILL ONLY ENCOURAGE HER TO LAY MORE! You do not need a nest because there is no chance of the eggs hatching.
That being said. Let her sit on her egg(s) until she gives up on them, then and ONLY then is it safe to take them away.
Make sure she has pleanty of calcium rich foods in her diet to replace what she is loosing in creating the egg.
Decrease the ammount of daylight she is getting, this will make her think it is winter and she will stop laying. Start with 12 hours and continue decreasing it by one hour a week until she stops laying. After that you can increase it again.
Birds that lay lots of eggs can become eggbound and die, so please, get her to stop. If decreasing the daylight does not work, please see your Avian Vet for medical help.
2007-03-17 12:14:10 · answer #3 · answered by Christie D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not an expert by any stretch of the imaginaion, but I would think that if she hasn't been around any other birds, the egg hasn't been fertilized. She will probably sit on it, but there is no way it will hatch!. They sell "nesting boxes" at the pet shop, but you can ask the pet store clerk for advice.They are usually pretty knowledgeable about those kinds of things, after all that's their job.Good luck
2007-03-20 22:48:36 · answer #4 · answered by cathy h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a nest, they like timothy hay, not nesting material. You also might need a nesting box. She will build the nest herself if you just lay some of the hay in there. Timothy hay will be in the rodents section of a petstore, but birds like it too. DO NOT get any other type of hay because it could be dangerous for the bird(s).
2007-03-17 11:32:54 · answer #5 · answered by Emily I 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If there is no male, the egg is infertile. distract her with food and take it away.
2007-03-17 12:07:49 · answer #6 · answered by captflapdoodle 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋