parrot laying eggs and calcium depletion?

Question

ok need more info on the calcium depletion while a parrot is laying eggs,,, what food do I supplement with?

Answer 1

Edit: Oh, yikes. I didn't realize you had a lory till Christie said something about it. The seed bit won't necessarily apply to you then, but the vegetables are still applicable. I definitely second the suggestion to ask an avian vet to see what would be best suited not only for your bird's species, but for your bird as an individual. In addition to the nectar diet you already feed, offer fruits (you can check this out to see some suggestions for parrots in /general/: http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww28eii.htm ), maybe some mealworms, pollen, and fresh leaves and blossoms from untreated and bird-safe plants. ( http://petcaretips.net/poisonous-plant-bird.html )

You can feed some egg and crush up egg shells and put them in food. Cuttlefish bone is good if your bird is willing to pick at it, and the same goes for those little iodine blocks. If you're going to go for a block like that, I highly recommend Manu blocks. They're not only chocked full of calcium, but carry many other nutrients that other blocks don't have, and they're natural clay blocks taken from wild habitats.

Otherwise, dark leafy greens are great calcium carriers. Broccoli, bok choy, romaine lettuce, spinach, kale. Spinach and kale have the highest, but don't feed excessively because too much calcium can cause binding, which means there's so much calcium that it just blocks together and doesn't get distributed. Obviously that's not what you want. I would feed spinach and kale no more than once every few days.

Avoid the use of vitamin drops and whatnot unless an avian vet advises you to use them, because in water, they speed bacteria growth and in food, they may get tossed away and wasted if they're coating seeds. Birds just hull them and eat the seed inside.

Answer 2

Hi Terry. There are supplements that you can buy.The cheapest most effective means is to give cooked egg with the shell crumbled.The egg is a whole protein and provides many different nutrients also. Egg laying takes a lot of energy. Good luck and have a great day everyday.

Answer 3

Yeah calcium is very important and i know that now since our parakeet died 2 weeks ago from that egg bound thing. SInce we got another female bird (replacement so our 6yr old wouldnt know) we feed her a good seed with calcium then we have sun seed quicko special red egg food food supply, then we have kaytee cal grit as well.But you can always cook a hard boiled egg and you can crunch up the shells and put that in too. Also vitamin drops for the water is good also. Yeah our bird didnt make the car trip to the vet... Very sad . Good luck to u and ur bird

Answer 4

My sister had a cockatiel who wouldn't stop laying eggs, so to avoid health issues, the vet gave her birth control shots....no joke they really do that.

Answer 5

If your bird likes veggies, you can feed lots of dark leafy greens like spinich and kale. If they don't, you can put a liquid suppliment in their water once a week. Here is a link for that.
http://www.ladygouldianfinch.com/product_calciumplus.mgi

Since your bird is a lorry, please consult your vet because they have very specific nutritional needs.

Answer 6

Oyster shells

Answer 7

if you need to remove the eggs put in fakes or they keep laying

Answer 8

Huh, never even thought about that. They can't have milk. Fish?