jill
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Post by jill on Oct 21, 2004 20:28:41 GMT 10
I have a pair of lorikeets that I've had since 8 weeks of age, now two years..from different breeders. I was assured they were both boys as I didn't want to breed. One (Oscar) has layed two eggs on the aviary floor, she has pushed all the pine shavings aside and the eggs are on the bare cement..She lays on them intermittenly throughout the day and of a night..I don't like the thought of her being on the cold cement floor of a night..Can I move the eggs into a nest box or should I put an open container on the floor and move them into this. When she sits on the eggs of a day she makes a crying noise, like a baby lorikeet makes, is this normal also...
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Smiley
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Post by Smiley on Oct 21, 2004 20:37:41 GMT 10
Hi Jill
You could try to put them into a nest box...I would \get the box and put it near her and slowly see if you can move them to a box...is she tame..would she let you pick her up...you cold put the eggs in the box in the same place she is now with out the lid on ..it is a very hard on..the sound she is making would be that she is clucky....you relly would just have to feel you way with this one...just see how she goes if you do try...you could also try and put some wood under her and them one side at a time..will the rain get to were she is as well..that could be a problem....
Natalie
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Post by AussieBirds on Oct 21, 2004 20:44:15 GMT 10
Hi Jill,
The noise she is making is normal for lorikeets so don't worry about it, my female lorie makes the same noise when she sits on her eggs, she also sits on the bottem of the cage, however it isnt concrete but i really don't think it will hurt her. You could put a nest box in the aviary and put the eggs in she may continue to incubate them for your own peace of mind.
John
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jill
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Post by jill on Oct 21, 2004 21:01:59 GMT 10
Thank you for your responses. They are both hand reared and very tame but at the same time extremely territorial regarding there aviary. I'll have to go in there armed with bandaids and tissues if I attempt to go near the eggs, not from her, she's very gentle, but from him, he's not so gentle. There aviary is protected from the weather. I might make them a box with three sides and put the eggs in it, that way I guess she is sheltered from any draughts..I don't want to cause her too much stress....
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Post by AussieBirds on Oct 21, 2004 21:17:20 GMT 10
That too is normal for them and you will notice a marked change in the personality once the breeding season is over they will return to thier old sweet self ;D
John
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