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Post by ollie on Oct 19, 2004 9:13:31 GMT 10
my musks lay eggs sit on them and then they don't hatch only to find out the eggs are clear.
I took the eggs away from them and now they are not even trying to nest again. what can I do!
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Post by AussieBirds on Oct 19, 2004 10:57:31 GMT 10
Are you sure you have a pair? It's not easy to sex lories and you may have two hens. Have they bred before for you?
[glow=red,2,300]John[/glow]
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Post by ollie on Oct 19, 2004 19:00:27 GMT 10
Thanks John for your interest, I am assured by the person who sold them to me that they were a pair but I wonder now! Although I have a pair of rainbows that are doing the same thing and I know they are a pair!
My scalies had two lots of eggs before they made it with one baby.
I give them fruit & veg and lory food, I don't know what else I can do.
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Post by AussieBirds on Oct 19, 2004 20:03:19 GMT 10
Lories are mainly nectre eaters but they do like fruit, try some flowers that have nectre like bottle brush or grevillia. I know it is not possible to sex Lories by sight and I was calling mine "he" until "she" laid an egg. If the hen keeps laying and nothing comes of the eggs I would say you havn't got a true pair. Let her keep trying it may be that she is just inexperianced. Good luck and keep us informed. Just a side issue here any one that tells you they can sex a lorie by sight is either phsycic or a stranger to the truth.
[shadow=red,left,300]John[/shadow]
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Post by ollie on Oct 20, 2004 9:00:17 GMT 10
Thanks John I will keep trying for a while because the hen??? is only young. and also try the flowers
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