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Post by Menagerie on Dec 9, 2010 9:36:26 GMT 10
My rainbow Lorie has laid two eggs in the past 4 days.... I have removed them from her cage (Hope I did the right thing).  But now she is nesting under her newspaper in the bottom of the cage and making little nesting noises. She is okay when she is out of the cage but not eating as much as she has been. I change the paper twice a day and she acts normal during this then goes back under the paper within a few minutes. Should I remove the paper for a few days or just let her be?? |
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Post by vankarhi on Dec 9, 2010 16:12:57 GMT 10
Well each has their own way to handle this. My cockatiel gets nesty in her water bowl.....and I just let her. She has not layed eggs yet though.
If she did lay eggs I would remove them......just like I did when my alex girl layed eggs before she went into the aviary with a mate.....now she is allowed to have babies ;D but I also do not put nest box's in with them when they are in house cages. (I am not saying you did either ;D )
But I guess it is all dependant on the bird......if she is fine and doesn't continue laying......like an egg laying machine, then taking the eggs away is fine. But if she is continually laying ..... then leaving them for her to sit on is a good idea because this will stop her from laying while she is sitting on the eggs. I have no idea if rainbow lorikeets have a breeding season or if they lay all year round like my eclectus....but if they lay all year round ..... and if she doesn't stop laying.......I would let her sit for on them until she is sick of it....usually a few weeks.
I probably would remove the paper too.........but if it doesn't bother you and she is fine every other time........you could just leave it.
I think it just depends on you and her really.
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Post by Laraine on Dec 10, 2010 15:26:34 GMT 10
It is difficult to know what is the "right" way to go. It sounds like her hormones are taking over, is she a young bird? I would be inclined to leave the eggs she has laid in the cage and let her sit on them. She will probably go off them in a couple of weeks when she realises they are clear.
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Post by Menagerie on Dec 11, 2010 8:41:05 GMT 10
Thanks for the input. Im not sure how old she is friends daughter found her........ I took out the paper from the bottom for about 1 hour yesterday arvo and she went back to her normal self, eating, talking, ect. (But its harder to keep the cage clean without the paper) She got a little bitey when I cleaned the cage out and as soon as I put fresh paper back in she went back under. So I guess she was telling me what she wants  I might just do everything as normal and see what happens... |
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Post by jusdeb on Dec 11, 2010 13:07:24 GMT 10
Ive had Quarrions that go through this , I remove anything that they might see as a nest and have found that leaving them an egg or 2 will stop them going into that continually laying egg thing they do ....they usually end up treating the egg like a soccer ball anyway .
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Post by Phill on Dec 11, 2010 15:10:05 GMT 10
I would leave the eggs in their and let her sit. Eventually she will know that the eggs will not hatch, and just abondon them. By removing the eggs, it may trigger her to continually lay more eggs, and depleit her calcium levels...
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Post by vankarhi on Dec 11, 2010 20:28:21 GMT 10
They can be left in for her to sit........if she wants to sit. Shreki (my female alexandrine) layed 2 clutches of 4 eggs in her first year and I removed them because they were cracked and she showed no interest in sitting on them anyway. The following year she had a nest box and a mate and hatched 4 out of 4 eggs.
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