So apparently its that time of the year. Lada has gotten broody. She laid an egg several days ago (on me I might add lol). At first she wanted nothing to do with it and didn't even acknowledge it so I removed the egg at the recommendation of Lada's parront. He parront also requested I give Lada a box for the time being so she can get all this out of her system. I went ahead and purchased 4 faux eggs as I have done in the past for the finches. I wasn't expecting her to show any interest in them, but to my surprise, she pretty quickly scooped them up into the box and is now happily egg sitting. Hopefully that will suppress any further egg production. Ok now that you understand the context, onto the question...
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I know that with eckies, the females have evolved to stay in the nest during this time while the male provides all the food. Well, Lada is exhibiting this behavior. She is begging for food from her nest and begging to be fed (baby feeding actions with my fingers) when she is with me. Perhaps I am worrying too much. She clearly knows how to eat. I guess eventually when she is hungry, she will come eat like normal. She is 7 or 8 years old now I believe. I'm just worried that she is getting thin. I need to get that scale I was talking about awhile ago so I can monitor her weight. I know I should have done this awhile ago.
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On a side note, she has finally become very trusting and affectionate with me Either she just finally learned to trust me, or I have accidentally become her mate in her eyes. She no longer minds me in the cage. Not bothered by me around her boxes. She steps up willingly (and excitedly) and I can even flat out pick her up and handle her pretty freely. Part of this is probably also that I have just become more comfortable myself and have learned her body language more too. Still very cool.
##### Main question #####
I know that with eckies, the females have evolved to stay in the nest during this time while the male provides all the food. Well, Lada is exhibiting this behavior. She is begging for food from her nest and begging to be fed (baby feeding actions with my fingers) when she is with me. Perhaps I am worrying too much. She clearly knows how to eat. I guess eventually when she is hungry, she will come eat like normal. She is 7 or 8 years old now I believe. I'm just worried that she is getting thin. I need to get that scale I was talking about awhile ago so I can monitor her weight. I know I should have done this awhile ago.
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On a side note, she has finally become very trusting and affectionate with me
Either she just finally learned to trust me, or I have accidentally become her mate in her eyes. She no longer minds me in the cage. Not bothered by me around her boxes. She steps up willingly (and excitedly) and I can even flat out pick her up and handle her pretty freely. Part of this is probably also that I have just become more comfortable myself and have learned her body language more too. Still very cool.
