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Help getting a girl off her nest?

Garet

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I really want to check on Triss' eggs, but she's being a brat. Usually, she'll leave her nest to hang out with me. Except when I want to clean her cage or check on her eggs.

It's like she has a sixth sense or something. The second I even think about peeking in her nest, she gives me the stink eye, weaves her head back and forth, puffs up and makes a beeline for her cage.

When I had my brother over, I had him tap on the side of the cage to distract her while I lifted the top and swiped the box out for a look.

This wasn't a planned breeding, but he's hoping for a chick. I found a cracked egg in the area they poop in, and I want to see if it was a new one or not, and check the remaining egg/s for fertility or cracks.

It's kind of difficult to check. Their cage is a rabbit hutch and she decided to start nesting in a long cardboard box. I have to lift the cage off of its base, pick up the box, and somehow keep her from biting me all at the same time. The boys don't bother me one bit, but she's not afraid to go all Texas Chainsaw Massacre on me if I try anything.
 

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Managed to do a shell count and rescue one that she poop'd out behind her box. We've got five so far.
 

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Can you get a picture of the setup? It would be good if we could devise a way to close up her entryway to the box so that you can do what you need to without interference from Mama Shark.
 

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Makes me glad I have finches! I can lift ‘em out, look, and put them back - usually without a change in their posture.
 

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Can you get a picture of the setup? It would be good if we could devise a way to close up her entryway to the box so that you can do what you need to without interference from Mama Shark.
I'll have to get a pic sometime tomorrow. I don't want to deal with a grumpy Triss in the morning.

There's no real way to close off the box, unfortunately. It's a snuggie box, and she's chewed out an extra couple of holes just to make things harder. :banghead:

Makes me glad I have finches! I can lift ‘em out, look, and put them back - usually without a change in their posture.
Omg, I wiiiiish. The boys are a lot more tolerant than she is. I had to open the side of the box where four of her eggs were and draw her to her front door several times before I was fast enough to sneak her egg back in. She'd come tearing across the box to get at me.

Triss even chewed at the flap, so now I have to be very careful with picking up the box if I don't want her to nail my palm. She's like a criminal Mastermind here.
 
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