My blind female budgie, Tiresias, won't stop laying eggs, and it's really worrying me.
Some background: she is about three years old, blind, and has been producing 1-2 eggs about twice a month for 2-3 months now. She used to live with a female cockatiel who had been her companion for the past three years, but she became violent towards her cagemate when she started laying eggs and they had to be seperated after the cockatiel was pretty seriously injured. She now lives alone and does not have anything soft that might she might consider a mate (like one of those snuggle-buddy things). She shreds the paper at the bottom of the cage but it is changed daily so she doesn't build actual nests, and has no nestbox. The photoperiod is the same all year 'round, but I would think it wouldn't matter to a blind animal anyways...?
I'm really worried about egg binding or deficiencies. Any ideas on what could be causing this and how I can stop it? I have five other female budgies and they've never once laid an egg.
Some background: she is about three years old, blind, and has been producing 1-2 eggs about twice a month for 2-3 months now. She used to live with a female cockatiel who had been her companion for the past three years, but she became violent towards her cagemate when she started laying eggs and they had to be seperated after the cockatiel was pretty seriously injured. She now lives alone and does not have anything soft that might she might consider a mate (like one of those snuggle-buddy things). She shreds the paper at the bottom of the cage but it is changed daily so she doesn't build actual nests, and has no nestbox. The photoperiod is the same all year 'round, but I would think it wouldn't matter to a blind animal anyways...?
I'm really worried about egg binding or deficiencies. Any ideas on what could be causing this and how I can stop it? I have five other female budgies and they've never once laid an egg.