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- Heather Watkins
Hi everyone,
I've had my two cockatiels for around two years now, Ronney (female, hand tame) and Pickles (male, not hand tame, but relatively comfortable around me). Now, about a month ago I put a nest box in their cage, and last week an egg appeared, and now there's three. Now I wouldn't really be concerned about any of this if it weren't for the fat that my cockatiels - while they get along fine - aren't exactly 'a bonded pair', meaning, they only occasionally preen each other, they never feed each other and don't particularly like being close together, and I've never seen them mate.
I've always blamed this on Ronney being hand raised and not used to to concept of mates, as Pickles is constantly making ignored advances to her. But I've never heard of a cockatiel laying a whole clutch of infertile eggs ??(because I find it very unlikely they'd mate)
Also while Ronney has been sitting on the eggs during the day, she hasn't been sitting on them at night??
I've bred budgies before, so I have some idea about what to expect when breeding parrots, but I'm currently a bit clueless at the moment. Is it possible that they might've mated and I just never saw? Or is it normal behaviour for a female to just lay a bunch of infertile eggs if she's broody??
Thanks
I've had my two cockatiels for around two years now, Ronney (female, hand tame) and Pickles (male, not hand tame, but relatively comfortable around me). Now, about a month ago I put a nest box in their cage, and last week an egg appeared, and now there's three. Now I wouldn't really be concerned about any of this if it weren't for the fat that my cockatiels - while they get along fine - aren't exactly 'a bonded pair', meaning, they only occasionally preen each other, they never feed each other and don't particularly like being close together, and I've never seen them mate.
I've always blamed this on Ronney being hand raised and not used to to concept of mates, as Pickles is constantly making ignored advances to her. But I've never heard of a cockatiel laying a whole clutch of infertile eggs ??(because I find it very unlikely they'd mate)
Also while Ronney has been sitting on the eggs during the day, she hasn't been sitting on them at night??
I've bred budgies before, so I have some idea about what to expect when breeding parrots, but I'm currently a bit clueless at the moment. Is it possible that they might've mated and I just never saw? Or is it normal behaviour for a female to just lay a bunch of infertile eggs if she's broody??
Thanks