Hi.
My female cockatiel has laid her second egg, this time actually laying it on a flat surface and not mistaking it for a big poo.
There is now a very big possibility for the egg to be fertilized (someone had let her out with the male in the past week and a half twice, even though they are not supposed to be out at the same time without my permission. whether or not any mating actually happened i'm unsure of, but I suspect they have done it), but i am not interested in having babies, mainly for the stress of finding a good home.
Like the title asks, is keeping the egg at room temperature (which is about 18 celsius) enough to avoid an embryo from developing in the egg? She does not how to incubate, and when I picked the egg it was really cold. She does attempt to do so, but whenever she has actually placed herself on top of the egg she seems to find it uncomfortable, and steps off to either try again or do something else. I replaced the real egg with a fake one, and left the real egg in a cabinet, hidden away from her. Should I refridgerate the egg, or just let it sit there?
F.Y.I, no spider in the egg visible
My female cockatiel has laid her second egg, this time actually laying it on a flat surface and not mistaking it for a big poo.
There is now a very big possibility for the egg to be fertilized (someone had let her out with the male in the past week and a half twice, even though they are not supposed to be out at the same time without my permission. whether or not any mating actually happened i'm unsure of, but I suspect they have done it), but i am not interested in having babies, mainly for the stress of finding a good home.
Like the title asks, is keeping the egg at room temperature (which is about 18 celsius) enough to avoid an embryo from developing in the egg? She does not how to incubate, and when I picked the egg it was really cold. She does attempt to do so, but whenever she has actually placed herself on top of the egg she seems to find it uncomfortable, and steps off to either try again or do something else. I replaced the real egg with a fake one, and left the real egg in a cabinet, hidden away from her. Should I refridgerate the egg, or just let it sit there?
F.Y.I, no spider in the egg visible