Hi there! I'm new here We have a lovebird who just started laying (unfertilized) eggs for the first time this week. We are up to 2 eggs so far. She has one of those triangle fuzzy tents that is open at both ends, and after a few hours to a few days, she has pushed both eggs out of her tent accidentally by moving back and forth.
My understanding is that she'll lay 5-6 eggs in a clutch, and potentially keep on laying after that if she doesn't reach the right number of eggs. The goal is for her to stop laying after this clutch. So here are my questions:
1) I'm about to order some dummy eggs (thanks for the info in the dummy egg thread!). If she pushes these ones out of the tent too, can we just keep placing them back into the tent and that will be enough so she stops laying?
2) Should we get a nest box instead so at least she's sitting on the right number of dummy eggs and not knocking them to the floor of the cage?
3) Should we do the opposite and take out the tent? Then I'd be concerned about where she'll lay the rest of her clutch. Either way it's coming out when this clutch is done - lesson learned!
Thank you!!
My understanding is that she'll lay 5-6 eggs in a clutch, and potentially keep on laying after that if she doesn't reach the right number of eggs. The goal is for her to stop laying after this clutch. So here are my questions:
1) I'm about to order some dummy eggs (thanks for the info in the dummy egg thread!). If she pushes these ones out of the tent too, can we just keep placing them back into the tent and that will be enough so she stops laying?
2) Should we get a nest box instead so at least she's sitting on the right number of dummy eggs and not knocking them to the floor of the cage?
3) Should we do the opposite and take out the tent? Then I'd be concerned about where she'll lay the rest of her clutch. Either way it's coming out when this clutch is done - lesson learned!
Thank you!!