JewellBird
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My budgie Pip laid her first egg today, in her food dish. Her and my other budgie Riley who she is bonded to have been mating for the past week or so, but I don't encourage nesting or anything, and do not provide them with nesting areas, as I do not want them to raise a clutch. But today when I was changing out their food I found a small little Pip egg nestled in with the little bit of leftover food. I broke it and tossed it in the trash since I don't want them raising a clutch though. This is her first egg ever, and I'm just wondering if I need to do anything special for her since she will probably lay more, does she need extra calcium or anything? She eats Lafebers pellets, veggies, TOPS seed mix and cooked or sprouted grains so is she getting enough from her current diet? As I said before I'm not encouraging the laying and do not want them to raise a clutch, but it seems as if she is determined to lay even if she doesn't have a suitable place for them. Also, I keep seeing conflicting information on whether or not to replace them with dummy eggs, so should I purchase some dummy eggs in case she continues to lay?
Here is some pictures of her tiny egg before I tossed it out, it's so tiny...
Here is some pictures of her tiny egg before I tossed it out, it's so tiny...