moonlightt
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Hi everyone,
This is my first post on this forum on this account. Can somebody please help?
I would like to point out that my tiel is on her own, so her eggs are unfertilized. This is the situation: since a week or so my bird is showing signs of breeding behavior again. Since she only once laid eggs once about a year ago I can’t tell if she’s ready to do it again or if she’s currently carrying.
She often makes soft noises while pressing against the cage and while I’m trying to discourage her from doing it, but she does it a lot recently. What worries me the most is that last year, when she was about lay eggs and it was all new to me she would be digging in the sand on the bottom of the cage and find a corner to nest in and now that she’s doing it again I’m concerned she wants to lay eggs. But there is some time between the times she does it and the egg laying process. Is it so that if she’s trying to nest in her cage (or trying to) she already has an egg in the making? I’ve been told I can discourage her breeding behavior by rearranging her cage, but is it too late now? I can’t tell if she is carrying or not and I’m not looking forward to the whole egg process as I’m constantly worried for her and I think it’s sad overall.
Last year when she was brooding on her clutch of eggs, she was sitting on the corner of the cage on them and as time went by her health declined. She got real tired and didn’t move much. I had to handfeed her until she recovered and then I decided to remove her eggs and had no issues since. But now, it looks like she’s up to it again as she’s very protective of her territory and goes down a lot after she ate (she does check the bottom of the cage before eating) or went out of the cage. She’s also acting very aggressive because she wants to protect her territory. I’ve been covering her cage with a blanket for the past two days, of course not fully, but to give her a sense of nighttime. And when it’s covered, she doesn’t go down no more and goes to sleep faster.
I need some help with this. Can I start rearranging her cage and discourage further breeding behavior to prevent the process or is it too late and should I let her nest further?
Also if she does happen to lay eggs, how can I prevent her health/energy decline? Because even though she ate well, she had some pain stretching and after a few weeks she was so tired that she could barely fly and move.
I hope you were able to understand my situation. Thanks in advance for your help.
- Nick
This is my first post on this forum on this account. Can somebody please help?
I would like to point out that my tiel is on her own, so her eggs are unfertilized. This is the situation: since a week or so my bird is showing signs of breeding behavior again. Since she only once laid eggs once about a year ago I can’t tell if she’s ready to do it again or if she’s currently carrying.
She often makes soft noises while pressing against the cage and while I’m trying to discourage her from doing it, but she does it a lot recently. What worries me the most is that last year, when she was about lay eggs and it was all new to me she would be digging in the sand on the bottom of the cage and find a corner to nest in and now that she’s doing it again I’m concerned she wants to lay eggs. But there is some time between the times she does it and the egg laying process. Is it so that if she’s trying to nest in her cage (or trying to) she already has an egg in the making? I’ve been told I can discourage her breeding behavior by rearranging her cage, but is it too late now? I can’t tell if she is carrying or not and I’m not looking forward to the whole egg process as I’m constantly worried for her and I think it’s sad overall.
Last year when she was brooding on her clutch of eggs, she was sitting on the corner of the cage on them and as time went by her health declined. She got real tired and didn’t move much. I had to handfeed her until she recovered and then I decided to remove her eggs and had no issues since. But now, it looks like she’s up to it again as she’s very protective of her territory and goes down a lot after she ate (she does check the bottom of the cage before eating) or went out of the cage. She’s also acting very aggressive because she wants to protect her territory. I’ve been covering her cage with a blanket for the past two days, of course not fully, but to give her a sense of nighttime. And when it’s covered, she doesn’t go down no more and goes to sleep faster.
I need some help with this. Can I start rearranging her cage and discourage further breeding behavior to prevent the process or is it too late and should I let her nest further?
Also if she does happen to lay eggs, how can I prevent her health/energy decline? Because even though she ate well, she had some pain stretching and after a few weeks she was so tired that she could barely fly and move.
I hope you were able to understand my situation. Thanks in advance for your help.
- Nick