Tsubasa
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The parronts of my cockatiel family is living in their own cage and I was trying to avoid putting newspapers simply for covering the droppings but she has been very active, not eating like usual and the male in attack mode (biting harder than usual). It was very obvious that she was going to lay an egg soon (her behind was bumpy... so that's why I put newspapers last night and she indeed laid an egg..
I didn't want her to go through this again because when she laid a clutch last year, none of them were fertile...
What really frustrated me was the male mounting her even when she's already in that state yesterday. (I have a camera set up so I see what's going on) but I wish there was a guaranteed way of stopping the mating (even within siblings) WITHOUT separating the cages for every single bird.
Right now, I am wondering if it's ok to put an infertile egg (from previous clutch) in addition to the one she already has in order to stop her from laying another one or is it too soon? Also, will removing the current newspaper help? I just want her to stop laying.
I didn't want her to go through this again because when she laid a clutch last year, none of them were fertile...
What really frustrated me was the male mounting her even when she's already in that state yesterday. (I have a camera set up so I see what's going on) but I wish there was a guaranteed way of stopping the mating (even within siblings) WITHOUT separating the cages for every single bird.
Right now, I am wondering if it's ok to put an infertile egg (from previous clutch) in addition to the one she already has in order to stop her from laying another one or is it too soon? Also, will removing the current newspaper help? I just want her to stop laying.