Hi everyone, I've browsed these forums a few times to find answers to questions I've had but this is my first time posting, so hello, I guess!
I have a little cobalt linnie named Indie, and she's the only bird out of my flock of 4 that has ever laid an egg. In fact, she laid too many clutches last year and the vet got concerned due to the frequency (3 or 4 in a year, about 4 eggs each). Anyway, I''m trying to keep her hormones under better control but it has been pretty challenging. I found my way to these forums after searching on google about birds humping their toys, and most owners say that its normal and I should only be concerned if it is too frequent, but all of the posts I read seemed to involve male parrots. On one hand, I understand that hormones and humping are natural behaviors but at the same time I don't want her in a hormonal state that causes her to lay eggs all the time again. Is there a threshold of humping I should allow? Has anyone else had this experience?
A few notes about her setup:
Diet: Harrisons pellets + mixed greens and veggies
Current cage setup: We took her out of her larger cage and put her in a smaller one to change her location to limited success (her other cage is too big to relocate in our condo)
Toys: We try and rotate the toys and perches every week. The toys are tough because she has been systematically humping all of them and doesn't seem too keen on playing with them.
Out of cage time: Unfortunately, there are some birds in my flock that fight (my other Linnie and one of my budgies HATE each other), so I need to separate their out of cage time. She gets minimum 1 hr out with the other Linnie.
Sleeping arrangement: On weekdays we get them up at around 7am and then cover their cages at about 9pm.
I've attached a picture of her, but its not relevant to the question, but just because she is cute as heck.
I have a little cobalt linnie named Indie, and she's the only bird out of my flock of 4 that has ever laid an egg. In fact, she laid too many clutches last year and the vet got concerned due to the frequency (3 or 4 in a year, about 4 eggs each). Anyway, I''m trying to keep her hormones under better control but it has been pretty challenging. I found my way to these forums after searching on google about birds humping their toys, and most owners say that its normal and I should only be concerned if it is too frequent, but all of the posts I read seemed to involve male parrots. On one hand, I understand that hormones and humping are natural behaviors but at the same time I don't want her in a hormonal state that causes her to lay eggs all the time again. Is there a threshold of humping I should allow? Has anyone else had this experience?
A few notes about her setup:
Diet: Harrisons pellets + mixed greens and veggies
Current cage setup: We took her out of her larger cage and put her in a smaller one to change her location to limited success (her other cage is too big to relocate in our condo)
Toys: We try and rotate the toys and perches every week. The toys are tough because she has been systematically humping all of them and doesn't seem too keen on playing with them.
Out of cage time: Unfortunately, there are some birds in my flock that fight (my other Linnie and one of my budgies HATE each other), so I need to separate their out of cage time. She gets minimum 1 hr out with the other Linnie.
Sleeping arrangement: On weekdays we get them up at around 7am and then cover their cages at about 9pm.
I've attached a picture of her, but its not relevant to the question, but just because she is cute as heck.
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