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Post by Tohru1529 (April) on Feb 26, 2014 5:47:40 GMT
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Post by santinoandmondo on Feb 26, 2014 12:07:34 GMT
How exciting! I'm not a cockatiel expert but I would think that you'd want to put the egg with appropriate bedding in something like a low box to keep the egg from rolling around and to keep hatchlings from falling through the grate.
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Post by dianapalmer on Feb 26, 2014 15:28:28 GMT
Proud mama! She's lovely.
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Post by Pammy on Feb 26, 2014 18:41:03 GMT
There is no male bird, folks. Sunny is just laying, and she's quite old. I'm worried about her.
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Post by Tohru1529 (April) on Feb 26, 2014 18:42:20 GMT
There is no male bird, folks. Sunny is just laying, and she's quite old. I'm worried about her. I am worried about her too. |
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Post by Pammy on Feb 26, 2014 18:45:36 GMT
I'm sure you are. I don't think I'd be encouraging this egg laying and nesting. Didn't you say Sunny is over 20 years old and she's recently had a stroke? Santino here on our forum is having some success getting her chronic egg layer to finally stop laying. Maybe she could offer you some very specific advice.
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Post by Tohru1529 (April) on Feb 26, 2014 18:53:26 GMT
She did had a mate 2008,but he die on May 1,2009. 1992 to 2009 she never lay an egg,until 2010 of December to June 2011.We did get her to stop for 2 years. I am not sure why she stated up again. Sunny 22 year old.
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Post by Tohru1529 (April) on Feb 26, 2014 19:06:01 GMT
I'm sure you are. I don't think I'd be encouraging this egg laying and nesting. Didn't you say Sunny is over 20 years old and she's recently had a stroke? Santino here on our forum is having some success getting her chronic egg layer to finally stop laying. Maybe she could offer you some very specific advice. yes she 22 year old,we had this problem in December 2010-2011 in June. She did stop laying eggs for 2 years,now she stared up again. I took her to the vet January 22,2014 ,he said she healthy. I am going to E-mail the vet maybe he could tell me what to do to stop her from laying eggs. I will keep you all update and let you know what he say. She had a stroke on January21,2014. |
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Post by santinoandmondo on Feb 26, 2014 19:25:32 GMT
Oh no! I didn't realize Sunny was so old! Our birds Santino and Mondo are two female parakeets but you can try some of the suggestion. Our parakeets are around 4 years old and one suddenly started to lay eggs, almost non-stop for a few months. I spoke to the vet over the phone and did not have to make an office visit. Maybe you can phone your vet since you just saw him last month.
I have tried many things including changing the cage around frequently(move cage to new location, change around perches and toys inside)to keep her active, do not stroke or pet her on the back and remove any toys that she may be able to rub her back against, keep her cage covered AT LEAST 12-14 hours a day to simulate short winter months when eggs are not laid, have sources of calcium available (cuttlebone, mineral block) so she can produce healthy eggs and not deplete her own body's supply and remove any mirror toys (she might think her reflection is a male bird). Also, the vet told me that females will lay eggs when there is ample food supply. I also take away their pellet/seed food during the day after breakfast and started offering vegetables and give back the pellet/seed at the end of the day. Lastly, allow your bird to sit on her eggs for as long as it takes for babies to hatch but remove the eggs one at a time after that. If you don't want to have her sit on her eggs, replace them with fake ones from the craft store. I put Santino's eggs in a small, low cardboard box with just some torn corrugated cardboard in there to keep the eggs from rolling all over.
Just a week or so of covering the cage for 14+ hours a day, I can tell that Santino is showing no interest in her eggs and her appearance has changed so she is finally coming out of breeding condition.
Best of luck with your Sunny.
Cherry
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Post by Tohru1529 (April) on Feb 26, 2014 20:48:59 GMT
Oh no! I didn't realize Sunny was so old! Our birds Santino and Mondo are two female parakeets but you can try some of the suggestion. Our parakeets are around 4 years old and one suddenly started to lay eggs, almost non-stop for a few months. I spoke to the vet over the phone and did not have to make an office visit. Maybe you can phone your vet since you just saw him last month. I have tried many things including changing the cage around frequently(move cage to new location, change around perches and toys inside)to keep her active, do not stroke or pet her on the back and remove any toys that she may be able to rub her back against, keep her cage covered AT LEAST 12-14 hours a day to simulate short winter months when eggs are not laid, have sources of calcium available (cuttlebone, mineral block) so she can produce healthy eggs and not deplete her own body's supply and remove any mirror toys (she might think her reflection is a male bird). Also, the vet told me that females will lay eggs when there is ample food supply. I also take away their pellet/seed food during the day after breakfast and started offering vegetables and give back the pellet/seed at the end of the day. Lastly, allow your bird to sit on her eggs for as long as it takes for babies to hatch but remove the eggs one at a time after that. If you don't want to have her sit on her eggs, replace them with fake ones from the craft store. I put Santino's eggs in a small, low cardboard box with just some torn corrugated cardboard in there to keep the eggs from rolling all over. Just a week or so of covering the cage for 14+ hours a day, I can tell that Santino is showing no interest in her eggs and her appearance has changed so she is finally coming out of breeding condition. Best of luck with your Sunny. Cherry Hi Cherry this is Sunny Owner April, to tell you I did everything. She will not take vegetables. I tryed give it her, for 7 years. I am going to let her sit on the egg. She is always cover for 14 hour. I am not sure how to stop her. She very happy,chipping every day. Thanks for all the info. I am going to try to email the vet. I will keep you all update.  |
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Post by lisamarie on Feb 26, 2014 21:00:22 GMT
Very cute pictures! But poor Sunny! I hope she gets well
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Post by Tohru1529 (April) on Feb 26, 2014 21:15:07 GMT
Very cute pictures! But poor Sunny! I hope she gets well Thanks |
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Post by dianapalmer on Feb 26, 2014 21:25:23 GMT
It must be hard having everyone offer advice to do things you already are doing. We cannot control everything, even tho we wish we could.
It's all nature. I'm sure she's very happy with her egg!
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Post by Tohru1529 (April) on Feb 26, 2014 21:51:22 GMT
It must be hard having everyone offer advice to do things you already are doing. We cannot control everything, even tho we wish we could. It's all nature. I'm sure she's very happy with her egg! I want to thanks everyone to help me with Sunny. You guys are all the best hugs to you all and more update. Update today is she been checking on her egg. She eating and drinking alot,she has lots of calcium,and vitamins.  For snack ,I give her this.  What do you think and I give her.  |
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Post by Pammy on Feb 27, 2014 0:29:20 GMT
I'm glad she's eating and drinking a lot. That seems like a good sign to me.
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