Strange 'tiel sounds... video

[K9soul]

Originally posted by popcornbird
Jessica, did doing those things help with Dawn's breeding behavior?

Yes, tremendously! Another thing I read that I didn't really mention before is to try to keep their daily food cup to where you refill it every day, instead of filling it to brimming full so that they think they have plenty of food to stock up on . At first, I'd throw a cover over her at 3 or 4 in the afternoon if she was showing a lot of the behavior. Gradually she let up and then I would cover her around 5:30 or 6, leave her covered till 8:30 to 9 in the morning. I put a nice dark material over her cage so it was really dark in there. Now I cover her generally around 7 or 8 at night, and have gradually let her have more head scritchies and shoulder time with me again. Dawn's behavior was REALLY ingrained, she really wanted to lay eggs, so it took awhile, but she did finally get to the point where she doesn't show much of that behavior anymore.

As far as Baybi, I'd cover her at the same general time every night for awhile, 5-6ish is pretty good, but if she is showing a lot of the behavior before around that time, it wouldn't hurt to cover her a little earlier. Every time she gets going, it's suddenly nighttime and time to go to sleep . It'll probably calm her biological clock and those behaviors will diminish and fade, and it's certainly preferable to stop her now before she starts trying to lay