Ooo an egg!

[lute]

What a cool shock!

[king2005]

Make it 2!!

But after I cleaned the cage she refused to sit on them. All she wanted was to come out & attention. She didn't want anything to do with the eggs after that. The eggs were in her nest & all I did was remove the newspaper & clean up as much of the seed shells that I could with my hands (no bleach this time cause I didn't want them out of the cage for long cause of the eggs)...

So I think I did something wrong. I hope she wont lay more trying to replace those 2. My goal was to prevent that sort of thing from happening

Oddly enough Bobbie let me pick him up with no fight. I did my kisses to him while holding him & he was doing them back... I think having her as a friend is making him more happy & friendly as he sees me handling her all them time 7 she'll churp happily on my hand.

[Husky_mom]

WOW!.. an egg... well two... if things contiue she should lay eggs every other day...

if they haven´t mated... then they are not fertile... but if you don´t want to take chances.. you can either shake, freeze, boil or get fake eggs over the net or from a petstore...

I know from a very reliable source one baby hatched from a shaken, frozen egg... yes.. after all that he still hatched!!... he was truly a miracle... so if you don´t want to risk it get some fake ones... if you just remove them she´ll soooo replace them and that is a great calcium loss for her...

a rodent igloo is too small.. well at least for a mom and babies.. but if they are not hatching.. could work... but I would better suggest a wood nestbox for tiels... much roomy and comfortable...

then again that mght encourage Bobbie to fertilize her for further eggs... hehe...

another way to discourage them s to increase dark time... and removing any nest looking items from the cage...

[king2005]

WOW!.. an egg... well two... if things contiue she should lay eggs every other day...

if they haven´t mated... then they are not fertile... but if you don´t want to take chances.. you can either shake, freeze, boil or get fake eggs over the net or from a petstore...

I know from a very reliable source one baby hatched from a shaken, frozen egg... yes.. after all that he still hatched!!... he was truly a miracle... so if you don´t want to risk it get some fake ones... if you just remove them she´ll soooo replace them and that is a great calcium loss for her...

a rodent igloo is too small.. well at least for a mom and babies.. but if they are not hatching.. could work... but I would better suggest a wood nestbox for tiels... much roomy and comfortable...

then again that mght encourage Bobbie to fertilize her for further eggs... hehe...

another way to discourage them s to increase dark time... and removing any nest looking items from the cage...

She layed a 3rd egg shortly after my last post. She still refused to sit on them.. She baiscally plopped the egg out & ignored all 3. So on Sat I decided to remove the whole nest as the eggs had been ignored for a week, & guess what happens.. she lays a 4th egg She is sitting on this one, but she not attacking me when I put my hands into the cage.. which is nice as she always hurts her messed up wing when she attacks me.

I'm not going to give her a nest this time, & I know Bobbie didn't fertalize the eggs as he still hates her haha.. its funny. She pours on the LOVE ME LOVE ME NOW!! He just bites at her & screams in her face LOL I think he thinks shes moving too fast in their relationship LOL

I also noticed on fri that she was REALLY thin.. I don't think shes eating the new food at all SO I filled a plate full of seeds & put that at the bottom of the cage for her.. she dove right in... I hope I can get her weight back up before she makes herself sick

[Husky_mom]

some tiels don´t mind or sit ont eh eggs until a considerate amount of eggs usually 3-4... this is so they all hatch around teh same time....

this is not that good... but you can increase fatty "junk" food for her to gain weight... sunflower seeds... they love them... and are just like chips and donuts.. haha...

let her have also some pasta and bread... and include a few green veggies the darker the green the better.. (just not too much lettuce as it gives them the runs )

[king2005]

cooked or uncooked pasta?

Neither of them will touch veggies of any sort
I got her to eat some Banana, but she wont touch anything else

[Husky_mom]

you can try both ways pasta...


broccoli is all I have made mine to eat... such picky eaters... LOL