amerianz
09-10-2008, 10:58 PM
I have had Charlie 3 years now, and until yesterday have been unsure of her sex, slightly leaning towards 'boy' due to the lack of eggs.
Well that is no longer so!
whilst cleaning her cage yesterday I found two beautiful little white eggs in the grate!
her cage is one that prevents the bird from getting to the paper at the bottom (particularly good for lovies with paper chewing obsessions) by a grate with thin rods spaced every half to full cm, makign it easy i have discovered for eggs to fall through.
charlie enjoys munching paper and hiding in it, so she often has some placed at the bottom of the cage, which had until yesterday prevented us from noticing the eggs.
She doesnt seem to have any interest in them, possibly because they fell out of her reach as soon as laid.
However, i have a few questions, starting with, what the heck?! why has she started now?
also, now that she is laying, what do i do? will she stop or will continue replacing eggs? do i need to feed her something special to harden the shells? are there ways to prevent her from wanting to lay?
Well that is no longer so!
whilst cleaning her cage yesterday I found two beautiful little white eggs in the grate!
her cage is one that prevents the bird from getting to the paper at the bottom (particularly good for lovies with paper chewing obsessions) by a grate with thin rods spaced every half to full cm, makign it easy i have discovered for eggs to fall through.
charlie enjoys munching paper and hiding in it, so she often has some placed at the bottom of the cage, which had until yesterday prevented us from noticing the eggs.
She doesnt seem to have any interest in them, possibly because they fell out of her reach as soon as laid.
However, i have a few questions, starting with, what the heck?! why has she started now?
also, now that she is laying, what do i do? will she stop or will continue replacing eggs? do i need to feed her something special to harden the shells? are there ways to prevent her from wanting to lay?