Sara011
03-20-2012, 11:11 PM
Hello,
Let me first introduce our bird: Sara is a 4 year old lovebird without a partner. We got her when she was 6 months old from the owner who neglected her. She was pretty feisty and aggressive. She would eat nothing but seeds. We managed to tame her to a certain point but we never succeeded in changing her diet - we tried introducing fruits and vegetables and pellets many times very patiently but to no avail - she seemed to be ready to die of starvation but wouldn't take anything but seeds.
Our other problem is frequent egg laying behavior. Initially, she would lay one or two eggs every few months or so. Typically, she would sit on eggs only for a day or two and would quickly lose interest in it. We would then remove the eggs and everything will be back to normal. However, this egg laying behavior started to be more and more frequent in the last couple of years. We are now at the point where she lays 2-3 eggs every 5-6 weeks. Just last week she laid 4 eggs in 4 days! Unlike in the beginning, she is now very protective of her eggs and would sit on them for days.
We are concerned that this behavior will eventually have negative effects on her health. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot,
Sasha
Let me first introduce our bird: Sara is a 4 year old lovebird without a partner. We got her when she was 6 months old from the owner who neglected her. She was pretty feisty and aggressive. She would eat nothing but seeds. We managed to tame her to a certain point but we never succeeded in changing her diet - we tried introducing fruits and vegetables and pellets many times very patiently but to no avail - she seemed to be ready to die of starvation but wouldn't take anything but seeds.
Our other problem is frequent egg laying behavior. Initially, she would lay one or two eggs every few months or so. Typically, she would sit on eggs only for a day or two and would quickly lose interest in it. We would then remove the eggs and everything will be back to normal. However, this egg laying behavior started to be more and more frequent in the last couple of years. We are now at the point where she lays 2-3 eggs every 5-6 weeks. Just last week she laid 4 eggs in 4 days! Unlike in the beginning, she is now very protective of her eggs and would sit on them for days.
We are concerned that this behavior will eventually have negative effects on her health. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot,
Sasha