chip&dale
09-03-2012, 01:07 PM
Hi
So this is an update to my previous post about Chip&dale laying eggs. They laid eggs in May (3) which we left for a week. Then they laid eggs again in July (8) which as per the great advice of people on this forum, we did not touch until they both abandoned the eggs. Which took about a month. Now we have found MORE eggs!
I even changed the way I lined the newspaper in their cage, ensuring all edges are tucked under the cage ends so that they can't burrow and nest underneath it - they tore through the bottom of the paper and essentially pushed the paper up with a bump to MAKE a place to burrow. I need to line their cage with something, its way too difficult to clean the cage otherwise.
Dale is still "horny" with the happy hut and they've been... kissing? lately too (beak to beak) so I think they're still in heat.
I'm worried that constantly laying eggs will be bad for them as they dont eat as much and hold in their poop (making reallly large ones)... plus the whole process has to be really hard on their little bodies.
What do I do? :confused:
So this is an update to my previous post about Chip&dale laying eggs. They laid eggs in May (3) which we left for a week. Then they laid eggs again in July (8) which as per the great advice of people on this forum, we did not touch until they both abandoned the eggs. Which took about a month. Now we have found MORE eggs!
I even changed the way I lined the newspaper in their cage, ensuring all edges are tucked under the cage ends so that they can't burrow and nest underneath it - they tore through the bottom of the paper and essentially pushed the paper up with a bump to MAKE a place to burrow. I need to line their cage with something, its way too difficult to clean the cage otherwise.
Dale is still "horny" with the happy hut and they've been... kissing? lately too (beak to beak) so I think they're still in heat.
I'm worried that constantly laying eggs will be bad for them as they dont eat as much and hold in their poop (making reallly large ones)... plus the whole process has to be really hard on their little bodies.
What do I do? :confused: