Nesting Behavior? Not really... Not sure.

So my eight year old IRN had never laid an egg but once built a nest. That was a few years ago and I no longer give her toys that are likely to encourage nesting behavior but she has found a way to shred the rope of her boing. She's sitting on it kinda weird too. Any suggestions?

She presents to her toys and other IRNs on YouTube which isn't new. She is also pretty cage and food aggressive. She's cranky but she's always cranky haha.

Contextual info: I've had her since she was 11 months old. Rescued her from an abusive basement breeder. Whatever stress she experienced in her early months resulted in her having epilepsy. It is successfully managed with medicine injected into a grape twice daily. I also have an almost four year old CAG who lives in a separate cage of course. He can be a butthead and bother her, but she also will start with him. They are always supervised if out at the same time. They also get individual time with me. Both birds are fully flighted.




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BirdNerdPHL said:

So my eight year old IRN had never laid an egg but once built a nest. That was a few years ago and I no longer give her toys that are likely to encourage nesting behavior but she has found a way to shred the rope of her boing. She's sitting on it kinda weird too. Any suggestions?

She presents to her toys and other IRNs on YouTube which isn't new. She is also pretty cage and food aggressive. She's cranky but she's always cranky haha.

Contextual info: I've had her since she was 11 months old. Rescued her from an abusive basement breeder. Whatever stress she experienced in her early months resulted in her having epilepsy. It is successfully managed with medicine injected into a grape twice daily. I also have an almost four year old CAG who lives in a separate cage of course. He can be a butthead and bother her, but she also will start with him. They are always supervised if out at the same time. They also get individual time with me. Both birds are fully flighted.

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UPDATE: In case anyone is in fact reading this, I'll post an update. Popcorn still is obsessing over the strings and she has destroyed them to the point of them appearing like lint. She has been getting pieces stuck in the corners of her beak, and even in her eye. I'm concerned she is swallowing pieces because my birds are special and seem to have death wishes haha. So I traded out the two type perches with the stringy toys for two without and I'll see what's up tomorrow. Ugh. High maintenance birdie is high maintenance.


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Hi BirdNerd,

What kind of symptoms does she exhinit with epilepsy?

I'm unable to help with the shredding of her rope sorry, but it's nice to see another yellow girl

remove the rope perch immediately. Outside of any nesting behavior (I'm not too sure if it is to be honest) she can easily get tangled in those loose threads and she is most likely ingesting some which if she eat enough of them can be fatal.

I would remove the rope immediately and take her to the vet to get her crop checked for foreign materials

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remove the rope perch immediately. Outside of any nesting behavior (I'm not too sure if it is to be honest) she can easily get tangled in those loose threads and she is most likely ingesting some which if she eat enough of them can be fatal.

I would remove the rope immediately and take her to the vet to get her crop checked for foreign materials

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I removed it the other night and am watching her closely for signs of anything amiss. My gut was pretty strong that it was unsafe at this point.


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