lovebirds have mated.

XxangelxX · Oct 22, 2016

A few days ago before heading off to school, I was sitting on the bed in my room drinking tea when my birds started....well, you know. I quickly googled to see what it looks like and it was the same thing. This morning the female has been disappearing into the bookshelves in my living room and the male wont let me get close to them...has she laid eggs in a nook in the shelves? What do I do if she has laid eggs?

texsize · Oct 22, 2016

I cant give specific advice for lovebirds but I think it takes more than a day from fertilization before the hen would lay an egg.
My experience has been strictly with cockatiels.
If you want babies it might be difficult to get the birds to accept a different location as a "nest".
I would leave some kind of nesting material close by for them to work with otherwise they may start sheading your books to soften the nest.
If you don't want babies I would suggest replacing any eggs with "fake" eggs.
texsize

XxangelxX · Oct 23, 2016

texsize said:
I cant give specific advice for lovebirds but I think it takes more than a day from fertilization before the hen would lay an egg.
My experience has been strictly with cockatiels.
If you want babies it might be difficult to get the birds to accept a different location as a "nest".
I would leave some kind of nesting material close by for them to work with otherwise they may start sheading your books to soften the nest.
If you don't want babies I would suggest replacing any eggs with "fake" eggs.
texsize

Thank you! They have already torn down most of the books haha! I followed your advice and left some bamboo fibre lying in their cage.

BruceTheQuail · Oct 23, 2016

Hi. You can usually tell when a lovebird is going to lay an egg, the hen gets a bit of a bulge around ber backside and sometimes they dont fly as well as normal. Generally speaking they will lay eggs after they mate, but it should be 3 days or so. But if they have mated once, they are probably doing it plenty - ours are triggered especially if the cage is in direct sunlight. Most lovies like to nest in a box. If you put a small cardboard box in their cage with a hole in it, they will either shred it for nesting material or use it for a nest. The hens can get very nasty when they are nesting, and will sometimes attack you when you put your hand in the cage. If you want to stop that, you have to take anything away that might induce nesting behaviour.

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