rescued quakers

Citronasbest

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I recently rescued two quakers, both females. Zeus has been laying eggs, almost daily and recently I noticed one of them have been eating the shells. They receive fresh water and food daily. They used to be very talkative the first few months we had them but lately only seem to respond to my husband. We have never been able to hold them due to biting and I believe this is because they werent interacted with at their previous home. I would appreciate any input on how to help them adjust to being here and why they would be eating their eggs. Thanks in advance!!
 

Boyd75

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you should look up birdtricks.com its pretty great. it works.
you start out clicker training getting them to go to the end of a stick and eventually to you, training may sound difficult but my quaker picked it up rearkably fast.
eggs are a good source of calcium, are they on seeds?
 
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Citronasbest

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They are on seeds. We have tried treats and fruits but they literally spit them back at us. The reason we pushed the previous owners to let us rescue them was because we witnessed them being treated poorly. When they would "annoy" the previous owners, talk or just be "noisy" they would thump the cage or spray them with water. After months of encouraging they finally let me take them. I absolutely love them to death but am wondering if the trust level is so far gone we may never get it back?? Should I try to get them to eat egg whites maybe for the calcium or give them our egg shells? I hate that we can't interact with them and give them the love they deserve. We do constantly talk to them and attempt to pet them but they just stay screaming and biting us. I have read several articles about training but I think we need a trick to establish a trustful bond. I am willing to try anything if anyone has ideas???? I hope it's not beyond repairable, they don't deserve to be caged all the time :confused:
 

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How recent is recent? How old are they?

I'd replace the eggs with some fake ones, and try to decrease their hours of daylight to stop the egg laying (that's hard on a bird) but my cockatiel does lay a few every year, so if you are just talking 2-3 eggs, then I wouldn't worry. But take them out. not that eating eggs is bad and now you can try sharing some scrambled eggs with them.

All this stuff; new foods, interaction, etc. takes time and twice as long if they were abused.
 
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Citronasbest

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We have had them for about 4 months, unsure of age. I will def take the eggs out and try covering them to cut down on the light. thanks soo much!
 

Boyd75

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they are not too far gone. but it will take patience,
training birds is much different from dogs, where a dog you tell comands and make it learn things, a bird is more permission based.
Will they take food from your fingers through the cage?
if so, try clicker training them.
 

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