Cockatiel laying egg on floor

[Hamdiayadi]

Hello , I have two cockatiels one male and one female , I didn't plan to make them breed so i didn't have any nest box setup ... But yesterday I noticed the female layed an egg on the floor in one corner and i didn't want to interrupt and pick that egg at that time , when i returned later I found she rolled it under the desk and seems the egg got broken there ...

So now I'm not sure what to do , should I prepare a nest box ? They are very scared birds they get scared about every new thing , I'm not sure how they will handle something attached to their cage ... Will that stress her out and make egg laying more difficult ? Should I let her lay them on the floor since that seems to be her comfort zone? I'm not sure what to do about this , as I'm afraid introducing the nest box will make things worse instead of better , they get scared easily ...

Also I read that she should eat more calcium, and that's from eggs shell after you boil it , but wouldn't that could hurt the throat if those eggs shell gets torn into pieces? Any other alternatives? I read cuttlebone is good too i'm trying to get one but probably can't be very soon .

Now she is back to that corner , should i block that corner or anything that prevents her to go there ? Should i keep her in the cage or what go do ? There is papers close to corner should i remove them ? Would she be laying another egg now or she is just preparing ?I would appreciate the help as im getting all lost and confused

 

[LaManuka53]

Hello , I have two cockatiels one male and one female , I didn't plan to make them breed so i didn't have any nest box setup ... But yesterday I noticed the female layed an egg on the floor in one corner and i didn't want to interrupt and pick that egg at that time , when i returned later I found she rolled it under the desk and seems the egg got broken there ...

So now I'm not sure what to do , should I prepare a nest box ? They are very scared birds they get scared about every new thing , I'm not sure how they will handle something attached to their cage ... Will that stress her out and make egg laying more difficult ? Should I let her lay them on the floor since that seems to be her comfort zone? I'm not sure what to do about this , as I'm afraid introducing the nest box will make things worse instead of better , they get scared easily ...

Also I read that she should eat more calcium, and that's from eggs shell after you boil it , but wouldn't that could hurt the throat if those eggs shell gets torn into pieces? Any other alternatives? I read cuttlebone is good too i'm trying to get one but probably can't be very soon .

Now she is back to that corner , should i block that corner or anything that prevents her to go there ? Should i keep her in the cage or what go do ? There is papers close to corner should i remove them ? Would she be laying another egg now or she is just preparing ?I would appreciate the help as im getting all lost and confused

I'm sorry you're going through these worries with your cockatiel. Do they both share a cage or are they housed separately? If they're together in the one cage you will need to get another, they can still have plenty of out-of-cage time together but having separate cages will help lessen the egg-laying.

I had a cockatiel hen many years ago who laid maybe 7 or 8 eggs during her entire 18 year lifetime, even though there was no male around. I never gave her a nestbox since I certainly didn't want to encourage her to lay, she just laid them on the bare floor of her cage anyway. She never laid an entire clutch, only one or two at a time, and i replaced them with dummy eggs in an attempt to prevent her laying more. However as you do have a male It's likely your hen is already developing another egg, she may lay a whole clutch of 4 or 5 before this cycle is over, in which case you can replace them with fake eggs. Do not remove the eggs if she's laying as this will only encourage her to lay even more. If you cannot get dummy eggs, you can take the eggs that she does lay and boil them, let them cool and give them back to her to sit on. This will allow her to sit on them for longer and hopefully she'll lose interest when she realises they're not going to hatch, and it also means if she breaks them after days or weeks you won't have a nasty mess to clean up. And cuttlebone is an excellent source of calcium if you can get one, though many pet stores sell mineral blocks that contain calcium too.

I hope this helps, please keep us updated and I wish you the best of luck!

 

[Hamdiayadi]

I'm sorry you're going through these worries with your cockatiel. Do they both share a cage or are they housed separately? If they're together in the one cage you will need to get another, they can still have plenty of out-of-cage time together but having separate cages will help lessen the egg-laying.

I had a cockatiel hen many years ago who laid maybe 7 or 8 eggs during her entire 18 year lifetime, even though there was no male around. I never gave her a nestbox since I certainly didn't want to encourage her to lay, she just laid them on the bare floor of her cage anyway. She never laid an entire clutch, only one or two at a time, and i replaced them with dummy eggs in an attempt to prevent her laying more. However as you do have a male It's likely your hen is already developing another egg, she may lay a whole clutch of 4 or 5 before this cycle is over, in which case you can replace them with fake eggs. Do not remove the eggs if she's laying as this will only encourage her to lay even more. If you cannot get dummy eggs, you can take the eggs that she does lay and boil them, let them cool and give them back to her to sit on. This will allow her to sit on them for longer and hopefully she'll lose interest when she realises they're not going to hatch, and it also means if she breaks them after days or weeks you won't have a nasty mess to clean up. And cuttlebone is an excellent source of calcium if you can get one, though many pet stores sell mineral blocks that contain calcium too.

I hope this helps, please keep us updated and I wish you the best of luck!

Thank you for the insights, first I didn't think about having them in seperate cage since most of the time they spend it outside of cage and only at nighttime they go there, should i still have them in seperate cage and I shouldn't let her outside of cage this period ?

Also I couldn't get fake eggs didn't find any on pet stores they don't sell birds stuff here usually besides the food .. but even if I was able to get them , should I replace them and put them on the floor where she laid them ? Based on the last time , the egg got broken because she rolled it under the desk, should I cover that space to not let her hide it there ?

Also , I didn't think there was a problem to let them have babies that's why i thought of the nest box although i won't be able to handle feeding them but i'm under the assumption that the parents will be able to take care of them.. the parents are 3 years old ... Is there a danger or something I need to worry about if I wanted to let them have those babies from the eggs she is laying ? Should I consider replacing some with fake so they don't end up with many ? Or is this not a good approach to have them have babies at this time?

 

[LaManuka53]

Thank you for the insights, first I didn't think about having them in seperate cage since most of the time they spend it outside of cage and only at nighttime they go there, should i still have them in seperate cage and I shouldn't let her outside of cage this period ?

Also I couldn't get fake eggs didn't find any on pet stores they don't sell birds stuff here usually besides the food .. but even if I was able to get them , should I replace them and put them on the floor where she laid them ? Based on the last time , the egg got broken because she rolled it under the desk, should I cover that space to not let her hide it there ?

Also , I didn't think there was a problem to let them have babies that's why i thought of the nest box although i won't be able to handle feeding them but i'm under the assumption that the parents will be able to take care of them.. the parents are 3 years old ... Is there a danger or something I need to worry about if I wanted to let them have those babies from the eggs she is laying ? Should I consider replacing some with fake so they don't end up with many ? Or is this not a good approach to have them have babies at this time?

I recommend separate cages as it will lessen opportunities for your birds to mate, and it will also give your hen somewhere to retreat to if your male gets aggressive with her. In the past I have had a male and female cockatiel, and the male would get VERY aggressive towards the female when he got hormonal, to the point where it actually became quite dangerous for her. This may or may not happen with yours, but having a separate cage for your hen means you can keep her safe if it does. Obviously they can still interact outside the cage, but you should supervise them to make sure they're not mating. By all means you can block her from going into that space under the desk again, but she'll likely find another spot or just lay her eggs on the floor of the cage like my hen did. Even so, cockatiels are one of those species that are a bit more likely to lay eggs, whether there's a male around or not, they're quite notorious for it.

Not all pet birds make good parents, even in the wild sometimes it takes a few failed attempts before they get it right. Pet birds don't get to experience how to go about raising babies, as they are often taken from their parents when they're too young so they don't understand what's required of them when it comes to brooding babies. Some of it is instinct for sure, and some pet birds do successfully raise their own young. But much of it is learned by watching the example of others in the flock, so pet birds are not necessarily going to know what they need to do in terms of feeding babies etc, therefore if the eggs do hatch you would need to be prepared to intervene. Fake eggs can be hard to find, but I've actually used egg-shaped pieces of quartz that worked just fine! Boiling the eggs works too, it will (obviously) prevent them from hatching, but it also makes the the shell more resistant to breakage.

I have never had birds who have laid fertile eggs or hatched babies, so others would have to help you if yours do hatch and you run into any difficulties. The link below was written by one of our members with extensive experience in breeding birds, so it should give you some insight as to what you should be prepared for if your 'tiels do manage to breed....

Before I start to breed...

 

[Hamdiayadi]

I recommend separate cages as it will lessen opportunities for your birds to mate, and it will also give your hen somewhere to retreat to if your male gets aggressive with her. In the past I have had a male and female cockatiel, and the male would get VERY aggressive towards the female when he got hormonal, to the point where it actually became quite dangerous for her. This may or may not happen with yours, but having a separate cage for your hen means you can keep her safe if it does. Obviously they can still interact outside the cage, but you should supervise them to make sure they're not mating. By all means you can block her from going into that space under the desk again, but she'll likely find another spot or just lay her eggs on the floor of the cage like my hen did. Even so, cockatiels are one of those species that are a bit more likely to lay eggs, whether there's a male around or not, they're quite notorious for it.

Not all pet birds make good parents, even in the wild sometimes it takes a few failed attempts before they get it right. Pet birds don't get to experience how to go about raising babies, as they are often taken from their parents when they're too young so they don't understand what's required of them when it comes to brooding babies. Some of it is instinct for sure, and some pet birds do successfully raise their own young. But much of it is learned by watching the example of others in the flock, so pet birds are not necessarily going to know what they need to do in terms of feeding babies etc, therefore if the eggs do hatch you would need to be prepared to intervene. Fake eggs can be hard to find, but I've actually used egg-shaped pieces of quartz that worked just fine! Boiling the eggs works too, it will (obviously) prevent them from hatching, but it also makes the the shell more resistant to breakage.

I have never had birds who have laid fertile eggs or hatched babies, so others would have to help you if yours do hatch and you run into any difficulties. The link below was written by one of our members with extensive experience in breeding birds, so it should give you some insight as to what you should be prepared for if your 'tiels do manage to breed....

Before I start to breed...

Thank you for all the information! It's true that the male is actually getting aggressive towards her in the cage , when she for example go to his spot .. he is also getting aggressive on me when it's time to put him in the cage, and he event bit me , so that's from the hormone? And would that last for long ?

I don't have issue with having them on separate cage , but they sre not fully tamed , they only let me picking them to put them in the cage and out but they don't stay much on my finger ( the male usually let ke kore handle him but very short time and he fly ) and they are very scared about any new things they goes flying all over the room or cage if anything new gets into the room and I worry that introducting a new cage will make them panick and stressed especially now that she is laying eggs , would I have to introduce it slolwy ? Should I retreat if i see her being stressed about it ? Because i believe each time i will try to put one in the new cage they will fly away and I'm not actually able to hold them forcefully

As I understand seems like blocking the space wouldn't work since she will lay the egg anyway whether there or on the floor of the cage ... My thoughts are that I don't have plans to let them have babies but also i would kinda feel bad to boil the eggs or replace them so i was just thinking whatever happens i go with it , although I'm little worried now that i know parents not guaranteed to be able to handle their babies and I would have to intervene which would make me worry i screw up things since i don't know anything about this .

But in case i decided to let them have the eggs , should I prepare a nest box and when she lay the egg on the floor near the desk i pick it up and put it there ? From what i read it happens every 48 hours , so it will be tomorrow she lay another , and I won't be able to prepare a newt box by that time probably.. so what should i do with that egg in case i wanted them to keep it ? I put it in cage or just put it somewhere safe to not break?

Also for the cuttlebone, I'm probably able to get one tomorrow, but i heardbtaht i need to wash it so well and put it on yhe sun for couple of days , is this true ? I need to let it dry that much before giving it to her ?

Also I'm mostly worried about what i read about egg binding, which I'm not sure what to expect or do in case this happened since they don't let me handle them , and i don't know how dangerous this could be for her.. so should I make some precautions or anything to prevent this ?

Sorry for all these questions but im just paranoid about this whole thing and it makes me worry about it all

 

[LaManuka53]

Thank you for all the information! It's true that the male is actually getting aggressive towards her in the cage , when she for example go to his spot .. he is also getting aggressive on me when it's time to put him in the cage, and he event bit me , so that's from the hormone? And would that last for long ?

I don't have issue with having them on separate cage , but they sre not fully tamed , they only let me picking them to put them in the cage and out but they don't stay much on my finger ( the male usually let ke kore handle him but very short time and he fly ) and they are very scared about any new things they goes flying all over the room or cage if anything new gets into the room and I worry that introducting a new cage will make them panick and stressed especially now that she is laying eggs , would I have to introduce it slolwy ? Should I retreat if i see her being stressed about it ? Because i believe each time i will try to put one in the new cage they will fly away and I'm not actually able to hold them forcefully

As I understand seems like blocking the space wouldn't work since she will lay the egg anyway whether there or on the floor of the cage ... My thoughts are that I don't have plans to let them have babies but also i would kinda feel bad to boil the eggs or replace them so i was just thinking whatever happens i go with it , although I'm little worried now that i know parents not guaranteed to be able to handle their babies and I would have to intervene which would make me worry i screw up things since i don't know anything about this .

But in case i decided to let them have the eggs , should I prepare a nest box and when she lay the egg on the floor near the desk i pick it up and put it there ? From what i read it happens every 48 hours , so it will be tomorrow she lay another , and I won't be able to prepare a newt box by that time probably.. so what should i do with that egg in case i wanted them to keep it ? I put it in cage or just put it somewhere safe to not break?

Also for the cuttlebone, I'm probably able to get one tomorrow, but i heardbtaht i need to wash it so well and put it on yhe sun for couple of days , is this true ? I need to let it dry that much before giving it to her ?

Also I'm mostly worried about what i read about egg binding, which I'm not sure what to expect or do in case this happened since they don't let me handle them , and i don't know how dangerous this could be for her.. so should I make some precautions or anything to prevent this ?

Sorry for all these questions but im just paranoid about this whole thing and it makes me worry about it all

No worries, @Hamdiayadi, I'm happy to help you as best I can If these birds were mine though, I'd be doing everything I could to prevent them actually having babies. I would feel badly too about having to boil those eggs, however they may not even be fertile. As I mentioned, cockatiels can and do lay infertile eggs, and there is a possibility that your hen's eggs may be infertile too. You can check that by candling them, and the following video may be of help to you in how to go about that...

If you can get a cuttlebone that's been commercially prepared for the pet trade it should be ok, but by all means you can rinse it and leave it in the sun for a day or two to dry completely. If your hen doesn't chew on it you can scrape some over her food and have her ingest it that way. You can also put some in the male's food too, that way she'll get it if he is feeding her. Calcium can be helpful to prevent egg-binding, which can occur during laying as calcium that would normally be taken up by her bones is used to form the eggshell instead, and can leave her deficient in the minerals she needs for healthy muscle and bones. Egg-binding can indeed be very dangerous, and is one big reason why I personally have never tried to breed birds myself. Other considerations are what to do with the babies once they mature - would you be able to find good homes for them? Because chances are if you kept them there would likely be some inbreeding happening, which would not be good for them.

In terms of unfamiliarity or being scared of a new cage, that certainly may happen, although every time I've introduced a new cage with any of mine they have taken to it surprisingly well! You may even find your hen is quite relieved to have a bit of space all to herself. Cockatiels in captivity can breed any time of the year due to the abundance of food when they're kept as a pet, so although in the wild their breeding seasons can be any time from spring to late summer, both male and female birds can become "hormonal" any time when kept as a pet. While there will be times of year when your birds are more motivated to breed than others, you may find your pet male cockatiel can get aggressive at any time - mine certainly did!

 

[Hamdiayadi]

No worries, @Hamdiayadi, I'm happy to help you as best I can If these birds were mine though, I'd be doing everything I could to prevent them actually having babies. I would feel badly too about having to boil those eggs, however they may not even be fertile. As I mentioned, cockatiels can and do lay infertile eggs, and there is a possibility that your hen's eggs may be infertile too. You can check that by candling them, and the following video may be of help to you in how to go about that...

If you can get a cuttlebone that's been commercially prepared for the pet trade it should be ok, but by all means you can rinse it and leave it in the sun for a day or two to dry completely. If your hen doesn't chew on it you can scrape some over her food and have her ingest it that way. You can also put some in the male's food too, that way she'll get it if he is feeding her. Calcium can be helpful to prevent egg-binding, which can occur during laying as calcium that would normally be taken up by her bones is used to form the eggshell instead, and can leave her deficient in the minerals she needs for healthy muscle and bones. Egg-binding can indeed be very dangerous, and is one big reason why I personally have never tried to breed birds myself. Other considerations are what to do with the babies once they mature - would you be able to find good homes for them? Because chances are if you kept them there would likely be some inbreeding happening, which would not be good for them.

In terms of unfamiliarity or being scared of a new cage, that certainly may happen, although every time I've introduced a new cage with any of mine they have taken to it surprisingly well! You may even find your hen is quite relieved to have a bit of space all to herself. Cockatiels in captivity can breed any time of the year due to the abundance of food when they're kept as a pet, so although in the wild their breeding seasons can be any time from spring to late summer, both male and female birds can become "hormonal" any time when kept as a pet. While there will be times of year when your birds are more motivated to breed than others, you may find your pet male cockatiel can get aggressive at any time - mine certainly did!

Thank you for the information and for the video !! If i found that those eggs are not fertile can I just leave them to her on the cage instead of boiling them ? I'm getting more concerned now about them having babies now that i know parents are not guaranteed to take care of them , also my plan was to have the babies in my home to take care of them and not having them in other home.

For the cuttlebone, unfortunately this doesn't exists in pet stores, i will need to buy squid from thearket and the cuttlebone will comes with it , will this be a problem?

For the new cage I tried to get it close to the room today but they panicked and went flying on their cage once they saw it and i retreated it just to not put stress on her now if they will be frightened, should I still try to introduce it every day slowly or should I avoid this for now ? I just worry if she gets stressed while she is on the cycle

Also should I let them inside the cage these period and let her lay in the cage to keep their hormones in check? The male seems to have specific place in the desk where he is obsessed about and the female goes to that corner where she laid the egg , I wondered if having them on the cage these days will help with this somehow... Also they never mate inside the cage but they do mate outside of the cage , so I wasn't sure if I should let them in or having them inside the cage would add more stress to them

 

[LaManuka53]

Thank you for the information and for the video !! If i found that those eggs are not fertile can I just leave them to her on the cage instead of boiling them ? I'm getting more concerned now about them having babies now that i know parents are not guaranteed to take care of them , also my plan was to have the babies in my home to take care of them and not having them in other home.

For the cuttlebone, unfortunately this doesn't exists in pet stores, i will need to buy squid from thearket and the cuttlebone will comes with it , will this be a problem?

For the new cage I tried to get it close to the room today but they panicked and went flying on their cage once they saw it and i retreated it just to not put stress on her now if they will be frightened, should I still try to introduce it every day slowly or should I avoid this for now ? I just worry if she gets stressed while she is on the cycle

Also should I let them inside the cage these period and let her lay in the cage to keep their hormones in check? The male seems to have specific place in the desk where he is obsessed about and the female goes to that corner where she laid the egg , I wondered if having them on the cage these days will help with this somehow... Also they never mate inside the cage but they do mate outside of the cage , so I wasn't sure if I should let them in or having them inside the cage would add more stress to them

Honestly I don't know that I'd be buying a squid to obtain a cuttlebone. At the very least I think it would take a LOT of preparation to make them safe. Other sources of calcium are green leafy vegetables like kale or endive, and you might try to get some commercially prepared egg and biscuit mix if you can get it - it is often sold by pet stores as it's used to help wean young birds onto solid food, and also is useful as a dietary supplement. A bird breeder whom I used to know also uses baked chicken eggs, he would break up the shells and bake them on a tray in the oven until they were brown all over, then crushed them up and added them to their feed - his birds loved them!

The main reason I recommend boiling the eggs, and the reason I did it with mine, was to make them more resilient when my hen was sitting on them. Even if they're infertile I boil them because if the shell breaks your hen will get a nasty smelly bacteria-laden mess all over her which you'll need to clean up, and that will not happen if she breaks the shell of a boiled egg. Cleaning up a mess like that would be even more difficult in your case as your hen is not particularly tame, so if she was mine I definitely would be boiling those eggs.

I'm sorry they're not taking to the new cage. Perhaps just leave it within their sight for now, with the door open and put some food inside, they may take to exploring it on their own. Are you able to keep them in a different room away from that desk? That might help break the male out of his hormonal obsessiveness, although he may just find himself something else to obsess over. Cockatiels can be a bit like that!

 

[Hamdiayadi]

Honestly I don't know that I'd be buying a squid to obtain a cuttlebone. At the very least I think it would take a LOT of preparation to make them safe. Other sources of calcium are green leafy vegetables like kale or endive, and you might try to get some commercially prepared egg and biscuit mix if you can get it - it is often sold by pet stores as it's used to help wean young birds onto solid food, and also is useful as a dietary supplement. A bird breeder whom I used to know also uses baked chicken eggs, he would break up the shells and bake them on a tray in the oven until they were brown all over, then crushed them up and added them to their feed - his birds loved them!

The main reason I recommend boiling the eggs, and the reason I did it with mine, was to make them more resilient when my hen was sitting on them. Even if they're infertile I boil them because if the shell breaks your hen will get a nasty smelly bacteria-laden mess all over her which you'll need to clean up, and that will not happen if she breaks the shell of a boiled egg. Cleaning up a mess like that would be even more difficult in your case as your hen is not particularly tame, so if she was mine I definitely would be boiling those eggs.

I'm sorry they're not taking to the new cage. Perhaps just leave it within their sight for now, with the door open and put some food inside, they may take to exploring it on their own. Are you able to keep them in a different room away from that desk? That might help break the male out of his hormonal obsessiveness, although he may just find himself something else to obsess over. Cockatiels can be a bit like that!

Thank you again , I was not sure about the squid part too but one guy from the pet store told me this .. unfortunately the pet stores in my country doesn't know much about birds and there are no such stuff that they sell there for birds , only seeds and very basic stuff .. I will try to look tomorrow if they have any kind of food that contains calcium maybe it's better to get into that than having cuttlebone from squid .

I could put them in other room but mostly they will have to stay in cage on other rooms because they are not very used to be outside there and they will get frustrated actually if they kept in the cage , for the new cage I'm trying to introduce it slowly I didn't get to put it in the room yet as they didn't calm when they saw it so going baby steps.

Now my worry is she didn't even actually laid another egg even after 48 hours and my assumption was she will lay the next sfter 48 hours , she looks normal so far today didn't go much into those corners .. is this something to worry about or she will eventually lay next egg ? Or not necessarily that she will end up laying another one ?

 

[LaManuka53]

Now my worry is she didn't even actually laid another egg even after 48 hours and my assumption was she will lay the next sfter 48 hours , she looks normal so far today didn't go much into those corners .. is this something to worry about or she will eventually lay next egg ? Or not necessarily that she will end up laying another one ?

Has she laid another egg yet? Keep a close eye on her to make sure she's not straining, breathing heavily or showing signs of distress that may be an indicator of egg-binding. But it's not always guaranteed she'll lay another, so you could get lucky and there might only have been one - good luck!!

 

[Hamdiayadi]

Has she laid another egg yet? Keep a close eye on her to make sure she's not straining, breathing heavily or showing signs of distress that may be an indicator of egg-binding. But it's not always guaranteed she'll lay another, so you could get lucky and there might only have been one - good luck!!

She hasn't laid another egg yet , I don't see any indication of breating heavily or signs of distress , she is preening as I'm typing and she was eating earlier and her poop looks normal when i wake up this morning ... She keeps returning sometimes to the corners and stay therebto shred some papers on the corners but no signs of egg ... So It's not always guaranteed that she will lay another ? I thought the cycle stops only with full clutch , or she could lay next one in coming days ? And are there any kther signs I need to look for for the egg-binding?

 

[LaManuka53]

She hasn't laid another egg yet , I don't see any indication of breating heavily or signs of distress , she is preening as I'm typing and she was eating earlier and her poop looks normal when i wake up this morning ... She keeps returning sometimes to the corners and stay therebto shred some papers on the corners but no signs of egg ... So It's not always guaranteed that she will lay another ? I thought the cycle stops only with full clutch , or she could lay next one in coming days ? And are there any kther signs I need to look for for the egg-binding?

It's not unheard of for a bird to just lay one egg. It may be an indication that their mating was not successful, that the egg was just the product of your hen getting a bit overly-hormonal which is what happened with mine when she laid an egg with no male present. I found a few articles that might be of assistance to you, in terms of what symptoms to look for that could indicate egg-binding, why it occurs, and some tips that may help preventing her from laying again. Bearing in mind, of course, that pet cockatiels are somewhat more prone to laying anyway....

Help! My bird laid an egg!!!! - Bird Vet Melbourne

My bird laid an egg! Am I going to have babies? Female birds lay eggs and they don't need a male around for that to happen. This frequently leaves pet bird owners shocked. Many ring the clinic in a panic, particularly if they don't want babies. So for those of you who aren't acquainted with

birdvetmelbourne.com

Know the Signs of Egg-Binding in Birds

Egg-binding occurs in a female bird when an egg does not pass through at a normal rate. It can be fatal. Find out how to prevent and reduce the risk.

www.thesprucepets.com

 

[Hamdiayadi]

It's not unheard of for a bird to just lay one egg. It may be an indication that their mating was not successful, that the egg was just the product of your hen getting a bit overly-hormonal which is what happened with mine when she laid an egg with no male present. I found a few articles that might be of assistance to you, in terms of what symptoms to look for that could indicate egg-binding, why it occurs, and some tips that may help preventing her from laying again. Bearing in mind, of course, that pet cockatiels are somewhat more prone to laying anyway....

Help! My bird laid an egg!!!! - Bird Vet Melbourne

My bird laid an egg! Am I going to have babies? Female birds lay eggs and they don't need a male around for that to happen. This frequently leaves pet bird owners shocked. Many ring the clinic in a panic, particularly if they don't want babies. So for those of you who aren't acquainted with

birdvetmelbourne.com

Know the Signs of Egg-Binding in Birds

Egg-binding occurs in a female bird when an egg does not pass through at a normal rate. It can be fatal. Find out how to prevent and reduce the risk.

www.thesprucepets.com

Thank you for the links ! I'm still monitoring her behaviour , I noticed she looks a bit mire tired now but she is eating and drinking and pooping as usual and moving around in the room, but more of bit of tiredness sometimes she just stay quiet ... Does the risk of egg-bound still there even after this period ? She could act normal like this with some tiredness if she is egg-bound or the symptoms will be visible ? One of the symptoms i read is dropping will disappear since the egg would be blocking that but so far the droppings looks normal... I'm not sure if i worry for nothing

 

[DonnaBudgie]

An egg bound hen looks and acts very sick. She will fluff up, strain, not eat, act restless, have difficulty perching.
A few drops of a Liquid calcium supplement (like Calcivet) can be dropped directly in her mouth if she's egg bound which will help her expell the egg but rgg binding is a medical emergency that needs immediate avian vet care.

 

[Hamdiayadi]

Hello , I continued to monitor her and she was all good no signs of egg bound as she was active and eat normally and all , but today it happened that she laid egg again I was under the impression since it was a 1 time the other time without going through the cycle then she won't lay egg for now this soon , but she did it and this time under the bed ... I blocked the other spot but she found other one , was difficult to block every corner that she could go to .

I understand that my options now are to either replace it with fake or boil the egg , but If I'm going to replace it , should I let it be on the same place where she laid it ? Or should I move it somewhere? I haven't removed the real egg yet from under the bed but she seems to be very attached this time for it , the other time she didn't care but now she seems to want to go back there when I put her back in the cage at sleep time so wasn't sure what's the best option here .

Also , it can happen that this will also be 1 time only or she will now keep laying ? And i should mention that the egg is very tiny as the last time , are those tiny eggs usually infertile or size doesn't matter ? And should I boil yet or replace it as soon as possible otherwise it could rot ?
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