LoryLover
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For about a week and a half now, our single, female chattering lory is definitely in the nesting mode. She found something to chew on (a cardboard box, and some unprinted packing paper) underneath a bed in our guest bedroom and started spending lots of time under there. She also began to display a lot of mating behaviors when we would hold her.
She will be 16 yrs old next month and has only been with eggs once before when she was 9 yrs old. She was egg bound then and the vet removed two eggs - one on a Tues night and the other one the following Sat. She never laid anymore eggs after that. Also, that was when we found out that our little boy bird was actually a little girl!
So now with this new situation going on right before our eyes, my husband and I were a bit confused on how to handle it... completely clear out all that's under that bed? Not let her in there anymore? Try to make a nest that she'll accept inside her cage? Most of all, we don't want her to get egg bound. I called our vet and they said if the lory isn't showing signs of distress, then let her be. I was considering having her xrayed to see for sure whether or not she really did have an egg inside.
Well, last night she was behaving in more of her animated way, and talking quite a lot. I turned her over to see her tummy near her vent area, and it wasn't distended anymore and all her feathers on her tummy and vent area were all back laying in place. So after dinner time where she spent time in the kitchen with us, we took her back upstairs (where we all hang out in the evenings) and she ran right back under that bed. So I'm thinking that she must have laid the first egg and now is gearing up for the second egg... this specie of lory lays 2 eggs per clutch.
Good news is that she's eating very well, is playing and talking normally when not under the bed. And also that her vent area looks fine. I am keeping a close watch on this situation.
Six years ago when she got egg bound, first of all we thought for sure we had a male bird, so didn't worry about "nesting" behavior. She was playing in a towel cabinet that also held a cardboard box, and she had been chewing on the box. I think she got egg bound at that time because she didn't have enough access to her "nest"... as this towel cabinet was just a place we occasionally let her play in. She's not strong enough to open the cabinet door and get into it on her own.
I need to get a flashlight in the next couple days and look under the bed to confirm that she actually has laid an egg. Of course, now I'm wondering if she'll be wanting to sit on the egg(s) for 21 days... hope not.
Once this is all over, we will for sure, be clearing out any chewable, nesting type materials under beds, to hopefully prevent this from happening again.
My goodness, what a worry I have been in for the past few days! Her condition last night has calmed my fears quite a bit, and given me much hope that this situation will turn out good, healthwise, for our beloved little birdie.
She will be 16 yrs old next month and has only been with eggs once before when she was 9 yrs old. She was egg bound then and the vet removed two eggs - one on a Tues night and the other one the following Sat. She never laid anymore eggs after that. Also, that was when we found out that our little boy bird was actually a little girl!
So now with this new situation going on right before our eyes, my husband and I were a bit confused on how to handle it... completely clear out all that's under that bed? Not let her in there anymore? Try to make a nest that she'll accept inside her cage? Most of all, we don't want her to get egg bound. I called our vet and they said if the lory isn't showing signs of distress, then let her be. I was considering having her xrayed to see for sure whether or not she really did have an egg inside.
Well, last night she was behaving in more of her animated way, and talking quite a lot. I turned her over to see her tummy near her vent area, and it wasn't distended anymore and all her feathers on her tummy and vent area were all back laying in place. So after dinner time where she spent time in the kitchen with us, we took her back upstairs (where we all hang out in the evenings) and she ran right back under that bed. So I'm thinking that she must have laid the first egg and now is gearing up for the second egg... this specie of lory lays 2 eggs per clutch.
Good news is that she's eating very well, is playing and talking normally when not under the bed. And also that her vent area looks fine. I am keeping a close watch on this situation.
Six years ago when she got egg bound, first of all we thought for sure we had a male bird, so didn't worry about "nesting" behavior. She was playing in a towel cabinet that also held a cardboard box, and she had been chewing on the box. I think she got egg bound at that time because she didn't have enough access to her "nest"... as this towel cabinet was just a place we occasionally let her play in. She's not strong enough to open the cabinet door and get into it on her own.
I need to get a flashlight in the next couple days and look under the bed to confirm that she actually has laid an egg. Of course, now I'm wondering if she'll be wanting to sit on the egg(s) for 21 days... hope not.
Once this is all over, we will for sure, be clearing out any chewable, nesting type materials under beds, to hopefully prevent this from happening again.
My goodness, what a worry I have been in for the past few days! Her condition last night has calmed my fears quite a bit, and given me much hope that this situation will turn out good, healthwise, for our beloved little birdie.
