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| Creppella |
Hello
I have a peach faced love bird. She is on a seed diet and I give her a calcium
supplement (Prime) since in the past, she was unable to lay her eggs due to
the calcium deficiency in her diet. (She is alone in her cage)
Lately, she has been laying eggs every 2 to 3 days. I would like to know
whether my giving her the calicum supplement is too much calcium for her and
this could be one of the reasons why she is laying eggs so often. Should I
take her to the vet in order to stop her from laying the eggs?
Thank you
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| Digital_Cowboy |
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How soon after you Lovebird is laying her eggs are you pulling the eggs from
the cage? You should leave the eggs in the cage for a couple of days.
Particularly IF you are pulling them as soon as she lays. That could be one
of the reasons that she is laying all the time.
Also if she has a nest box, or other environmental stimuli that would
encourage her to lay.
Herman
"Creppella" <creppella@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> I have a peach faced love bird. She is on a seed diet and I give her a
calcium
> supplement (Prime) since in the past, she was unable to lay her eggs due
to
> the calcium deficiency in her diet. (She is alone in her cage)
>
> Lately, she has been laying eggs every 2 to 3 days. I would like to know
> whether my giving her the calicum supplement is too much calcium for her
and
> this could be one of the reasons why she is laying eggs so often. Should
I
> take her to the vet in order to stop her from laying the eggs?
>
> Thank you
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| Ian |
I have to agree with you Herman, when we had both of our Lovie's, they'd
both lay eggs so we had to remove ANYTHING that might have stimulated egg
laying, including papertowel, any type of bedding material even sandpaper
for a few days once (when they'd shred it for nesting material, just had a
good layer of grit on the cage bottom) Our Vet back then suggested leaving
the eggs for upto 10-14 days to stop egg laying, at one stage they had over
25 eggs between them, but they did stop laying, although they spent a couple
of weeks on min/vit boosters after.
But PLEASE take her to the Vet, an Avian Vet if you can find one, it's
always better to err on the side of caution. Prevention is better than cure
:-)
Ian
"Digital_Cowboy" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
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> How soon after you Lovebird is laying her eggs are you pulling the eggs
from
> the cage? You should leave the eggs in the cage for a couple of days.
> Particularly IF you are pulling them as soon as she lays. That could be
one
> of the reasons that she is laying all the time.
>
> Also if she has a nest box, or other environmental stimuli that would
> encourage her to lay.
>
> Herman
> "Creppella" <creppella@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20031007190320.21650.00000463@mb-m02.aol.com...
> > Hello
> >
> > I have a peach faced love bird. She is on a seed diet and I give her a
> calcium
> > supplement (Prime) since in the past, she was unable to lay her eggs
due
> to
> > the calcium deficiency in her diet. (She is alone in her cage)
> >
> > Lately, she has been laying eggs every 2 to 3 days. I would like to
know
> > whether my giving her the calicum supplement is too much calcium for her
> and
> > this could be one of the reasons why she is laying eggs so often.
Should
> I
> > take her to the vet in order to stop her from laying the eggs?
> >
> > Thank you
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| Digital_Cowboy |
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Ian,
Exactly, and this is the type of advise that is NOT species
specific. It pertains to ALL birds.
Herman
"Ian" <lovebytes@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I have to agree with you Herman, when we had both of our Lovie's,
> they'd both lay eggs so we had to remove ANYTHING that might have
> stimulated egg laying, including papertowel, any type of bedding
> material even sandpaper for a few days once (when they'd shred it
> for nesting material, just had a good layer of grit on the cage
> bottom) Our Vet back then suggested leaving the eggs for upto 10-14
> days to stop egg laying, at one stage they had over 25 eggs between
> them, but they did stop laying, although they spent a couple of
> weeks on min/vit boosters after.
> But PLEASE take her to the Vet, an Avian Vet if you can find one,
> it's always better to err on the side of caution. Prevention is
> better than cure :-)
>
> Ian
>
>
>
> "Digital_Cowboy" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
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> > How soon after you Lovebird is laying her eggs are you pulling the eggs
> from
> > the cage? You should leave the eggs in the cage for a couple of days.
> > Particularly IF you are pulling them as soon as she lays. That could be
> one
> > of the reasons that she is laying all the time.
> >
> > Also if she has a nest box, or other environmental stimuli that would
> > encourage her to lay.
> >
> > Herman
> > "Creppella" <creppella@aol.com> wrote in message
> > news:20031007190320.21650.00000463@mb-m02.aol.com...
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > I have a peach faced love bird. She is on a seed diet and I give her
a
> > calcium
> > > supplement (Prime) since in the past, she was unable to lay her eggs
> due
> > to
> > > the calcium deficiency in her diet. (She is alone in her cage)
> > >
> > > Lately, she has been laying eggs every 2 to 3 days. I would like to
> know
> > > whether my giving her the calicum supplement is too much calcium for
her
> > and
> > > this could be one of the reasons why she is laying eggs so often.
> Should
> > I
> > > take her to the vet in order to stop her from laying the eggs?
> > >
> > > Thank you
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| Steve |
"Ian" <lovebytes@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I have to agree with you Herman, when we had both of our Lovie's, they'd
> both lay eggs so we had to remove ANYTHING that might have stimulated egg
> laying, including papertowel, any type of bedding material even sandpaper
> for a few days once (when they'd shred it for nesting material, just had a
> good layer of grit on the cage bottom)
Grit. Thats a good idea. Not.
> Our Vet back then suggested leaving
> the eggs for upto 10-14 days to stop egg laying, at one stage they had
over
Eggs should be left until the hen loses interest in them - however brief or
long it takes.
> 25 eggs between them, but they did stop laying, although they spent a
couple
> of weeks on min/vit boosters after.
> But PLEASE take her to the Vet, an Avian Vet if you can find one, it's
> always better to err on the side of caution. Prevention is better than
cure
> :-)
>
> Ian
>
Take her to the vet only if it's the simplest solution to the problem. Isn't
that right cowboy? It's exactly what your arguement was in another thread.
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* Steve *
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| Ian |
Well grit was what the Vet at the time suggested, any form of
paper/sandpaper would be instantly shredded to nesting material. Fortunately
the grit was only necessary for few days as it's not something that would
have made an ideal long-term droppings catcher.
They both lost interest in the eggs eventually, we'd remove any that they
discarded.
Taking them to the vet wasn't the easiest solution by a long way, we spoke
to him first several times and he was worried in case of egg-binding after
they'd laid so many. When we did take them, it was a nightmare getting them
out of their cage and they both fought madly as expected with 2 hens
nesting, never mind the stress it caused both of them. But, YES I'm glad we
did take them.... as I said better to err on the side of caution.
However I'm not totally sure if your reply was to me or to Herman??
Ian
"Steve" <mynameis_mj@notasecret.com> wrote in message
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> > I have to agree with you Herman, when we had both of our Lovie's, they'd
> > both lay eggs so we had to remove ANYTHING that might have stimulated
egg
> > laying, including papertowel, any type of bedding material even
sandpaper
> > for a few days once (when they'd shred it for nesting material, just had
a
> > good layer of grit on the cage bottom)
>
> Grit. Thats a good idea. Not.
>
> > Our Vet back then suggested leaving
> > the eggs for upto 10-14 days to stop egg laying, at one stage they had
> over
>
> Eggs should be left until the hen loses interest in them - however brief
or
> long it takes.
>
> > 25 eggs between them, but they did stop laying, although they spent a
> couple
> > of weeks on min/vit boosters after.
> > But PLEASE take her to the Vet, an Avian Vet if you can find one, it's
> > always better to err on the side of caution. Prevention is better than
> cure
> > :-)
> >
> > Ian
> >
>
> Take her to the vet only if it's the simplest solution to the problem.
Isn't
> that right cowboy? It's exactly what your arguement was in another
thread.
>
>
> --
> * Steve *
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No, Steve that is NOT what I was trying to say.
All I was trying to say was that in trying to determine what is causing a
particular behavior that we shouldn't overlook something that is right under our
noses.
And wholeheartedly support and am in favor of the well bird check-up as well as
routine check-ups so that our feathered children remain healthy.
Herman
"Steve" <mynameis_mj@notasecret.com> wrote in message
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| "Ian" <lovebytes@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
| news:%uTgb.2402$Jq3.455@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
| > I have to agree with you Herman, when we had both of our Lovie's, they'd
| > both lay eggs so we had to remove ANYTHING that might have stimulated egg
| > laying, including papertowel, any type of bedding material even sandpaper
| > for a few days once (when they'd shred it for nesting material, just had a
| > good layer of grit on the cage bottom)
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| Grit. Thats a good idea. Not.
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| > Our Vet back then suggested leaving
| > the eggs for upto 10-14 days to stop egg laying, at one stage they had
| over
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| Eggs should be left until the hen loses interest in them - however brief or
| long it takes.
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| > 25 eggs between them, but they did stop laying, although they spent a
| couple
| > of weeks on min/vit boosters after.
| > But PLEASE take her to the Vet, an Avian Vet if you can find one, it's
| > always better to err on the side of caution. Prevention is better than
| cure
| > :-)
| >
| > Ian
| >
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| Take her to the vet only if it's the simplest solution to the problem. Isn't
| that right cowboy? It's exactly what your arguement was in another thread.
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| * Steve *
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