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| Ivor Floppy |
We have a pet Kakariki - and although we've had pet birds before for the
last 15 years or so, this is the first female we've had.
Its about 8 months old and has settled down and has made itself at home, and
has now started egg laying. So far there's been about 8 eggs, the first 4 at
about 4 days apart, then a break for a few weeks, and now she's started
again and has laid 3 in the last couple of weeks.
Although she seems quite happy and healthy I'd like to know if there's
anyway of discouraging her from laying - or; is this a normal amount of eggs
for a Kakariki to lay?
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| senn |
try replacing with fake eggs?
someyimes this prevents laying.
"Ivor Floppy" <Ivor@somewhere.uk> wrote in message
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> We have a pet Kakariki - and although we've had pet birds before for the
> last 15 years or so, this is the first female we've had.
> Its about 8 months old and has settled down and has made itself at home,
and
> has now started egg laying. So far there's been about 8 eggs, the first 4
at
> about 4 days apart, then a break for a few weeks, and now she's started
> again and has laid 3 in the last couple of weeks.
>
> Although she seems quite happy and healthy I'd like to know if there's
> anyway of discouraging her from laying - or; is this a normal amount of
eggs
> for a Kakariki to lay?
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| Cookie |
Is she in a nest? Maybe if you take a nest away she'll quit laying eggs.
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| pammyT |
"Ivor Floppy" <Ivor@somewhere.uk> wrote in message
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> We have a pet Kakariki - and although we've had pet birds before for the
> last 15 years or so, this is the first female we've had.
> Its about 8 months old and has settled down and has made itself at home,
and
> has now started egg laying. So far there's been about 8 eggs, the first 4
at
> about 4 days apart, then a break for a few weeks, and now she's started
> again and has laid 3 in the last couple of weeks.
>
> Although she seems quite happy and healthy I'd like to know if there's
> anyway of discouraging her from laying - or; is this a normal amount of
eggs
> for a Kakariki to lay?
>
>
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http://www.cockatiels.org/articles/breeding/eggs.html
http://www.aviannetwork.com/articles/eggs.htm
http://www.wctropicalbird.com/bird%.../egg_laying.htm
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| Ivor Floppy |
"pammyT" <fenlandfowl @talktalk.net> wrote in message
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> "Ivor Floppy" <Ivor@somewhere.uk> wrote in message
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>> We have a pet Kakariki - and although we've had pet birds before for the
>> last 15 years or so, this is the first female we've had.
>> Its about 8 months old and has settled down and has made itself at home,
> and
>> has now started egg laying. So far there's been about 8 eggs, the first 4
> at
>> about 4 days apart, then a break for a few weeks, and now she's started
>> again and has laid 3 in the last couple of weeks.
>>
>> Although she seems quite happy and healthy I'd like to know if there's
>> anyway of discouraging her from laying - or; is this a normal amount of
> eggs
>> for a Kakariki to lay?
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>>
>
> --
> http://www.cockatiels.org/articles/breeding/eggs.html
> http://www.aviannetwork.com/articles/eggs.htm
> http://www.wctropicalbird.com/bird%.../egg_laying.htm
>
Thanks for that. We'll have to see how it goes....
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| Ivor Floppy |
"Cookie" <Hellamund@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is she in a nest? Maybe if you take a nest away she'll quit laying eggs.
>
No nest - just a decent sized cage and free run of the house most of the
time. Maybe she's just too happy :)
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| David G Fisher |
"Ivor Floppy" <Ivor@somewhere.uk> wrote in message
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> "pammyT" <fenlandfowl @talktalk.net> wrote in message
> news:ll%ke.1498$CF.42512@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
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>> "Ivor Floppy" <Ivor@somewhere.uk> wrote in message
>> news:O0Oke.15127$V%.2287@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net...
>>> We have a pet Kakariki - and although we've had pet birds before for the
>>> last 15 years or so, this is the first female we've had.
>>> Its about 8 months old and has settled down and has made itself at home,
>> and
>>> has now started egg laying. So far there's been about 8 eggs, the first
>>> 4
>> at
>>> about 4 days apart, then a break for a few weeks, and now she's started
>>> again and has laid 3 in the last couple of weeks.
>>>
>>> Although she seems quite happy and healthy I'd like to know if there's
>>> anyway of discouraging her from laying - or; is this a normal amount of
>> eggs
>>> for a Kakariki to lay?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> http://www.cockatiels.org/articles/breeding/eggs.html
>> http://www.aviannetwork.com/articles/eggs.htm
>> http://www.wctropicalbird.com/bird%.../egg_laying.htm
>>
> Thanks for that. We'll have to see how it goes....
You can re-arrange the contents of the cage, and move the cage to a
different part of the house. This sort of "shocks" their system and
someitmes breaks them out of the egg laying cycle.
You can also have her receive a Lupron injection which will end the current
egg laying cycle if you and your vet feel it is becoming dangerous to her
health.
Mkae sure that there is nothing in her cage she is using as nest material.
Any type of paper. Sometimes, a bird will even shred paper or other material
(fabric from a toy) and drop it through their grate in a corner and then sit
above it, as if on a nest. If they feel like they have a nest, they may
start laying eggs. Of course often they don't need any nesting material at
all.
She needs plenty of calcium. Kale is an excellent source if she will eat it.
Dave
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| Ivor Floppy |
"David G Fisher" <davegf@home.com> wrote in message
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> "Ivor Floppy" <Ivor@somewhere.uk> wrote in message
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>> "pammyT" <fenlandfowl @talktalk.net> wrote in message
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>>> "Ivor Floppy" <Ivor@somewhere.uk> wrote in message
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>>>> We have a pet Kakariki - and although we've had pet birds before for
>>>> the
>>>> last 15 years or so, this is the first female we've had.
>>>> Its about 8 months old and has settled down and has made itself at
>>>> home,
>>> and
>>>> has now started egg laying. So far there's been about 8 eggs, the first
>>>> 4
>>> at
>>>> about 4 days apart, then a break for a few weeks, and now she's started
>>>> again and has laid 3 in the last couple of weeks.
>>>>
>>>> Although she seems quite happy and healthy I'd like to know if there's
>>>> anyway of discouraging her from laying - or; is this a normal amount of
>>> eggs
>>>> for a Kakariki to lay?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> http://www.cockatiels.org/articles/breeding/eggs.html
>>> http://www.aviannetwork.com/articles/eggs.htm
>>> http://www.wctropicalbird.com/bird%.../egg_laying.htm
>>>
>> Thanks for that. We'll have to see how it goes....
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> You can re-arrange the contents of the cage, and move the cage to a
> different part of the house. This sort of "shocks" their system and
> someitmes breaks them out of the egg laying cycle.
Tried that already - it unfortunately didn't seem to make any difference.
>
> You can also have her receive a Lupron injection which will end the
> current egg laying cycle if you and your vet feel it is becoming dangerous
> to her health.
From what I've read its normal for Kakarikis to have clutches of 7 or more,
and up to 4 clutches a year. I'm not too worried about her health yet as it
doesn't seem to be affecting her; but if she goes on (and on and on) laying
eggs in that sort of quantity I guess I'll have to look into that as an
option.
> Mkae sure that there is nothing in her cage she is using as nest material.
> Any type of paper. Sometimes, a bird will even shred paper or other
> material (fabric from a toy) and drop it through their grate in a corner
> and then sit above it, as if on a nest. If they feel like they have a
> nest, they may start laying eggs. Of course often they don't need any
> nesting material at all.
She has a good sized (designed for 2 cockatiels) cage (when she's actually
in there, most of the time she's out and about), and we've been using sand
on the floor - we've now changed to cat litter to make it a bit more
uncomfortable for her when she sits. She's not making any obvious attempt as
making a nest though - just laying eggs and nesting on them for a few hours
before getting fed up and leaving them. We've been taking the eggs out after
a couple of days; but we're going to try leaving them in this time and see
if that helps.
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> She needs plenty of calcium. Kale is an excellent source if she will eat
> it.
Fortunately she eats (or at least tries to eat) almost anything you give
her; so she's on a diet rich in vegetables, fruit and a good cockatiel seed
mix (and grit and cuttlefish etc.). That in itself may be part of the
problem - she's just too happy with her surroundings...
Hopefully we can break the cycle before it gets to be a problem - she's a
lovely bird and it would be a shame for her health to suffer just because
she's happy.
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| Starlight |
On Wed, 25 May 2005 20:24:22 GMT, "Ivor Floppy" <Ivor@somewhere.uk>
wrote:
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>She has a good sized (designed for 2 cockatiels) cage (when she's actually
>in there, most of the time she's out and about), and we've been using sand
>on the floor - we've now changed to cat litter to make it a bit more
>uncomfortable for her when she sits. She's not making any obvious attempt as
>making a nest though - just laying eggs and nesting on them for a few hours
>before getting fed up and leaving them. We've been taking the eggs out after
>a couple of days; but we're going to try leaving them in this time and see
>if that helps.
>
Have you tried cutting down her hours of daylight? To tell the
truth, I don't know if that works for a single laying hen, but it's
definitely cut down on the egg laying of our Zebra finch. If we keep
their cage covered from 7pm-9am, they don't lay eggs; otherwise, she's
an egg laying machine. :)
Becky
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| Ivor Floppy |
"Starlight" <homehealth_rnDELETE@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 25 May 2005 20:24:22 GMT, "Ivor Floppy" <Ivor@somewhere.uk>
> wrote:
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otherwise, she's an egg laying machine. :)
> Becky
Looks like we've got an egg laying machine too - there's another one
appeared this evening.
Perhaps a cork would help........ :)
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| Gloria Carr |
"Ivor Floppy" <Ivor@somewhere.uk> wrote in message
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> Fortunately she eats (or at least tries to eat) almost anything you give
> her; so she's on a diet rich in vegetables, fruit and a good cockatiel
> seed mix (and grit and cuttlefish etc.). That in itself may be part of the
> problem - she's just too happy with her surroundings...
Are you giving her a calcium supplement? Even a diet that is normally
healthy often doesn't have quite enough calcium for a laying hen. They don't
always ingest enough cuttlebone to do it. Plain yogurt would be good, too.
Also, I have no idea how well this works, but I am told that it is possible
to give them hormone shots that make them stop laying. If you can't get her
to stop laying you might want to talk to your vet about it.
Gloria
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