Lenny had eggs???

[Hamm]

Well we got a surprise... Lenny is not a male. Our "guy" has had 4 eggs now. We were wondering what to do with the eggs? We had her w/ Squiggy who we believe to be a girl also. Should we keep these eggs in with her or remove them?

Any help will be appreciated....:D

[Kumiko]

Do you got any pictures of your birds? We could help you about Squiggy's gender.

If you dont want babies, and if you are for sure certain they might be fertile... I would take your birds out the room then replace the eggs with "dummy eggs". After the switch, just bring the birds back into the room.

Thats all I know. I hope someone comes on with more experience to help you. :o

[hollybean]

Eggs are tricky. I haven't had any experience with them but I know you have to be very careful and try to avoid this kinds of behaviors. If she lays too often she could become calcium deficent. Also there's a danger of egg binding which could kill her.

I'm stealing these tips from Andrea Fahy's forum, only because I've never dealt with the issue myself:
"Diminish exposure to light. Limiting to ten to twelve hours of light a day should interrupt or prevent the hormonal cycle (this relates more to chronic egg layers)
Do not overfeed
Do not provide a potential nest
Do not provides potential nesting material
Keep them VERY busy with toys, play areas, lots of foraging etc. Perhaps make them forage for their entire diet. Readily available and over-plentiful food can make them ready for babies!" (www.partnersforparrots.org (http://www.partnersforparrots.org))

I hope that's helpful. Hopefully someone else with more parrotlet egg laying issues can chime in. Again- you want to avoid anything nest like such as tents or bowl shaped toys. For some birds this can stimulate their hormones enough to lead to egg laying.
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[Pado]

What Holly posted is good advice - Its very important if you don't want her to lay again to follow those steps. Especially the advice to not provide anything that resembles a nesting hole (example a sleeping tent etc) and to make sure the birds are getting 12 hours of DARK, uninterrupted sleep nightly. And don't feed foods high in protein.

Don't just remove the eggs as she will just lay again to replenish them. You can switch them with dummy eggs (but you'd need to order these and have them on hand should she lay again) if you don't have or can't get dummy eggs I've heard you can remove the eggs one at a time and freeze them and return them to her, unfortunately I don't know how long you need to freeze each egg - .... anybody know?

Also make sure she has a cuttlebone and a calcium block available to her just in case she continues to lay - she'll need them to help her not to become egg bound.

[lisa10]

HI
I dont have any advice about egg laying, but I love your birds' names!!
Too funny!

[chapala]

I have no experience but have read many times that you should leave the eggs with the female. There was no sign of mating between the two? You may have two females and the eggs are non-fertile, but since you're not sure, I would try freezing (or I've heard boiling) the eggs, one at a time, replacing them under her. If she isn't allowed to go through the cycle, her body will make more eggs to replace these. Then after she loses interest in the eggs and you remove them, try to look at the cage and environment to eliminate nesty looking places, and shredding materials. Move the cage, change the perches and toys around, cover for 12 hours at night. Also, like Pado said, be sure to provide some extra calcium, and dark green leafies in the diet.
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