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Scooter my 17 year old Gray, started laying eggs on December 24. I removed the first egg, as it was cracked on December 26th. she immediately laid another one the next day. She has laid a total of 4 eggs. I have left the other three in the bottom of her cage, and since then, Scooter has diligently sat on her eggs, leaving them only to eat and drink. She has never laid eggs before. She has not talked in the past month since she has been sitting on her eggs, and no longer wants to play or interact with her human family. I have given her new fun toys which would normally excite her, but she is devoted to those eggs. I was told that she would eventually get it, that they are not going to hatch, but it's been a month. How long do I leave the eggs in there ? Will she continue to lay new ones ? When is it time to call the Avian Vet ? Scooter appears to be in fine health. I have provided her with lots of good food, and she eats ALOT ! She is especially fond of scrambled eggs, cheese, chicken thigh bones, with some meat on them, roasted peanuts. I would like some advice please !!!!

Hello ! I am new here ! I have a Congo Grey, who is a rescue. She has been with me for the past 9 years, and I know she was with at least 2 homes previous to her coming to me. Scooter came to me via a friend who rescued her from a horrible situation. The bird was in a cage, on the porch of a home, outside in the snow ! They bought her for $100 rusted small cage and all, and then kept her in that cage for the next year, but they never "clicked" with her. I mentioned that I had always wanted a Grey, but they are so expensive. The new owners gladly gave her to me. That was almost 10 years ago. I immediately found a used macaw cage in the pennysaver, and bleached and steam cleaned it thoroughly, and set up Scooter's new condo in our family room. It took her about 6 months to start to come to the side of the cage, and get near to me. It took another 6 months for her to start actually talking -- and to decide that I was "her person". I never knew for sure if Scooter was a he or she until two nights ago, when I couldn't figure out why Scooter was on the floor of the cage for so long. Now, Scooter is a shredder, and LOVES to shred. I provide her with paper towels, the rolls from non glued paper towel rollers, newspaper, shredders, and all sorts of things to shred all the time....so I was not really concerned -- and she loves to make a tent out of a newpaper and hide under it....so nothing new, but she was on the floor of the cage for more than two hours (unusual) I stuck my hand in there, and found a really BIG egg !!! According to her band, Scooter is 17 years old. This is the first egg I have ever seen. I looked up everything I could on the internet -- and found "take the egg away immediately" and "DO NOT take the egg away under any circumstance!!" So, I took it away, and then put it back !!! Scooter is interested in the egg -- she plays with it gently, sits on it a bit; appears to be eating and drinking normally. she is interactive with me, lets me put my hand in there, came out yesterday, played with me. she is very extra lovey - which is NOT like her. She want's head lovey's which is unusual, and would allow me to touch her all over which is VERY not like her. I can see she is very "hormonal" and do not ever touch her tail end, because she is always trying to "feed me or my hands" anyway.... So.....take the egg away, leave it....????!!!! Andi