Tycos_mom Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I think Fergie my Amazon is going to lay eggs she has been extreamly hormonal lately and has been hanging out on top of my wardrobe allot. while shes up there he has been chewing an empty cardboard box and making all kinds of hormonal noises while doing it. If she does lay eggs do I just allow her to sit on them until she gets bored or loses intrest or do I take them away from her. They won't be fertile as she is the only Amazon I have so she doesn't have a mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tari Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I would let her sit on it a while. This well help keep her for laying all summer log. Or better yet remove the nesting area or figure out a way to keep her out of the area. Close the door, block it off or what have you. When I close of the nest boxes on breeders most of them stop laying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M2MM Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I agree with Tari. Let her sit on the eggs until she abandons them (loses interest), then take them out. If you remove them right away, she will just keep laying them, which won't do her health any good. Ensure she's getting enough calcium (cuttle bones, almonds, dark green vegetables) so that her eggs done strip her calcium from her bones and organs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycos_mom Posted July 4, 2008 Author Share Posted July 4, 2008 I alway make sur they get lots of calcium pkus with the nice weather she likes to sit ouside for anhour or so in the morning before it gets to hot. sonI'not to worried about her calcium she gets eggshell in her scrmbled eggs twice a week and lots of dark green leafy veggies she also get cheese small slice or grated fresh parmsan on pasta one a week. so her cacium levels should be ok. I always keep a cuddle bone in their cages also just in case they want it. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busere Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Hmmm…I thought that male Amazons were the nest builders? I ended that with a question mark, due to that I received that info second-hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M2MM Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I have another suggestion. Since the eggs are duds anyway, you could substitute the real eggs for artificial eggs of the same size, that way she won't accidentally break them (and we all know what THAT smells like.) It's worth a try. http://www.theeggshop.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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