This is a medical issue I have never been faced with, until now. I took in two love birds recently and GreenJeans laid 1 egg late tuesday. Just 1. Previous owner told me they both lay eggs all the time. I knew this was coming because they have been flying around gathering paper. I peeked in on the nest today and still just one egg. Inspection of her vent appears that there is still an egg in there. Cannot see the egg just swelling, no discoloration. about the same size of the egg that is in the nest. She seems okay. She is flying around, have not witnessed a lot of feeding activity. She is perky, seems happy, no drifting, she is not Lethargic in any way. Her flight is a little heavy but she manages it well. How long does it take to get them out? Is it just swelling from passing the egg? Do I have a problem here? Pheonix where are you. :)
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Okay, calm down!
I got your email. I;'m here. I have some one on the phone who will help. I'll edit in a minute.
I have a Love bird breeder on the phone right now.hang on,
If you have oiled her vent, you're in better shape than you were. Do it again but it works best if you can see the egg.
okay.cold weather works against them,,,warm up the room, or put a hot pad near her cage. Keep her warm.
Do not help her pass the egg, but apply KY jelly to her cloaca.
Take it Easy on her! do not get too vigorous as you do not want to break the egg internally.
Back again in a minute.
Just keep the room warm. If you have a hot pad use it near her cage.
Call the Vet and see if you can get an emergency appointment. Get ready to pack her up to take her in. If she passes the egg on on the way all the better.
Try and get the room more moist. Raise the humidity. Stema up some water, but be sure and put covers on the pots.
This might be the result of a poor diet. We'll look at this later.
sorry about the bad typing but I'm typing as fast as I can!
Well. I haven't heard any more. I hope the crisis has passed. It's all I can advise from where I am.
I'll be sending positive vibes in your direction. I have faith in you and know you can handle it. I hope things turn out well. I have to get up in the morning.Please email and let me know how it's going.
I have more to tell you about what you need to do to prevent this. I wish you well.
I'll email you tomorrow.
Good Luck.
the egg will hatch in one month or maybey even 3 weeks!
Well I am not Pheonix, but birthing is not easy for women and so it must be just a difficult for other creatures. Unfortunately, GreenJeans can not tell you if there is something wrong. I would check web sites about Love birds. Also this may sound odd to you but, maybe rub a bit of olive oil on her "vent". It may help her lay the egg. If you know other people that have love birds you could call them and see if they have experienced the same situation.
If the oil and heating the air around her don't work, you can try holding her in some warm water that is deep enough to submerge her vent, but not deep enough that she can drown in it. It can be more effective, but also stressful if the bird doesn't like to be held in water.
I hope things go well.
it's called being egg bound, mine died from it!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Eclectus Parrots?
I Want to buy 2 eclectus parrots, one male, one female. was wondering if a cage (custom built from powder coated steel) 2m long by 1.5m high by about .8m wide would be sufficent? if not can someone recomend a cage size? my intension is to keep them indoors and out of their cage as frequently as possible. also are they likley to breed in these conditions (not fuseed if they dont just wondering)
also can someone recomend a melbourne breeder and some web pages on these gus
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The best sized cage is the maximum you can get. If you have room for a bigger cage then get that.
Try Passion for Pets in Melbourne
Passion for Pets
Springvale - Aquariums %26 Supplies
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Address: Princes Highway
Springvale, VIC, 3171
Telephone: 03 9574 2166
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I can't tell you any melbourne breeders cause I'm from the US. However, I can say that if you have never owned an eclectus before buying 2 is not a good idea! They are not easy birds to care for. I would start with one and build up to 2 very very gradually. They are quite a handful to someone with no experience.
I did not know what one was so I looked them up on yahoo images. Very pretty birds. Thank you for showing them to me.
also can someone recomend a melbourne breeder and some web pages on these gus
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The best sized cage is the maximum you can get. If you have room for a bigger cage then get that.
Try Passion for Pets in Melbourne
Passion for Pets
Springvale - Aquariums %26 Supplies
Contact Details
.
Contact Name:
Address: Princes Highway
Springvale, VIC, 3171
Telephone: 03 9574 2166
Fax:
Mobile:
I can't tell you any melbourne breeders cause I'm from the US. However, I can say that if you have never owned an eclectus before buying 2 is not a good idea! They are not easy birds to care for. I would start with one and build up to 2 very very gradually. They are quite a handful to someone with no experience.
I did not know what one was so I looked them up on yahoo images. Very pretty birds. Thank you for showing them to me.
Eat birds?
Birds, as in chicken. Do you eat chicken? Or do you think chicken's are too cute to kill! I rise chicken's, and then sell them, and then the people I sell them too eat them! YUMMY! Chickens and eating chickens are diffent though, Ya know! Did you know chicken's barins are littier then thier eye? Weird huh? Yea' There pretty stuiped! lol, well, what do you think? Eat them, or not?
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Eat them chikins fast as you can!
I eat chicken, tastes good. EAT THEM! Let PETA go f themselves.
KFC for sure.
i eat them there gooooooood way!
This is too funny! Ever hear about "spell check"? This is a joke, right?
i eat them
I love chicken it is more protein i am pro chicken eating.
thats a round about way to ask a simple question.
eat them.
I love seeing such uneducated responses! Thanks for making the vegans right again.
Try reading - it is fun.
chickens are good to eat, but looking at baby chicks is a different story all together.
i used to rise chicken and sell them so people can it.i was sad when i was selling it, but i knew people have no choice than eat it. so it was o.k. now i it chicken too.
Life is previous to everyone, we eat chick because we think we can survive . I don't think we have the right to kill animal and human but we did. Compassion is the way to educate your heart.
Bless no more killing.
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Eat them chikins fast as you can!
I eat chicken, tastes good. EAT THEM! Let PETA go f themselves.
KFC for sure.
i eat them there gooooooood way!
This is too funny! Ever hear about "spell check"? This is a joke, right?
i eat them
I love chicken it is more protein i am pro chicken eating.
thats a round about way to ask a simple question.
eat them.
I love seeing such uneducated responses! Thanks for making the vegans right again.
Try reading - it is fun.
chickens are good to eat, but looking at baby chicks is a different story all together.
i used to rise chicken and sell them so people can it.i was sad when i was selling it, but i knew people have no choice than eat it. so it was o.k. now i it chicken too.
Life is previous to everyone, we eat chick because we think we can survive . I don't think we have the right to kill animal and human but we did. Compassion is the way to educate your heart.
Bless no more killing.
eagle pictures?
pictures of eagles
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http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im.
http://www.webshots.com/search?query=eag.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/eagle.
http://www.avians.net/lanakila/eagle.htm.
http://www.eaglestock.com/eagle.htm.
where
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im. Hope it helps. Peace
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im.
http://images.google.co.in/images?hl=en%26amp;.
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http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im.
http://www.webshots.com/search?query=eag.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/eagle.
http://www.avians.net/lanakila/eagle.htm.
http://www.eaglestock.com/eagle.htm.
where
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im. Hope it helps. Peace
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im.
http://images.google.co.in/images?hl=en%26amp;.
eagle life spend?
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I presume you are asking about the life span of an eagle. well depending on the species anything up to seventy years. the oldest eagle in captivity was 75 years old, the oldest recorded in the wild was 45 years old. In the wild a bird will have a shorter life span than in captivity. This is because if they are sick we can treat them, if they are injured we can fix them, if they are hungry we will feed them and if they are cold we can keep them warm.
What
Dude, remove the doobie from your mouth, sober up, %26 then come back and ask again in unstoned English.
Hay Michael, is it life spend or life spand?
Anyway, thank you so much for your answer about the soft food. Many adults do eat baby food and it does give a variety to the diet. You just do not know how much your answer is appreciated.
Drastic egg problem!!?
I just came home and found my zebra finches nest on the bottom of the cage and the four eggs on the floor of the cage. Only one was cracked so I threw it away and put the others back in the nest and put the nest back up. The longest they could have been left on the bottom is like two hours. Is that too long to go with out being sat on? Also, the parents are still hopping around on the bottom looking around. Will they take the eggs back after this happened? Will they know one is missing?
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When a nest is disturbed, I usually turn out the lights and let the house go dark and quite. The birds should calm down and go to bed in their nest. It is about the time they normally go to bed anyways. Also use a spoon next time to handle the eggs, oils from your hands can affect the eggs. The nest also needs to be more secure. You may be able to distract them from the missing egg with some spray millet. Yum!
If the eggs were left long enough to cool off to room temperature, the fetuses probably have not survived and the parents will not accept the eggs.
they are going to know that one is gone. when it comes to the other eggs i really cant say bacause it could go one of two way. they can ignore the eggs or they wont, you just have to wait and see.
Yes, and they may not go back to the eggs, do to a human handling them. If you want babies, you have to figure out, (by researching) what kind of nest they use and how to stabilize the nest so the eggs won't fall out. After stabilizing the nest, and you find eggs out of the nest again, wait a few days, then toss them. The reason for this is, the birds themselves know weather or not the eggs are good ones. Good luck
I don't know if the same concept applies to caged birds as it does to wild birds, but I believe it would. Wild birds will typically abandon their eggs if they are handled by other creatures, so it is possible that they may not return to them. It's not always true, but it's typical. Being wild creatures, they also cannot understand the concept of having a helping hand with the nest. In their mind, the eggs are still on the ground. If they haven't gone back to the nest at all, try putting the nest on the floor of the cage. This might help. They will notice the missing egg and mourn for it just like we would a child, but if they accept the eggs again, they will take care of the others despite the missing one. It's possible they may never go back to them since they were handled, but I hope they will. I don't know if they will be too long to go without being sat on, it depends on the temp of the room. It also depends how much they were jarred when they fell, they still may never hatch. If they will still not sit on them after putting the nest on the floor the best thing would probably be to try to get them as warm as possible as quickly as possible. If they have not sat on them after a few hours of the nest on the bottom, you should probably just take the nest out, put as many soft, light, warm materials around them as possible and place the nest under a lamp. It still might not save them, but it's a chance. Better yet, you should probably take the whole lot to the vet. But I know that may not be you most appealing choice, so just do what you can. You might also want to look on animal rescue sites for any tips. Good luck.
Your zebra finches seem to have been traumatized and nature tells them that because of this they shouldn't be hatching young. Give them some time to settle down before breeding them again.
How long is too long depends on how old the eggs are- if they have just been laid, there shouldn't be a problem, but if not, it may be.
They will notice one is missing, but I have never known a bird to be upset about missing eggs as long as they have other eggs to devote their time to.
Good luck!
well you might want to put them back and hope for the best, but usually they have sat on them and decided it was too long and the eggs are not fertile. The egg you threw away, you should have opened to see if there was development in it. You may candle the eggs and see if they are fertile. They probably know they are no good though. Put them back and give it a try, but once they cool, well, not good.
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When a nest is disturbed, I usually turn out the lights and let the house go dark and quite. The birds should calm down and go to bed in their nest. It is about the time they normally go to bed anyways. Also use a spoon next time to handle the eggs, oils from your hands can affect the eggs. The nest also needs to be more secure. You may be able to distract them from the missing egg with some spray millet. Yum!
If the eggs were left long enough to cool off to room temperature, the fetuses probably have not survived and the parents will not accept the eggs.
they are going to know that one is gone. when it comes to the other eggs i really cant say bacause it could go one of two way. they can ignore the eggs or they wont, you just have to wait and see.
Yes, and they may not go back to the eggs, do to a human handling them. If you want babies, you have to figure out, (by researching) what kind of nest they use and how to stabilize the nest so the eggs won't fall out. After stabilizing the nest, and you find eggs out of the nest again, wait a few days, then toss them. The reason for this is, the birds themselves know weather or not the eggs are good ones. Good luck
I don't know if the same concept applies to caged birds as it does to wild birds, but I believe it would. Wild birds will typically abandon their eggs if they are handled by other creatures, so it is possible that they may not return to them. It's not always true, but it's typical. Being wild creatures, they also cannot understand the concept of having a helping hand with the nest. In their mind, the eggs are still on the ground. If they haven't gone back to the nest at all, try putting the nest on the floor of the cage. This might help. They will notice the missing egg and mourn for it just like we would a child, but if they accept the eggs again, they will take care of the others despite the missing one. It's possible they may never go back to them since they were handled, but I hope they will. I don't know if they will be too long to go without being sat on, it depends on the temp of the room. It also depends how much they were jarred when they fell, they still may never hatch. If they will still not sit on them after putting the nest on the floor the best thing would probably be to try to get them as warm as possible as quickly as possible. If they have not sat on them after a few hours of the nest on the bottom, you should probably just take the nest out, put as many soft, light, warm materials around them as possible and place the nest under a lamp. It still might not save them, but it's a chance. Better yet, you should probably take the whole lot to the vet. But I know that may not be you most appealing choice, so just do what you can. You might also want to look on animal rescue sites for any tips. Good luck.
Your zebra finches seem to have been traumatized and nature tells them that because of this they shouldn't be hatching young. Give them some time to settle down before breeding them again.
How long is too long depends on how old the eggs are- if they have just been laid, there shouldn't be a problem, but if not, it may be.
They will notice one is missing, but I have never known a bird to be upset about missing eggs as long as they have other eggs to devote their time to.
Good luck!
well you might want to put them back and hope for the best, but usually they have sat on them and decided it was too long and the eggs are not fertile. The egg you threw away, you should have opened to see if there was development in it. You may candle the eggs and see if they are fertile. They probably know they are no good though. Put them back and give it a try, but once they cool, well, not good.
doves.?
my husband bought me two doves and my question is how do i care for them are they regular birds? are they intelegent birds?
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Why must there always be an immature answer? It's not funny.
Anyways, I found you a nice short webpage which you can refer to.
http://www.kindplanet.org/dovecare.html.
Have fun!
heat oven to 350.
doves for the most part are like regular birds. however, there may be certain things that doves prefer than regular birds. your best bet would be to either ask the seller of the birds or to look it up on the internet. that way you have the information first hand and will know from there on out.
ROFL the answer above me was funniest thing ever
Well my mom has doves that my dad bought her before they got a divorce! She just had them in a bird cage and treated them just like other birds, but I know there are some things you should do different. They seem to like a blanket over them at night! And if there male and female its always good to put a nesting box in the bottom of the cage or stuff in the cage so they can make their own nesting box. You will have to watch though b/c my moms pair had been together a while and when the female died suddenly, the male bird stopped eating and everything and then he died as well. The vet said it was b/c when they are together so much they grow to love each other and that they could die of heartbreak! Romantic in a creepy way huh?
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Why must there always be an immature answer? It's not funny.
Anyways, I found you a nice short webpage which you can refer to.
http://www.kindplanet.org/dovecare.html.
Have fun!
heat oven to 350.
doves for the most part are like regular birds. however, there may be certain things that doves prefer than regular birds. your best bet would be to either ask the seller of the birds or to look it up on the internet. that way you have the information first hand and will know from there on out.
ROFL the answer above me was funniest thing ever
Well my mom has doves that my dad bought her before they got a divorce! She just had them in a bird cage and treated them just like other birds, but I know there are some things you should do different. They seem to like a blanket over them at night! And if there male and female its always good to put a nesting box in the bottom of the cage or stuff in the cage so they can make their own nesting box. You will have to watch though b/c my moms pair had been together a while and when the female died suddenly, the male bird stopped eating and everything and then he died as well. The vet said it was b/c when they are together so much they grow to love each other and that they could die of heartbreak! Romantic in a creepy way huh?
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