teanhoneytiel.
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- Apr 20, 2024
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Hello! I have a cockatiel named Tea that is showing signs of laying eggs. She turns 7 in about a month and sheās showing some behaviors that iām worried about.
First thing that concerns me is her poop, theyāre a normal/slightly brighter green color but the actual poop is very small but extremely liquidy. (sometimes kind of stringy? will attach picture) Itās been like this for about 4 days now (about the same time I noticed what i think is an egg bump). I started putting her in a separate cage at night to monitor her poops better and to give her cage mate a break from her sometimes aggressive behavior.
Today when I was putting her to bed she was very docile when she usually puts up a fight for bed and doesnāt like being pet very much, but I could hold her any way and she didnāt care (very unusual).
Sheās still eating and drinking- she has never been one to enjoy playing with her toys all that much so sheās just been napping most of the day. A couple times now ive caught her breathing heavier than usual while trying to sleep, but she isnāt straining or anything. As far as I can tell she hasnāt made any attempts to actually lay the egg.
As much as I would love to take her to the vet I donāt want to make the long drive there just for them to tell me sheās fine- so am i overreacting?
her vent is wider and iām pretty positive she has an egg in there, but again itās been about 4 days and she hasnāt been straining or trying to lay it at all since i noticed it was there.
Sheās been territorial and aggressive to her cage mate, trying to masturbate on toys, trying to build a nest, shredding wooden toys and paper, and showing just about every sign of laying eggs just no eggs.
Any help would be appreciated! Iām very worried about her.
First thing that concerns me is her poop, theyāre a normal/slightly brighter green color but the actual poop is very small but extremely liquidy. (sometimes kind of stringy? will attach picture) Itās been like this for about 4 days now (about the same time I noticed what i think is an egg bump). I started putting her in a separate cage at night to monitor her poops better and to give her cage mate a break from her sometimes aggressive behavior.
Today when I was putting her to bed she was very docile when she usually puts up a fight for bed and doesnāt like being pet very much, but I could hold her any way and she didnāt care (very unusual).
Sheās still eating and drinking- she has never been one to enjoy playing with her toys all that much so sheās just been napping most of the day. A couple times now ive caught her breathing heavier than usual while trying to sleep, but she isnāt straining or anything. As far as I can tell she hasnāt made any attempts to actually lay the egg.
As much as I would love to take her to the vet I donāt want to make the long drive there just for them to tell me sheās fine- so am i overreacting?
her vent is wider and iām pretty positive she has an egg in there, but again itās been about 4 days and she hasnāt been straining or trying to lay it at all since i noticed it was there.
Sheās been territorial and aggressive to her cage mate, trying to masturbate on toys, trying to build a nest, shredding wooden toys and paper, and showing just about every sign of laying eggs just no eggs.
Any help would be appreciated! Iām very worried about her.