BlueFrontOwner
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- Jul 29, 2013
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I have a female amazon that was egg bound a couple of years back because I let her nest.
After careful consideration , I decided to let her continue to nest, but with some restrictions.
Here is why I decided to let her continue to nest.
I realized my female amazon wants to nest above anything else, she searches for nests and likes to go into boxes etc. If she isn't allowed to nest she is in distress, screams yells, begs for the areas where I let her nest.
I figured this, isn't it cruel to restrict someone from something that is part of their nature and is normal and natural behaviors? I felt like restricting my bird from nesting because of possibly being egg-bound is like telling a human female she can't have sex or meet men because she risks possibly getting pregnant and dying from it.
I'm not going to let my Amazon suffer because she may become egg-bound again. She needs to nest and I can tell this is a big part of her nature. Her drive to nest is unlike anything I've ever seen. I'm not going to restrict her for the small chance she will die from becoming egg-bound. I'm an adrenalin junkie myself and I do many things that put me in harms way. I wouldn't restrict myself because I may get hurt and die, I won't do it to my bird.
What I decided to do is let her nest but have days where she isn't allowed to nest. Like someone commented here you have to mix things up. It seems that she can nest like every other day and not lay eggs, probably much more than that.
She only layed one egg before and that was after nesting everyday for 8 hours a day for months. So It is rare for her to lay eggs.
But I'll say this as my opinion, if you prevent your amazon from doing something that is so important to their nature and the drive to nest is so high and you prevent them from doing this you're the cruel person. Amazon females need to be allowed to nest and should be allowed to do it.
I don't know why my amazon will go into a box in the ceiling and make noises in there for 5-10 hours before she will come to me, but she just loves doing this.
After careful consideration , I decided to let her continue to nest, but with some restrictions.
Here is why I decided to let her continue to nest.
I realized my female amazon wants to nest above anything else, she searches for nests and likes to go into boxes etc. If she isn't allowed to nest she is in distress, screams yells, begs for the areas where I let her nest.
I figured this, isn't it cruel to restrict someone from something that is part of their nature and is normal and natural behaviors? I felt like restricting my bird from nesting because of possibly being egg-bound is like telling a human female she can't have sex or meet men because she risks possibly getting pregnant and dying from it.
I'm not going to let my Amazon suffer because she may become egg-bound again. She needs to nest and I can tell this is a big part of her nature. Her drive to nest is unlike anything I've ever seen. I'm not going to restrict her for the small chance she will die from becoming egg-bound. I'm an adrenalin junkie myself and I do many things that put me in harms way. I wouldn't restrict myself because I may get hurt and die, I won't do it to my bird.
What I decided to do is let her nest but have days where she isn't allowed to nest. Like someone commented here you have to mix things up. It seems that she can nest like every other day and not lay eggs, probably much more than that.
She only layed one egg before and that was after nesting everyday for 8 hours a day for months. So It is rare for her to lay eggs.
But I'll say this as my opinion, if you prevent your amazon from doing something that is so important to their nature and the drive to nest is so high and you prevent them from doing this you're the cruel person. Amazon females need to be allowed to nest and should be allowed to do it.
I don't know why my amazon will go into a box in the ceiling and make noises in there for 5-10 hours before she will come to me, but she just loves doing this.
