qwertyshaz
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- Nov 4, 2012
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Hi, I am new here but I have a pair of lovebirds which are male and female they have been mating and for the last 3 weeks been shredding paper and nest building so I put a diy box in the bottom and they took to it straight away and have been spending a lot of time in there. 2 days ago I noticed the female is very swollen down there and looks ready to lay a egg, she has been in box ever since but has not laid a egg, sometimes she fluffs up and is like laying down properly then she looks more alert, the male is in and out feeding her and only once have I caught her coming out of the box on the floor but the second she sees me she rushes back in. I have been reading up on the net about egg binding and have no experience of this before, I was given these birds a year ago, they are about 2 now. I have been following something I read about keeping her warm and the humidity high and have been drying wet towels in the tumble drier with them in the same room so it has been warm and humid in there but I have no idea how long fit should take for her to actually lay the egg and how long should I leave it before doing something about it like taking her to a vet as don't want to stress her out by taking her if what is happening is normal but am worried that egg binding can be fatal quickly. any advice would be great, thank you, sharon