I have this little platform in my cage, which I use to put treats on and the wheel etc.

Lately Saffron, my 4 year old female, has been very repetitive in her movements. She will run backwards and forwards on the perch and continue to do this for ages with out stopping. This is particularly annoying when she does this on the platform, as her nails click on it and because this is very repetitive, it makes it very hard to study while she is doing this. So I thought I would solve the problem by putting the budgies' small penplax gym on top of the plat form inside the cage. I layered the bottom of the gym with newspaper. This seemed to stop her and she quite liked perching on the gym, so i thought all was well.

Well, lately, I haven't been able to pay much attention to the budgies, due to my exams and studying in another room (they are still pretty noisy, (Laughing out loud) ) and so I came into my room last night and found that she had ripped up the paper, chewed it to bits and made a little clearing in the corner and I found her sitting in it all fluffed up like she was on a nest. I immediately removed the gym, but I found she went back on the platform and tryed to make it suit her taste. So I took the plat form out and now their is nothing but perches, so hopefully no nesting opportunities.

My question is will she be okay, now that I have taken her "nest" out, she won't lay or anything will she?

And why do you think she was being that repetitive? She seems perfectly aware when she is doing it as she will chirp every now and then and she will stop if I open the cage door.

 

Thanks for your help and any advice that you give.

 

Here is the picture of the gym:

 

My budgies aren't in that cage anymore, it is an old picture.

Edited June 21, 200618 yr by Sailorwolf

It won't hurt anything that you removed her shredded paper. I would have done that too. Some hens occasionally get "broody", and if she is in breeding condition and content might lay an egg, but not necessarily. The pacing on the perch is normal, she is happy and burning off some energy.

That's good then. I was just worried about the pacing because she never used to do it. I thought maybe she was getting senile in her old age .