I have noticed last night and today that my female budgie has taken to squashing herself into a metal dish that hangs on the side of her cage for veges. Is this some sort of behaviour leading up to laying an egg. It obviously won't be fertilised as she is a single budgie but I don't really want her to go to all the effort of laying an egg for no reason.

 

I usually take it out after she has finished the veges but hadn't gotten around to it this morning.

 

Thanks for your advice.

Edited March 9, 200916 yr by Lilysbudgie

Sounds like it. Try serving her vegies on a flat tray on the floor of the cage for awhile

Thanks KAz

 

that's the funny thing though. She wouldn't touch them in anything else I have tried. Until this nice shiny metal dish came on the scene. She loves it !

 

I will just have to be very religious in removing it as soon as the veges have gone.

 

thanks again

She may be in love or lust with the budgies she sees in the shiny dishes reflection...this may make her become a chronic egg layer. Sounds like an obsession with the dish ( the reflection budgie ) ..............change the dish to one that isnt reflective.

Thanks KAZ. Is it okay to use for the short time it's in the cage with the fruit / vege's in ?

She honestly won't eat them out or off anything else.

 

It's hard enough getting our head around the fact she is a girl so I don't want eggs LOL

We still call her "he " , it just suits her and sounds right. LOL

Edited March 9, 200916 yr by Lilysbudgie