Well, it's still an improvement isn't it? My lorikeet is currently sitting on 2 eggs, yes again! After she laid the first one I let my male lorikeet into her cage, so the second one has a small chance of being fertile. We will see!

do you think it could have smelled different, because of the hormone shots (I know that is a long shot) but also maybe the hormone shot took away her instinct to brood?

:ausb: Could be, like steroids, I would imagine they would hang around in one's body for a while to come, especially with double dosing. :budgiedance:

:ausb: And it was the Star, the female eating the egg! Thought so, caught her in the act when I went to change to cage paper for the second time today. I do give her calcium in her vitamin supplement and occasionally will throw an egg shell in the cage plus the cuttlebone but she obviously wanted more? Plus I try to supply the most calcium supple vegs I can as she and Comet are the BEST of all my birds about eating them. :budgiedance:

Hopefully this will be the closure of this post and the EGGS which has become a 4 letter word to me.

Comet and Star now have verified same sex cage mates and everybody seems to be getting along. There is nothing more than I can do so this had better work, thanks for all your suggestons and listening to my whining over the last few months.

Hopefully this will be the closure of this post and the EGGS which has become a 4 letter word to me.

Comet and Star now have verified same sex cage mates and everybody seems to be getting along. There is nothing more than I can do so this had better work, thanks for all your suggestons and listening to my whining over the last few months. :hap:

 

 

did you quarantine?

The rescue lady has quarantined them both for me since the beginning of February and Coca has been vet checked so all is well.

Guess it is not the end quite yet. I brought Star and Coco (Star's new female companion of the last week) out of my bedroom today to put them on the new stand arrangement I bought ($150 and needed some modification). With her boyfriend Comet within seeing distance, (although all has been well the last week even though they have been periodically calling) Star went totally crazy and attacked Coco, have never seen a budgie attack like this before. Put Coco in little rescue cage and walked out in back where the money tree grows (NOT) and went and purchased another cage and toys, will have no problem putting everybody on the stand, will put Comet and Star on different levels .At least Comet's cage companion Buddy, is okay with him and wins the swing fight everynight but Comet is now glued to the bars of the cage viewing his former love (do budgies fall in love forever?). Have to wait until my landlord gets home to assist me, cage etc. out in my car, x-ray confirmed 2 broken ribs. Might be okay to have Coco separate as she has great potential to be tame, Buddy already is somewhat tame and will sit on my shoulder and go for walks but I cannot separate him from Comet, who really needs somebody around. Don't thnk Star will ever be tame (although she isn't a really bad biter, was passed around quite a bit through the unwanted bird cycle before I got her).

 

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And now this becomes a really sad post, I have been awake half the night, crying and not knowing what to do. Have contacted my rescue lady and we have agreed to put up Star for adoption, this totally goes against my philosophy of rescue/adoption and til death do us part pet for life. My rescue lady says it's not my fault and it isn't being fair to Star, the rest of my birds and me to keep her around as everybody is so unhappy now. I will get a say in who adopts her and she will only be going to a home where there are no other budgies (maybe other species of birds about for company). I don't know if she and Comet are mates for life like some animals and birds, but she cannot be with a male because she will want to breed most likely and a female around might be dangerous such as the unprovoked, viscious attack on Coca yesterday(who is in her new cage by herself and having a great time playing with her new toys and singing softly). I could keep Star in my bedroom forever but without contact and limited "out" time but there would still be an awareness of Comet and the others and what kind of life would that be, I am accustomed to treating my pets "really well" and this would make me sad. To any who would doubt my committment to animals, my late dog was on doggie "Alzheimer's" meds ($130/month) and eyedrops ($30/month) not to mention other stuff for the last 1 1/2 years of his life which really seemed to help and I would do it all again, as I truly believed it helped him and didn't pull the plug until it was really time to go.

 

When I first joined this community with my constant laying without a nest box problem, I was given a few suggestions, which I tried, separating them(didn't work), putting them in a cooler, darker bedroom with only natural light (which worked until I brought them out again with everybody else and the days are getting longer now and the climate is getting warmer) and getting the same sex cagemates which I knew it my heart wouldn't work so left this option until the end when I had exhausted everything else. Hormone shots didn't work, there is nothing left to try. I feel so badly and upset as Star looks so much better than when I adopted her over a year ago, but my rescue lady knows all I have done, says sometimes happen for a reason and it is best to let go for the sake of all concerned and don't feel guilty, hope she is right.

Gosh you have been through a lot with these two. Don't feel bad! You have done more than most would for sure!!! I know it will be hard, but maybe finding a new home for her will be the best thing. And fortunately you have a say. Maybe she will thrive in an environment where she is the only budgie. I wish you the best!

Thanks Shawna, Star is back in my bedroom now and has settled down. This morning she was like a crazy woman, destroyed her cage, upended the seed dishes, hung upside down from the cage bars. Comet has settled down too, there is a little bit of calling going on but at least peace has been restored, I still feel guilty but that isn't fair to stick Star in some lonely room by herself either. (And all I do is sleep in my bedroom, not in there a whole lot, at least she can look out the window for now).

she'll be unhappy for a while but she'll be ALIVE and HEALTHY!, and if thats what it takes then its worth it, she'll thank you in the end.

Yes, Star has settled down quite a bit since I placed her cage back in my bedroom but I still don't feel any better about placing her up for adoption: I have 7 other rescue birds (including her) with no problem. Comet is still calling and flying about as I just let him out but his nature is to be a very friendly budgie and his attack on his cagemate last night was just out of character for him. I only hope and pray I can find Star a suitable home, meanwhile she stays in my bedroom and I will visit as much as I can plus she has the window to look out of.

What about your landlord? Would he take her?

No, when he retires he is going to travel and doesn't even know which city (or province) he will be living in, I feel just sick about this all. His place is a pigsty anyhow, he is caring when the birds aren't his, he is just too lazy to take care of a bird.

Oh darn! It would have been a good solution too! I'm sure you will find a good home for her though.

Like I said previously, it defies all my philosophies about animal rescue and adoption to have to adopt her out but I think we all know there is no other viable solution , she just can't stay cooped up in my bedroom for the rest of her life.

Part of being a responsible pet owner is realising that sometimes we are not the right home for a certain animal, no matter how much we want to be. I know it is a hard decision, but it shows just how wonderful you are that you can put the bird's needs before your own feelings.

:bluebudgie: It doesn't make me feel any better but that is what my rescue lady says, I have to consider the whole flock and me rather than concentrating on Star; she knows how hard this is for me, the fake eggs, hormone shots and separations didn't work, I could put Comet up for adoption but he is 11 (and defying it) so I have to ensure Star (at age 2)goes to a home with no other budgies. p.s. Glen is a magnificent babysitter (birdsitter) but would never pan out in the long run. :mellow:

It will be the hardest thing you have ever had to do, but make sure you have visiting rights so you can keep an eye on her! I agree, you can't relocate the geriatric Romeo, it would be easier, and less traumatic to relocate old Hot Lips Star

:ausb: And the screaming has been intense, I uncovered everybody at 0600 as it was light (don't have to go to work today), I have a headache already, even the lovies and cockatiel have decided to scream too (and I really wanted to sleep in, I need sleep badly). Yes, I shall do all I can to make sure Star gets a good home and the rescue policy states they must keep in touch with the rescue(that would be me via the rescue) for 3 months and they cannot breed them. No other budgies in the home whatsoever. :bluebudgie:

Hugs Phoebe, I just read this today you have tried so hard.

Not feeling great about my decision but a little bit better than yesterday, my options were to 1. put her back in with Comet and she will keep laying eggs until it kills her, hormone shots didn't work, even in megadoses or 2. Keep her lonely in my bedroom calling out to the other birds and them calling back to her, even my landlord is noticing the racket now and he's deaf in one ear. My rescue lady says sometimes there is no way else, she knows how tough it is on me. So I am losing one rescue budgie but keeping Buddy and Coco, my latest additions. There is a possibility that she will lay eggs indiscrimately at times but without the added presence of budgies she should do just fine in the right, single budgie only home. Thanks Lovey and Lin, for your kind words, I still feel lousy but have my other birds to take care of. :mellow: This has been going on since last June and has to end.

WHAT ABOUT A FLIGHT SUIT! they couldn't breed! maybe? i'm not sure its worth a post to suggest maybe it would work...

I think Phoebe is more worried about her laying eggs all the time, it is not good for the hen, and she could become eggbound with a flight suit on. They don't have to breed to have eggs sadly. Good suggestion though