-=> Quoting Sue Hathaway to Sue Turo <=-
 SH> Is there anyway to get them to stop once they start
 SH> laying, other than breeding them? Isn't it dangerous to
 SH> their bodies after a while?
       Well if there is a way to stop her...no one seems to know what it
       is...;)  The theory is that the two male tiel that occupy the
       cage next to her are setting her off...I did think of moving her
       cage to the other side of the room...but some how I don't think
       that would make a difference...they all play together...I let
       them all out at the same time...and have my coffee table and a tv
       cart next to it with toys for them to play on...heheh livingroom
       taken over by the birds...;) The hours of enjoyment they give me
       is worth the mess they make...;)
 SH> what did her in... it just spread. But she was always cheer-
 SH> ful and happy and full of life. I'm glad it was quick and
 SH> hopefully not too painful.
       It is a shame...but you got the best of her personality...you
       didn't have to experience her mood swings with breeding
       season....I named her GT for Green Thing...when I first got her
       she would chase my oldest Tiel..Scooby Doo all over the living
       room...and if you ever watch them run they sort of have an
       attitude...like look at me...I'm an African Grey...I'm bigger
       than you...;)  To say the least she is boss of this flock...and
       if anything comes in new and she isn't sitting on babies...she
       has to check it out first....Everyones cage is hers...you leave
       it it's mine...attitude...she plays in the tiel cage whether they
       are in it or not...and she tried getting near the keets..but they
       scream at the top of their lungs if she gets too close...so I
       moved them....I tried last time to give her dud eggs but within
       two minutes she pitched them out of her little box...oh..don't
       have a nest box for her...but found a cardboard box about 4"x4"
       by 1/2" high....when she starts building her nest in the bottom
       of the cage I give it to her...and she lays her eggs in it...I
       felt it was a lot better than her laying them on the grate in the
       bottom of the cage...the eggs would shoot out from under her
       every time she tried to cover them...;)  She is very very
       protective of her cage and I have to wear a glove to change her
       water dish and food...she bites and holds on for dear life...but
       when I take her eggs away she mellows out and after a few days
       she is playing again..like the little love she was in the
       beginning...;)  This very little bird has been one big learning
       experience...;)
       I'm sorry I rattled on...but every day is something new...;)
       Huggs 
       Sue
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