Luzien wrote:not sure as i dont have this problem, just give her enough mineral and vitamin and such for breeding females to keep her healthy,this is needed, look what they have in pet store for this, then you could put her together with a female so she will not be breed again... for the egg...do you want to let her sit on it till something hatches... till she goes away when nothing comes out of it( need to look if something is inside with a flashlight and watch for smell), or do you want to cook it and cool it done to put back under her till she does loose interest as nothing comes out wenn you dont think something is inside or you dont want baby bird or her finding interest in laying eggs ...?
The eggs are not fertile as she hasn't done the thing with any other bird ever. However, I did read that things such as over-chatting with a nearby bird (even if its of the same gender) and dark places can simulate the erge to lay eggs. She is next to a Senegal parrot that she talks with a lot (confirmed female) and does have a way to get under the paper on her floor and hide; however, hiding under the paper is something she has ALWAYS done since 2016 and this has never happened before.
Sparkfire wrote:If she has a nest, wide flat perch platform, or a deep large food dish, take it out. Replace dishes with either tube feeders or a few smaller dishes she cannot fit inside. She might still lay eggs without a nesting place though, so make sure she has calcium so she does not get eggbound. If she has no mate there will be no babies, so do not feel bad about throwing her eggs out. By all means do not let her keep this one or she will lay more.
EDIT: Yes I know that birds should always have a cuttlebone, but some people think it is ok to take their cuttlebone and they will stop laying, but instead it increases the risk of egg-binding.
She doesn't have a nest or anything and just laid an egg underneath the paper on her floor. What's weird is, like I said above, hiding under paper has been a thing since 2016 and this has never happened before. As for taking the egg out (she has no mate so it isn't fertile), we've already done that. Haven't checked for any more since I just learned yesterday but I am questioning that, if she lays more regardless, what we should do (put in a bunch of dummy ones or just keep taking the eggs out). Although, prior to this discovery of gender, I did notice he/she was more friendly to my dad and brothers than to me and my mom...
I found a bunch of things I can do to discourage the egg-laying so I may try some of those but my biggest question is what suddenly simulated the desire to lay an egg (I'm assuming its the chatting with her senegal neighbor and the darkness of the paper but idk)
Thanks for the tip about calcium thing, my biggest fear is egg-binding since I don't want to loose her to something I can prevent (unlike my pied cockatiel who died at the end of his lifespan). Thing is, we put a cuttlebone in there but she never uses it. I'm guessing we just scrape the thing to where particles from it end up in the water?
Edit: I did find another egg but, good news is, she doesn't seem to be taking an interest in them so that's probably a good thing.