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Julie White
Flier
Joined: 17 Nov 2005
Posts: 421
Location: Staines, England |
Thanks everyone for the helpful replies, I think Mischiefs calming down a bit as it's about 2 days since she last did it, I've been following the advice you've all been giving me and also her new feather growth has slowed down a bit, maybe it's all part of the same thing. Probably cockatiels are more prone to egglaying than Hahns Macaws. The experience with little Stretch the Cockatiel (named because she was a rescue from a prison where her owner couldn't take her with him when he was moved to another prison) was very painful as she laid 11 eggs in 2 weeks and had a fit in spite of all the eggs being left with her. The Vet saved her after the fit which was due to her system being depleted of calcium but she died about six weeks later suddenly, I think she had a heart attack when I was putting her back in her cage and there was nothing I could do, she died in my hands, I'm convinced it was because of all the egg laying. All this happened about 2 years ago but I'll never forget it. |
Wednesday May 17, 2006 11:12 pm |
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Cathy
Kamikaze pilot
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 6673
Location: Omaha, NE USA |
I've read the sad story about little Stretch before Julie, or part of it anyway, & it's so sad. Sounds like she went thru a lot in her time. I'm very sorry for what happened to her 
But I THINK, I'm not real sure, that 'tiels are more prone to egg laying than most birds, or from what I've heard anyway. I wouldn't let it cause you a lot of stress worrying TOO much about Mischief having the same problem, but I can certainly understand your concern & wanting to be cautious. |
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Thursday May 18, 2006 3:15 am |
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Julie White
Flier
Joined: 17 Nov 2005
Posts: 421
Location: Staines, England |
Thanks Cathy, I'll try not to worry, Stretches previous owner loved her a lot and he'd rescued her from another prisoner who used to throw things at her if she made a noise. He was in recovery from drug and alcohol problems and when he had to be moved he didn't want her to be traded for stuff within the prison so he arranged for her to be adopted by me. Caring for her helped him a lot in his recovery. I think he couldn't get her fresh veg and fruit in there and when she came to me she got lots of stuff she wasn't used to which made her go into breeding condition. I think he's still ok, those of us who go to help with the recovery stuff still hear from him from time to time. |
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Friday May 19, 2006 4:26 am |
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Cathy
Kamikaze pilot
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 6673
Location: Omaha, NE USA |
Boy, that's quite a story! And you're probably right about the change in diet & environment probably bringing out the breeding mode.
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Friday May 19, 2006 11:56 am |
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Julie White
Flier
Joined: 17 Nov 2005
Posts: 421
Location: Staines, England |
Thanks Cathy, thankfully they don't have aviaries at the prison anymore because they weren't able to make sure the birds got enough fresh food, also I think there may have been inbreeding. The prisoners used to be able to get permission to have a bird as a personal pet but of course it was open to abuse because the ones with more spectacular markings could be traded for hooch or other substances. There used to be Budgies and there was also a Raptor breeding programme. Stretch was just a little plain grey Cockatiel but she was very pretty and girly. |
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Saturday May 20, 2006 12:06 am |
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