My bird has been acting funny

[angel198225ilb]

She has been hanging out a lot at the bottom of her cage, She keeps digging at her seeds .....and taking her toys apart where the string is......Could she be building a nest.....or ready to lay a egg, if so, How do I prepare for this , or what do I do when it happens.......

[zaftig]

Hi angel,

Yup, it's that time of year! Even if a female bird isn't around a male bird, she'll still be overcome by hormones and have a strong drive to nest, and possibly lay.

The only way I've personally found to deter nesting is to make sure the wire grate is installed in the bottom of the cage so she can't tear up the paper to create nesting material, and so it isn't too comfortable for her to lie down and pop out an egg or five. I'm sure others will offer some additional advice. My experience is based on one budgie and one blue-crown conure.

Good luck!

[marie83]

Welcome to the forums.

Theres loads of info on here about managing hormonal behaviours. I havent got time to provide any links at the moment but if you do a forum search you should find the posts.