Conure laying eggs

[Danielb]

Hi, I am new to the forum. I have a pineapple green cheek who was found in our backyard a bit over a year ago. She did not tame down so we recently got her a companion who is a 2nd home pearl conure. I did not know sexes of either but they have been mating frequently and the green cheek started laying eggs a week ago. She's laid 4 eggs so far, about one every other day. I do not want her to continue to lay eggs and am trying to get some information on how to curb this. I have not removed the eggs she's laid though so far she's had no interest in them. My concern is mainly for her health. She eats well and has had no problems passing the eggs but from what I have read, I understand it's hard on their bodies and as the intention was not to breed but merely for her to have the companionship of another bird, I'm hoping for any advice. Thanks!

[marie83]

Some birds dont show interest in the eggs and start incubating them until they have a full clutch so she may not be done laying yet. Don't remove the eggs as that will encourage her to lay more but either boil them or prick them with a pin and put them back until she gets bored incubating them.

As long as she has a good diet eggbinding shouldn't be a problem unless she keeps repeatedly laying.

[friend2parrots]

Some birds dont show interest in the eggs and start incubating them until they have a full clutch so she may not be done laying yet. Don't remove the eggs as that will encourage her to lay more but either boil them or prick them with a pin and put them back until she gets bored incubating them.As long as she has a good diet eggbinding shouldn't be a problem unless she keeps repeatedly laying.

+1

I'm not sure if you had this in mind, but I just wanted to mention the following:

you mentioned that the GCC didnt tame down after a year, and now you also have a pearly conure. here is what you can do to further discourage their breeding behaviors, and instead, work on building their bond with you:

- put them in separate cages, right next to each other.
- do not place any nestbox or happy hut type of thing inside either cage.
- make sure there are no hidey-holes or open cupboards anywhere in the house that they can access.
- feed them a good quality diet, preferably convert them to pellets if they are not on that already.

once youve done all this, you can achieve great success at taming both. both your GCC and your Pearly are Pyrrhura genus conures ( YAY Pyrrhuras! I have a GCC too) and they are super smart and very food motivated, and thus are easy to tame with treat-based training methods, even if they come to you with the worst behaviors, or seem really untame and unhandleable. not sure if youve tried it yet, but clicker training is esp. effective. on this website check out Michael's (forum owner"s) blog. esp this article:

http://trainedparrot.com/Taming/

Work with each bird independently of the other. I would suggest playing the radio at a reasonable volume for the bird left behind in the room, to block out chirping contact calls, and taking the other bird out to another room to work on daily taming and training exercises. read through all the blog articles on taming, targeting, etc. i am sure you will see success very soon with both birds.

caging separately, and solid, quality, one-on-one training time with each bird, will soon create a bond between each bird and you. it will tame them both, and will eventually minimize a lot of the breeding behaviors your seeing. soon, you will have a very happy household with two birds who are wonderful and affectionate pets to you, yet also are happy to play with each other, and keep each other company when youre not there. because they get along so well, they can spend a lot of time outside of the cage together hanging out, so caging them separately wont make them miss each other. (Make sure youve bird-proofed your house completely)

all the best with your lovely Pyrrhuras!