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Lovebird in pain screaming!?
My lovebird is about to lay her 2nd egg and whenever she preens herself she makes these high pitched screams like she's in pain. The eggs are infertile and she is laying them by herself and I know that it is not healthy. I took away her mate because I did not want them laying more eggs but she did anyway. I hope she will be ok. I checked the color of her skin on her stomach and it was dark colored compared to her feet which are white/pink colored. Could that have something to do with her screaming or is it just that she is in pain from the egg in her?
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- OwlwomanLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
You can stop this now. First it sounds like she does not have enough calcium for her muscles to push out the egg. Do you have a cuttle bone in the cage? You might ease this immediately by dropping 2 drops of oil on her vent. Then to stop the laying - cover her cage with a black/dark sheet so you limit her light. This means sunlight, house lights, etc. Only uncover the cage for 6 hours at first. Then up it to 8 hours of light.
Light triggers them to lay eggs. You can control this easily with a dark sheet and lights out.
Source(s): Love bird servant. - Anonymous4 years ago
even however lovebirds are referred to as lovbirds, they are truly aggressive. to end them biting or attempting to chew you, cope with it/them extra in many cases and that they arrive to grasp which you're their proprietor and so there is far less risk of them biting you. I easily have a puppy cockatiel and it used to chew, yet not very problematic because of the fact it replaced into in simple terms a toddler. I held it and performed with it and now the sole stressful element approximately him is he sits on my shoulder 24/7. Lovebirds are smaller than cockatiels so their chew is honestly not as problematic.
- verticalsmurfLv 49 years ago
With female birds, it is a hormonal thing that can cause them to lay without a male. It doesn't mean she isn't healthy, she is just broody. It seems to me like she is egg-bound. Your best bet is a vet. If that isn't possible, soak her food in castor oil, watch and make sure she eats some and rub some into her cloaca (bum area). Be gentle so that you don't fracture the egg, that will kill her. Wait 1/2 an hour and then hold her bum area over steam - not hot steam for a few minutes. This is very crude and doesn't always work but it saved all of my egg-bound hens. The idea is that the oil that she digested and that you rubbed in will lubricate the egg and the steam will soften the egg shell and hopefully help her to pass it.
I have no idea about the colourations, and I've never heard a bird scream while laying an egg, I really think she needs a vet.
Best of luck.
