Worried about Sushi

[MiloMacaw]

OK- I'm a little worried about mamma masked. I was told by the "breeder" that she was about to lay any day now, and my vet confirmed this although she was looking at so many birds at once and trying to do it fast without stressing them too much so I don't know how "thorough" the exam was.

The reason I am worried is beacuse of the look of her. When I come in I typically see the two of them huddled on the floor in the corner. The male will look up and perk up immediatly and sometimes leave his mate, but typically he is laying right beside her. He always stands when I come in. They both peep and do that cackle that I loove but probably means get the heck away from me. if I am persistant and get very close or open a feeding door, they will both fly.

I have a nesting box, and I *think* this morning when I came in to check on them and feed them and turn the lights on that mamma was in the box. unfortunatly its a bit of a small box, I think for a budgie or maybe even a finch. it was the only box I could find at 8pm rushing back from the vets with birds in the car and hitting 3 different petstores. She can fit through the hole, and it would probably hold both birds ok but it's certainly not a roomy fit.

Sushi (what we named her) looks so sad, and so stressed that it breaks my heart. Is she trying to nest on the floor? Is this normal nesting behavior for lovies about to lay? I didn't notice an obvious "torpedo butt" but she is definitely heavier then any of the other birds.

I have some new pics let me show you:
http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/40...425x425Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb07.webshots.com/37...425x425Q85.jpg
on the bottom of the cage (next to them is some soft nesting supplies and their nesting box is filled with carefresh and econest)

Am I just being paranoid?

Also, two part question. If she doesn't lay before I get the new lovebird nesting boxes I ordered (Should be tuesday or wednesday) can I switch them out?

[MiloMacaw]

Just realized the pictures weren't working. This is them on the bottom of the cage.. see "pics of all the lovies" for just her