loveie the lovebird

[granmamoore]

hi guys and gals
i'm new first time here
but I need your help----not only do we have a love bird--we have 3 parakeets-- and a macaw"cleo" that is the love of my life right now after the grandaughter"punki" that is the reason for the keets and the lovie, anyway the lovebird has been with us alone since November--to my surprise---she now has 3 eggs in her home---what do i do now----take them away---leave them awhile-----help---thanks for your help.
granmamoore

[mayaexquisite]

What do you mean by "her home"? Are you referring to a nest box?

Yes, leave the eggs until she gets bored with them (roughly a month). If you remove them, she will continue to lay eggs until she has what she feels is a complete clutch. She needs to be provided with lots of calcium-rich foods like dark leafy greens and mashed up boiled egg (with eggshell). Laying eggs really strips them of the calcium in their bones and cuttlebone is not enough to replenish it.

If it is a nest box that she's in, I suggest removing it after she's become bored with her current eggs - you'll be able to tell because she'll spend more time doing other things rather than sitting on the eggs. A nest box, or anything that can be viewed as a nest, only encourages the egg-laying behavior. Also, if you provide her with shredding items/toys (paper, Chinese finger traps, coconut husk, etc) those should not be provided to her as well.

I hope I'm not misunderstanding you because the run-on sentences are kind of confusing, so please correct me if I'm wrong... you say your macaw is the "love of your life" right now, so what kind of attention do the lovebird and parakeets get? Or is your granddaughter the one caring for those four birds?