Hi Jason,
In the wild, breeding season is one time per year, so parrots only lay eggs once a year. In captivity, they do not experience the environmental changes that trigger them to stop laying eggs. If she has already laid several clutches this year, that is already too many eggs in a short period of time. There are some changes you need to try to get her to stop laying eggs. If these do not work, I would take her to an Avian Vet for a hormone shot or implant. Limit her light to 8-10 hours per day, covering her cage early in the evening. When you handle her, limit any petting to her head – when you pet her on the body, this is something only a mate would be allowed to do so you are sending her the signal that you are a mate and it triggers her hormones. If she eats a lot of fresh foods, stop offering those for a couple of weeks, and then only offer them a couple of times a week. Do not give her anything to shred – no paper or cardboard or anything she tries to use for nesting material. Do not give her anything she can get inside of – no boxes, bird tents or huts, large food bowls. If she sits inside of something, take it away and replace it with something smaller if it is a food or water source. If she wants to nest on the cage bottom, hang some toys in the way to discourage this. Rearrange the toys in her cage and move her cage to another location in the room. You can move the cage about once a week to keep things changed and discourage the egg laying. Laying eggs is hard on her system and takes away calcium and protein, so it is very important to try to stop or limit this behavior. Again, if these changes don’t work, it’s time to get help from your Avian Vet. A lot of times the hormone treatment can stop the cycle and may not be needed again if you maintain the other changes I mentioned.
Thank you for asking Lafeber,
Brenda
