Once she has started laying eggs, do I just let ‘nature take its course’? The eggs are infertile I just don’t know if she should lay all 6 eggs, again. She is 19 years old and shares her big cage with a 5 year old female parakeet. They coexist pretty good.
Hi,
The best thing to do is remove the eggs. Leaving them in there can encourage nesting. Make sure she has nothing she can sit in or go inside of – no birdie huts or tents, nest, box, etc.
There is always a concern with housing different species together, especially when there is a difference in beak size. “Coexisting pretty good” is not ideal. A harmless squabble can turn deadly without the conure meaning to harm the budgie, but a budgie is no match for a conure beak. And these are species that come from different parts of the world, so were never meant to coexist.
Thank you for asking Lafeber,
Brenda
