Parrotlet won't stop laying eggs?!

[ChickenCanoe]

Yup, if you must, get a budgie (10 years) or lovebird (15 years).

 

[ChickenCanoe]

1. Find a bird (check!)
2. Convince parents to let me get bird (I have a feeling this won’t be checked for a while)

You could volunteer at a rescue facility. They are scattered around the country/world.
That will give you your birdie fix and you will gain lots of knowledge before you screw up a bird's life.
Even better would be to volunteer at a tropical breeding/rescue/restoration facility like I did.
It is very educational.
Some tasks aren't a walk in the park though.
Some responsibilities may include following a breeding pair in the wild which entails laying on the forest floor all day, day after day, to record nesting behavior and hatchling emergence. The bug bites get really bad.
http://thearaproject.org/volunteer/current-opportunities/

 

[Abriana]

You could volunteer at a rescue facility. They are scattered around the country/world.
That will give you your birdie fix and you will gain lots of knowledge before you screw up a bird's life.
Even better would be to volunteer at a tropical breeding/rescue/restoration facility like I did.
It is very educational.
Some tasks aren't a walk in the park though.
Some responsibilities may include following a breeding pair in the wild which entails laying on the forest floor all day, day after day, to record nesting behavior and hatchling emergence. The bug bites get really bad.
http://thearaproject.org/volunteer/current-opportunities/

That sounds like a ton of fun! I’m going to shadow a vet this year (actally two vets) who deal with poultry and birds.

 

[dunnmom]

Wow! That's one massive hormonal surge she's going through. I hope she stops soon. I have no idea how long she might go, because what she's doing is pretty rare for a non-breeding parrotlet. However, the expert advice might be the best advice. No one wants to stress out a bird on purpose, especially a bird they have a good relationship with. If you do go for the change up of environment, I hope she'll be forgiving about it once her broodiness passes. Yikes! I also know about those little hooked beaks and the chunks of skin and blood. Been there.

 

[dunnmom]

https://www.beautyofbirds.com/egglaying.html Since I'm so intrigued by what your VV is doing I found an article and read it. I put the link up, but you may have already found it yourself.

 

[TwoCrows]

 

[clyderiver77]

Three things trigger breeding in hookbill parrots: temp, light and feeding. Things like sleep huts or newspaper on the grate can also trigger them.

When a hen decides it is time to start a family, she needs to be provided a nestbox to lay the clutch, and sit and incubate them. When they do not hatch, she will usually come off on her own. This helps to complete the cycle. If you pull eggs as she lays them, she will lay to replace and become dangerously depleted of calcium.

They will not sit and incubate generally until 3 eggs have been laid. They lay one egg an average of every other day.

She is of advanced age. She needs to be on a high quality liquid calcium. Cuttlebone is actually more of a bacteria block than an absorb-able calcium. They need D3 along with it, and since they are not in the skies.... they are deficient 9/10.

You need a product like this.... http://www.eddiesaviary.com/supplies-2/supplements/vetafarm-supplements/calcivet-liquid-calcium

I searched all the online stores and this is the best price I found. ;-)

 

[Life is Good!]

Thanks for the update.
I received a reply from my Psittaciforme expert friend.
Here is her e-mail and apparently some of my advice wasn't spot on in this case.
She knows nothing about you or the situation other than what was in your first post.

"If she is eating a balanced diet, adding more calcium to a parrot is a dangerous move. Her diet should first be explored, then all nesting material removed, or anything construed as such . think Clare and her Phone Book Confetti. She should not be allowed a sleeping hutch or snuggle buddy. IMPERATIVE: STRESS HER OUT!!! Redecorate her cage COMPLETELY (do they even know what cage set up should be or does this bird have one plastic toy and a dowel rod?) and move her to a different room. Lighting is imperative, no mirrors.

Sometimes chronic layers need hormone injections, sometimes they work, sometimes they don't (Clare, Cinnamon). I moved Cinnamon in the middle of the night in a snow storm to a brand new house in a brand new cage with brand new toys and perches and she layed all week. We were going to spay her but she was already nearing 20 so we did not.

I am available for a pre-payed PayPal consult if she/he/they want.

Parrotlets are so active that cage bottoms/airing out her abdomen doesn't work.

Lots more - no more time here - thanks for trying to help them."

I wanted to add that she is an internationally certified animal behavior consultant.

Please thank your friend for the assistance! Holly seems to have stopped laying!

As the eggs kept splitting, I was removing them daily with her paper changes. Ewwwww.

Holly laid two eggs in her flight cage, which I left for her to sit upon. I opened all the drapes in that room so she would receive natural light and not the semi-dark which likely mimiced a nesting area.

Two days of being alone in this bright environment (cat and dog are not allowed in her room) has seemed to stop her hormones. She wanted to come back into the household to be with everyone! Social opinionated butterfly that she is, quarrantine with these stupid eggs was not to her liking.

So today's mission is to redecorate her flight cage. And tonight, redecorate her "travel round the house with us" cage (after her bedtime).

Yeesh, broodies! I now have broody chickens to contend with also. What's up with this season? Must be something in the water....!