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.
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.
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Yes this sounds strange but it started a huge love affair for me in keeping Lovebirds! But what I am getting at is being bitten, even by the smallest of beaks can be painful!! Those sharp points on the end will draw blood easily if the bird decides to disipline you! 
