Expert: Chrys Meatyard - 6/24/2007

Question
QUESTION: Hi chrys, I'm worried about my bird Aqua. shes pregnant for over a month or two and she hasn't layed any eggs! what should i do??? HELP ME!!!

ANSWER: Hi, Shaila.

Birds don't get pregnant.  If your bird was going to lay eggs, she'd have laid them by now.  Birds don't carry eggs around in their bodies.  Birds that have mated don't always produce eggs.  An egg shell is the last thing that develops around an embryo just before the egg is laid.  Evidently, there are no embryos, thus, no egg shell has developed, and no eggs are being laid.

My question to you is what makes you think your bird is "pregnant?"  Might be some other problem if your bird is showing some type of physical signs that makes you think she's "pregnant."

Chrys

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QUESTION: Hi! i was just wondering what i should d if my bird has a cut(s) on it's wing(S). My budgie have cuts on their wings, some of tem healed and some didn't.

Answer
Hi again, Shaila.

Why are your birds getting cuts on their wings?  You need to determine why and eliminate the problem.  Perhaps the areas that haven't healed need more time to heal.  What you need to do depends on the severity of the cuts, i.e., how badly are your birds injured?

Chrys