She laid again. She laid the first egg, then there was a 9 day pause, then she laid 4 eggs every day until thursday in the evening (this was last week)
and today she laid again. I was very worried about her because she was tired, one of her wings was droopy and she did not want to put weight on one of her feet. Just a few minutes ago she laid a pretty big one into the food bowl that I tend to move up in the cage when I have a feeling that she is unwell and about to laid an egg. I am planning to move it down again if she decides to eat the egg or if she loses interest. There is not a real nest in the cage, but she has her male friend there and she preens him a lot (but they do not mate due to his coordination issues). I don't know what to do.. like I said, she was not doing this for the first 3 months that they were together (since november) but I am worried that he may be making it worse with his presence. Should I get another cage and separate them? Some people (including my vet) also say you should not give very "rich" food to them such as egg food etc when they are laying to discourage further laying, but others say that she should have access to everything.. this is what I am doing. I have been giving her calcivet last week but I gave her electrolytes today instead. She has been acting suspiciously tired (plus the other symptoms I mentioned above) since friday evening.. so I am still planning on taking her to the vet today to do all the tests that they can (though vet visits tend to stress her a lot.. even the day after) - they said they cannot draw blood from her due to her size...