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Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / January 2004Artificial eggs
I was playing around with some Fimo clay the other day and it got me thinking. I wondered about making some artificial eggs for my cockatiels (to control their egg laying activities). Is it a safe compound to use for this purpose or does it have any substances that may harm my birds. They are bound to lick or scratch at the eggs and I won't use it if there was a risk. regards Dave H > I was playing around with some Fimo clay the other day and it got me > thinking. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > They are bound to lick or scratch at the eggs and I won't use it if > there was a risk. Since the stuff says not to use it with food, I probably wouldn't. They'll probably try to chew on it. > Since the stuff says not to use it with food, I probably wouldn't. They'll > probably try to chew on it. Right, thanks for the warning. Might look round for some suitably sized pebbles perhaps > > Since the stuff says not to use it with food, I probably wouldn't. They'll > > probably try to chew on it. > > Right, thanks for the warning. Might look round for some suitably > sized pebbles perhaps If they're laying a lot, you could boil the eggs they're laying and then replace them. > > "Kasatka" <kasatkaNOSPAM@whale-web.com> wrote in message > news:<but1l4$llja7$1@ID-93691.news.uni-berlin.de>... [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > If they're laying a lot, you could boil the eggs they're laying and then > replace them. Or you could try several of the proven ways to stop them laying like stop feeding such a rich diet, putting them on a winter type diet of plain seeds and hardly anything else, lowering the temperature in their room, and shortening their day to 10 hours by covering them . I have been experimenting with my aviary tiels. I have fed them nothing but a budgie seedmix for the last 3 months and they have stopped laying. Last week I got a little lazy and added some of my usual parrot seedmix as a treat. Guess what? Today found an egg in the rabbit house in the bottoom of the aviary :0( Back on the winter diet again I guess. Dave, it's great stuff, but I'd be careful about cooking it around your birds, as it tends to emit a lot of fumes! I wouldn't use it for the eggs either, Cheers, Ian T. > I was playing around with some Fimo clay the other day and it got me > thinking. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > regards > Dave H |
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