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my mother has a cockatiel and it laid and egg it has been
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My mother has a cockatiel and it laid and egg. It has been making signs of nesting. Should she leave the egg or dispose of it? There is no male around.

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Age: 1; Female; Breed: cockatiel

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removing the egg

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January 5 3:14 PM (41 minutes and 12 seconds later)
         
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If there is no male around, the egg is not going to hatch and it could even rot and explode. I would go ahead and replace it with a wooden or plastic egg of a similar size and weight and discard the useless egg.

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January 8 11:32 AM (2 days and 20 hours later)
         
My mother is frantic it keeps laying eggs. She is afraid it will die.
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January 10 10:02 AM (1 day and 22 hours later)
         
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My mother is frantic that the bird keeps laying eggs. She is on her fourth. The bird is a cockatiel and 6 mos. old. Should she just keep removing the eggs and replacing with marbles or wooden eggs? She is afraid she will die.
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January 10 10:04 AM (1 minute and 45 seconds later)
         
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