Doug-at-Large

20 Apr 2012

Rare shots of Hao and Mon sitting together on my hand (usually Mon is camera shy and Hao doesn't like Mon that much)

Apr 20, 2012 6:22pm

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27 Mar 2012

Mon's unusual egg laying activity

Mar 27, 2012 1:57pm

I tried leaving Mon's eggs in the nest this time to see if it would discourage her from laying eggs each month.
What she has been doing this week, though, is every day she'll throw an old egg out of her nest and lay a new one, leaving 6 at any time.

doug

22 Feb 2012

Mon mixed up about her eggs

Feb 22, 2012 7:01pm

As you all know, Mon has been laying 6 or 7 eggs a month. All duds.

This time I decided to leave the eggs in her nest to see if it stopped her from laying more. About a week ago she starting tossing some, until a few days later she was down to just 4 eggs in her nest. I decided to just leave it be at that and see what happens.

Yesterday and today she laid two more eggs, so now there are 6 again: 4 old, 2 new - and I'm sure all unfertilized because Hao and Mon don't mate. Though Mon is more than willing I'm sure.

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15 Feb 2012

Sometimes Hao will sit on the eggs

Feb 15, 2012 9:53pm

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31 Jan 2012

Mon is up to 7 eggs again!

Jan 31, 2012 11:37am

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25 Jan 2012

Mon started laying eggs again today

Jan 25, 2012 10:07am

It's just been a few days since I removed Mon's last batch of 7 unfertilized eggs, and she's laid another one this morning. She lays eggs more frequently than monthly over the last 6 months.

There doesn't seem to be anything to do about it. She won't lay eggs as long as there are 6 or 7 there. But then she's spending all her time taking care of the eggs, which must be exhausting.

And if I remove the eggs she just lays more.

It doesn't matter if she's by herself in her own cage or living with Hao in his cage, or if there is a nest or not, or nesting materials or not. She just lays eggs.

doug