What to do if my female budgie keeps laying eggs after her mate died?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Bird | Parakeet | Female | unspayed
My male budgie recently passed away yesterday. The problem is, the male budgie has a female partner named Baby. She is currently in mating period. She just laid one egg. She appears to still want to lay eggs after her partner died. I have other male budgies in another cage. I have 15 budgies currently. 2 of my female birds are mating and staying in the nestbox at this time. How can I continue having 15 budgies? Should I throw the eggs away? I just don’t want any more birds...
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Published on September 10th, 2019
My condolences on the loss of your male budgie. Do not throw the egg away without replacing it. This may spur her to lay more. You can replace the egg(s) with dummy eggs. Find them in the Avian section of the local Petco. Leave the dummy eggs in the nest box for 2-3 weeks, then remove one every few days until none remain. Hens will lay eggs regardless of whether or not they mate. To stop egg laying, limit exposure to daylight (use a cage cover or move them away from windows, light sources, etc.) and lower room temperature by a few degrees. To prevent mating, you will need to separate males from females.
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Published on November 29th, 2017
Hi, and thank you for this question, If they have a nesting box please remove it. Please give them a longer night vs. day (for the next 2 weeks make their night longer by 15 min every 2 days) . They should sleep in a completely dark and quiet room. During the day, move the cage to different locations in the house. If all this fails, please contact a vet to discuss the option of GNRH implants.
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Published on December 10th, 2016
You will need to get a second opinion from a veterinarian who treats birds regularly. Your bird likely will need some hormone treatment (leuprorelin acetate injections) to stop laying eggs. In the meantime do the following: 1) Ensure that your bird is eating a "Complete Diet". It should specify on the box of the food. 2) Do not remove the eggs from the nest. If she sits on them, leave the eggs in the cage for 21 days or until she loses interest. 3) Remove nest boxes, nest material and possible nesting sites. 4) Pretend that the days are much shorter, i.e. send your bird to bed much earlier than usual by covering the cage with a cloth. Daylight stimulates egg-laying. The cage needs to be completely dark and it needs to be quiet (no TV or radio playing) 5) Take her food away after breakfast and only put it back into the cage in the late afternoon. Plenty of food encourages egg laying.
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