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would you if could find a free male lovebird

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Question
would you if could find a free male lovebird for my lovebird she keeps laying eggs and has no spouse so i am worried this is to hard on her but i connot afford another bird to buy for 50 so but i do have all the means for them both if i were too have two of them thank you kathy

Answer
Hi, Kathy.  Thanks for posting.

If you're asking me to find you a free lovebird, I'm sorry, but I don't provide this service.

It is normal for a single female parrot to lay infertile eggs.  It won't hurt her unless she continues to lay and lay and lay, clutch after clutch.  What you should do instead of obtaining another lovebird (since you don't seem to know much about parrots) is to try and keep the lovebird you have from laying eggs.  Don't keep any type of nestbox or anything where she might lay eggs in her cage.  Reduce the amount of light she has available to 12 hours per day and don't allow her to have anything to make a nest out of, such as newspaper, paper towels, etc.  When she does lay eggs, leave them alone and let her abandon them on her own.  If she continues to lay and lay eggs, you may have to take her to a bird veterinarian for a hormone injection to stop her from laying for a while.

Chrys