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Cockatiel eating eggs

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Question
Hello, my mother is trying to breed cockatiels but the continuously eat the eggs.  Is ther something she can do to stop them?

Answer
Hi, Genaro.

Egg-eating is a terrible habit that is hard to break.  Sometimes birds will eat their eggs if they feel their offspring could be in danger, if something in their environment isn't right, they lack certain vitamins/minerals and get these from eating eggs, if their eggs aren't going to hatch, etc.  I would really need to have more details about the situation in order to help further.  Stopping birds from doing this sometimes is successful if you can determine why they do this to begin with.

Chrys