Need help with cockatiel care. -cleaning with eggs in cage?

Question

i recently found a cockatiel under my deck. we've taken it in as a pet. she just laid three eggs. two large and one small. we're taking care, but don't know how to clean the cage with the eggs in it. the bird has bad diarrhea and the cage is starting to get messy. how do you clean around the eggs? or can they be moved to clean?

also, it's hard to get near the cage , because the bird hisses and bites when you get close.

Answer 1

the problem is you cannot touch the egg because once a bird smells human on her eggs .. she will kill them.

buy rubber gloves and put the bird on the table with her eggs and quicky clean the cage or put newpaper to cover up the mess and then once she okay and clams down or the eggs hatch then you can clean the cage

Answer 2

Clean out the tray under the grate with fresh newspaper. The black and white pages are best. If you can try to wipe the grate down. She may bite, but a teil bite is not too bad, push INTO the bite she will release faster and do not react to it. She is probably scared, you do not know how long she suffered the elements, she may have an owner frantically searching for her. Try posting on 911 parrot alert or read the lost posts

http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/911Pa...

or

http://www.craigslist.org

She will eventually give up on the eggs, but you should see to it that she has a healthy diet. This includes fresh veggies, some seed, and pellets available at pet stores such as Avian Maintenance by Zupreem or Roudybush. You should also add a cuttle bone for additional calcium. DO NOT USE GRIT!!! It is very unhealthy for hook-billed birds. Do you know what a healthy poo looks like? The bird urates are in the poo as well as solid waste. It should look like this:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...

Except hers would be smaller.

Thank you for rescuing her and good luck finding her Parronts!