So my fiance cleaned our Zebra Finches cage to put them in a bigger cage and we discovered that they had laid an egg! He didn't know what it was so he picked it up and asked me what it was. He put it in the new cage as he had already moved them in there in a little nest like thing that is theirs. Does this mean they will abandon the egg? Is there a way we could care for it if they do that way it hatches? I'm excited to be a grandma and don't want anything to happen to it.
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They lay eggs often , and may be to late for this nest that was disturbed . They are very protective of there own, and very often will not bother after movement and touching. They can sense that on there young, so abandonment is possible.
Your birds may well abandon this egg since it and the nest were disturbed. You will have a chance to try again.
The average zebra finch can lay up to eight eggs in a single clutch, with the average being between three and six eggs. The hen typically lays an egg each day until the clutch is complete, and she will begin incubating the eggs after she lays the last one. A bird can smell human on the eggs and probably won't sit on them to hatch them. This why it's better don't touch them or move them from where they are buried.
Probably yes, they will abondon the egg.
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