The fourth egg came on Saturday night (the 16th), following a series of Caique moaning. Zorro tends to screech for about 4 hours before and after she lays an egg so the arrivals of the eggs are now more predictable. Yesterday I gave them a dish of veggies in the nest box, fearing Zorro maybe losing weight since Dweezel does not appear to be feeding her. The dish was empty when I arrived home from work last night so I know she was hungry. She does come out periodically during the day to eat and drink but even with these short sessions, I think she is losing weight. I did weigh her and tried to compare her current weight to her weight from a month or so ago, but that proved impossible. With her ‘baby fat’ she is carrying from laying eggs, I can’t really compare the weights. I did give her some handfeeding formula in the hopes that she will keep the same weight at the very least.

Simon and Doe, the Parrotlets, now have 3 eggs and I do believe the third is fertile as well. I still only have on person on the waiting list so at the very least, I should have 2 babies available from this clutch. I really hope I get at least one American Yellow in this clutch!