u/Cxilxmb

I’m looking for advice about my nearly 2-year-old female lovebird because I’m getting really concerned. I’ve had her since she was a baby and she used to be happy, playful, and fully tame, but once she matured she started laying eggs and hasn’t really stopped. I completely understand that this is natural behaviour for them, but the frequency and how constant it is is what’s worrying me for her health. She’s laid multiple eggs months apart and despite removing anything nest like from her cage, she’s now trying to nest with her wooden perches and will even lay eggs on the bottom of the cage. When she’s out, she just obsessively searches for places or materials to nest with, and if she can’t find anything she gets frantic and tries to get back into her cage. She’s also become very aggressive when I go near her cage and bites extremely hard to the point of drawing blood, and now only very rarely lets me touch her, which is completely unlike how she used to be. It’s also a nightmare to change her food and water bowls everyday. She’s also stopped socialising with my other birds and seems completely fixated on nesting. She still sings, whistles, and even responds when I whistle to her, so she seems interested, but she doesn’t want to come out, sit with me, or be social anymore. I’ve been leaving the eggs with her for about a week or so before removing them (without her seeing), but she just keeps laying more and doesn’t seem to realise they aren’t fertile. My other birds go through hormonal phases and then go back to normal, but she seems stuck like this constantly and I’m really worried about how many eggs she’s laying and what it’s doing to her health. Has anyone dealt with this or found anything that actually helps? Are there anything vets can do for this if I took her (there aren’t many vets who deal with parrots near me).