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Post by zena on Mar 5, 2013 16:08:05 GMT 10
Hi all, My female budgie is egg bound  , has anyone got any tips or anything?? She can't fly (at the moment; will be taking her to a vet soon) Thanks in advance |
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Post by avinet on Mar 5, 2013 21:59:16 GMT 10
Give a calcium supplement - most egg binding is due to a shortage of calcium meaning the egg shell is too soft and pliable to be pushed out by the uterus contractions. This calcium shortage is more likely to occur if she has already laid several eggs in a clutch - she may have simply used up all her calcium reserves.
The other main cause is a bird that is fat and in poor general muscle tone.
If you have any calcium supplement give 2 or 3 drops to the beak at 4 hour intervals for a day. If it is a soft egg then that should put enough calcium into her system to harden up the shell. It may still not enable her to pass the egg if she is too exhausted from her efforts so far so do get to your vet with her asap.
You may read around the net of putting some baby oil or vaseline into her vent with the aim of providing lubrication - a waste of time and you are more likely to cause injury rather than helping her. An experience vet may do something like this but they know what the anatomy is inside there.
good luck with her
cheers,
Mike
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Post by zena on Mar 6, 2013 13:41:32 GMT 10
This is first egg (In the clutch) what are some good brands for the calcium supplement? (Form my other budgie pairs i've had never needed it... ) |
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Post by avinet on Mar 6, 2013 21:44:38 GMT 10
Vetafarm's Calcivet is probably the best but any of the bird calcium supplements will do. If she is inside then get one with vitamin D3 included (Calcivet has D3). If she is outside with access to direct sunlight then a straight calcium supplement without D3 is OK. If in doubt get one with D3.
cheers,
Mike
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Post by zena on Mar 7, 2013 9:13:19 GMT 10
thank you ;D
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Post by zena on Mar 9, 2013 21:01:32 GMT 10
It turns out that she's not egg bound, she has some kind of cancer  |
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Post by avinet on Mar 9, 2013 22:02:22 GMT 10
Sorry to hear that - it is something I should have thought of. Budgies are particularly prone to cysts and tumours, both cancerous and benign, and I used to see budgies with lumps in their abdomen that owners thought meant they were egg-bound but were in fact tumours or cysts.
Mike
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Post by zena on Mar 10, 2013 10:39:06 GMT 10
She's the first I've seen with cancer... her mate looked lonely when I took her out to take her the vet... I will be bringing him inside with my other budgie soon. When I bought her inside (when i was taking her to vets), Cloud just stared at her...
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, has anyone got any tips or anything?? She can't fly (at the moment; will be taking her to a vet soon)
