Help please i am to far from a vet and i think my hen is egg bound.

I need YOUR advice cause i dont know what to do it never happened to me before.

 

WHAT DO I DO ???????

 

I have had a go at steaming her over a small bowl of hat water but i dont think it worked what else do i need to try??

 

She had green like poo all over her feathers and her vent is open and she is sitting in the corner of the cage on the floor.

 

Please Please i need YOUR help!!!!

Help please i am to far from a vet and i think my hen is egg bound.

I need YOUR advice cause i dont know what to do it never happened to me before.

 

WHAT DO I DO ???????

 

I have had a go at steaming her over a small bowl of hat water but i dont think it worked what else do i need to try??

 

She had green like poo all over her feathers and her vent is open and she is sitting in the corner of the cage on the floor.

 

Please Please i need YOUR help!!!!

Smear some olive oil around her vent area and keep her near a warm lamp. But, seriously she needs a vet. I have had one hen that passed the egg by doing what I have just told you, but cannot say it will work everytime as I have had others that died from egg binding. It all depends on how long the bird has been trying to pass the egg and how much toll it has taken on her. They dont last long when eggbound without some form of help.

i dont know if this will help but i have a link to an online yet

http://www.birdcareco.com/BirdVet/birdvet.html

good luck

i've only heard of the oil rub too, so im not much other help

With finches (as I don't have any experience with breeding budgies), you're not supposed to do the oil thing. Here's a good explanation that I got from the zebrafinch yahoo group.

 

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999

From: Terry Martin

Subject: Re: egg shape

 

Yes

 

Egg binding is primarily caused by calcium deficiency which interferes with

the way the egg shell is formed. It is life threatening not because of the

retained egg, but because the blood calcium drops and this causes muscle

failure and eventually death.

 

Egg binding can be caused by anything else that effects the uterus also,

particularly low grade infections of the uterus ( not easy to diagnose or

treat). I believe a small number of birds also have a genetic predilection

to dystocia (difficulty passing eggs).

 

Basically, the uterus and the Fallopian tube both must be healthy to produce

a normal egg.

 

 

I do not like the use of any oil lubricants in any bird because

of the tendency to damage the feathers and get everywhere. Ninety five

percent of egg bound hens will lay, simply with stress reduction and supply

of calcium because it is afterall hypocalcaemia (low blood calcium) that is

the problem. If lubrication is necessary, then use water soluble lubricants

like K-Y jelly, not oil based.

 

The most important aspect in treating egg binding is prevention

through adequate health of birds before being allowed to breed. Remember

that a hen cannot eat enough calcium during the period the egg is in her

uterus under normal circumstances. If she tried she would starve as she

would have no room for normal food. Instead they metabolise calcium from the

bodies bones (this is what bones evolved for, not necessarily to hold us

upright . Therefore if the bird does not have adequate bone stores, it is

likely to become eggbound. Conversely, if it has been eggbound, then its

bone's stores are depleted and it should be rested from breeding any further

until fully fit again - 6 months at least.

 

I don't know if it will help or not, but I can't see it harming anything.