Please Help! Zebra Finch hen can't get up

[CathyCraftz]

This morning one of my zebra hens were found at the bottom of the cage. She tried to get up but she can't and just stumbles all over the bottom of the cage with her wings spread out. She doesn't seem egg bound either, her vent is not swollen.

[CathyCraftz]

UPDATE: She can fly a little bit but still stumbles. I gave her some egg shells.

[wildbird]

It's not egg binding. Could she have gotten into anything toxic, as zinc, lead or mercury? Maybe offer a small amount of bird charcoal. It might be a seizure too. Is she getting any better?

[CathyCraftz]

Sorry for the late response but I gave her some eggshells and she retreated back into the nest. When I check on her again she was so much better, and there was a new egg in the nest. She spent the rest of the day eating and resting basically.

[wildbird]

Glad she is doing much better. It must have had something to do with the egg after all.

[CathyCraftz]

Yes I suspect it is a bit of egg binding but lucky it was only for half an hour or so.