Egg-bound Gouldian

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Egg-bound Gouldian

Post by kcfd55 » Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:36 pm

I saw one of my Gouldians, a white breasted, with signs of being egg-bound. I was able to catch her and put her in a small cage with a light for heat.

I tried to find a local vet to see if I could purchase some liquid calcium, but the only vet I could find that had any experience with birds had little to offer. She had experience with large hook bills, but none with finches. She didn't have any liquid calcium. I will purchase some today.

I found the sticky here on treatment of egg-binding, and did what it said. After two days, the hen was able to pass the egg! :D :D :D

This is one of the reasons I am VERY glad to have found this forum. The hen would probably have died otherwise.

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Re: Egg-bound Gouldian

Post by Flight Feathers » Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:58 pm

Glad to hear she got the egg out and is better now!

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Re: Egg-bound Gouldian

Post by kcfd55 » Fri Feb 16, 2018 9:20 pm

Flight:
Glad to hear she got the egg out and is better now!
Thank you.

I do have one question, though. How likely is she to become egg-bound again? Is this something intrinsic to a particular bird, or was it just bad luck?

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Re: Egg-bound Gouldian

Post by wildbird » Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:18 pm

As long as she is getting enough calcium and vitamin D or sunshine, and exercise, she should be ok. I had a female that was egg bound and then laid a soft shelled egg, She was ok after that, and never laid any more eggs. She was not in with a male, as I did not want to breed them. Always keep some liquid calcium on hand, just in case.

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Re: Egg-bound Gouldian

Post by Flight Feathers » Sat Feb 17, 2018 3:40 am

kcfd55 wrote: Flight:
Glad to hear she got the egg out and is better now!
Thank you.

I do have one question, though. How likely is she to become egg-bound again? Is this something intrinsic to a particular bird, or was it just bad luck?

Mike
I've usually found with Zebs once they get egg bound once it usually keeps happening. Or at least it did to the two I knew of that got egg bound and they both died from it. One of them get egg bound a lot of times first. That may just have been unlucky tho.
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Re: Egg-bound Gouldian

Post by kcfd55 » Sat Feb 17, 2018 2:00 pm

Wildbird:
Always keep some liquid calcium on hand, just in case.
That is on my shopping list for today. When I asked various stores that carried, birds, I found much confusion about what that was. :shock:

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Re: Egg-bound Gouldian

Post by kcfd55 » Sat Feb 17, 2018 2:02 pm

Flight:
That may just have been unlucky tho.
I hope that you were :wink: .

I don't want to perpetuate a bird line with birds that have a flaw that can kill. I would rather cull. This hen is a white breast, so perhaps is more inbred than other lines.

Mike

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