society had broken egg on her vent

Angeldov222 · Post by **Angeldov222** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:39 am

hope someone can help.........i looked at my female society.............she was hanging around on the bottom of the cage. i found a broken egg on her vent! it does look like she did pass the egg........she is eating , and drinking water, just seems a little weak.........what should i do?

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:45 am

I wish I knew what the answer was

Hope she comes through it fine.

Angeldov222 · Post by **Angeldov222** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:04 am

hi, i just put my society under heat........seems like she did pass the egg..........and here im going out of town

she is really weak

Ria · Post by **Ria** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:37 pm

Maybe try a drop of liquid calcium to her beak? she may have broken the egg if she is low on calcium reserves. does the egg seem whole otherwise? hopefully no broken bits left inside her. feed her egg food and eggshell, keep her warm like you are doing. best of luck! hope your little girl does fine!!

Zebrafincher · Post by **Zebrafincher** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:40 pm

Calcium and heat is a must. If she is on the ground, this is usually not a good sign. Females can get very distressed easily with egg binding. If you are worried, take her to the vet. I can tell you, having lost 4 female canaries, and one female finch to eggbinding, it is a largely fatal condition.

Angeldov222 · Post by **Angeldov222** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:11 am

thank u guys for all your advice..........seems like little Coco, did pass the egg..........there was one in their water dish..........the one on her vent was cracked. she is doing much better today.

there are like 5 eggs in the nest, she is sitting on them. i dont know if they are fertile or not..............ill keep everyone posted

Martie · Post by **Martie** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:45 am

Sandy, I'm glad she is doing better! Not much worse than having to be away while one of the little ones needs you. You've probably already done this, but don't forget to leave her with plenty of oyster shell and/or eggshell and/or cuttlebone to help her replenish her calcium.

I look forward to hearing about new babies!

DanteD716 · Post by **DanteD716** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:57 pm

Congrats Sandy!!!!! I am glad she is doing better and congrats on the eggs!

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