Re: internal broken egg

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Candi Bowen wrote:
What are the signs of an egg broken inside?

If she 'has' broken an egg inside and simply gone into shock and that
egg is not already visible then I am afraid the prognosis is rarely
good. The infection that sets up is usually too gross to treat with
anything. Hopefully it isn't and she will recover once you have put
her somewhere safer
Good luck


I found this on the internet
http://www.holisticvetpetcare.com/birds_1.htm
EGG-BOUND PROBLEMS OF FEMALE BIRDS

Egg-Bound (caged female, unsteady on perch, ruffled feathers, wagging or
straining movements with tail, back and forth from nest, or standing on
floor of cage, even resting on the tail with legs apart.) This condition
can cause acute death due to compression of large blood vessels or
intestinal and ureteral (tubes carrying urine from the kidneys) blockage.
Inspection of the cloacal opening (common opening for the urine and
feces) is evident.

Treatment: remove egg if present, clean and replace any tissue that may
be protruding (use rectal thermometer to gently push tissue back in).
Lubricate lumen with Calendula Ointment on a Q-tip. How to remove egg:
Oral dose one drop each: Calming Essence to calm bird; then mix Cuprum
Metallicum 5OMx, Arnica 6x, Arsenicum Album 6x and Hydrastis 6x together,
administering one drop in the beak every five minutes; try to relax the
cloaca by carefully holding area over a bowl of hot water, allowing only
the steam vapor to come in contact with the bird - do not burn your pet.
Place a small amount of Calendula Ointment with Q-tip between eggshell
and cloacal tissue as a lubricant then carefully apply small amount of
pressure to abdomen to try to "milk" egg down and out, taking care not to
break the egg shell. Broken internal eggshells cause peritonitis and
death. This attempt of trying to relieve egg binding should only be
applied if the bird cannot be treated in a hospital.

also:
http://davesgarden.com/place/t/574089/
<http://www.the-coop.org/cgi-bin/UBB/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=print_topic;f=
2;t=001724>
http://egg-bound.ask.dyndns.dk/
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