Ok my parakeet i think is egg bound. shes been like this for a week! her butts red and swollen.?

Question

ive put oil on her. steamed my bathroom up and put her in there.ive been giving her vitamins. i dont get it. how can she live this long with an egg inside of her. is it ever going to come out? what else can i do besides go to the vet? maybe she isnt egg bound....

Answer 1

Parakeets dont get fat when there pregnant.

First of all, parakeets normally breed in the spring time or early summer. Not always, but predominately. The hens' ovaries are stimulated by A) the longer daytime hours, B) presence of fresh foods such as rich green leaf lettuce, fresh grown seeds, and safe people food (no chocolate, avocado, alcohol, caffiene, raw egg, raw meat, avoid sugar, fat and salt) and C) the presence of a nest box. However, some hens will lay even if no nest box is present.

After the birds have mated, the female will begin to show a bump under her tail a few days, not more than two or three, before she lays an egg. Then she lays the egg in the nest box.

Just because she lays an egg does not ensure it will hatch or that it is fertile, however.

Answer 2

You take a glass of hot water and hold her over the steam coming out of the glass. You hold her there for 10 minutes or so and then put her in her nest or on the bottome of the cage floor. If she is egg bound this will cause her to lay the egg. You have to be careful and not hold her any closer than what is comfortable for you. Her anal region is tender and you could burn her.  She might not be egg bound. A hen would be really down within

two days of the time for her to lay her egg.

Answer 3

best bet is to take her to the vet cuz if u dont she may only live  about another day or two . if she is lucky , its a wonder she lived that long . the vet will know what it is doing . . the poor bird is probably suffering ..

just think if you were taht bird .. and you bird was you .  would u want ur owner to take you to the vet so u can live and be happy..? or would u want to  wait and see  how long you'll live , and  have that egg stuck in ur butt and uterise . i soelled that wrong .

Answer 4

i dont think your budgie is egg bound but to be safe do the steam in bathroom again but stay away from vitamins i dont believe that has any helpful use

Good Luck