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mavis not good news i returned from my hoilday to reliase that my hen has become egg bound.

i rushed her to the vet and he gave her 2 injections that is suppose to help pass the egg he also said if the eggs hasnt passed within 12hrs that there isnt muhc more he can do besides giving her the same injections but there isnt much hope is she dosnt pass the eggs the first time

is there anything else i can do to help her?

I hope she has passed it by now Phillip.
Sorry I didn't see this any earlier.
She should be kept in a very warm container, with no perches and plenty of water close to her as the heat will make her thirsty. Please let us know how she is.

well she still hasnt passed the egg but she seems to be doing fine now, she is showing no sighns of being eggbound.

i tihnk they egg may have crushed inside her is that possible?

i was walking passed the aviary and the birds were mating!!

would a eggbound hen mate?

It doesn't sound as if she was eggbound Phillip. If she was, she would have either passed it by now or would be extremely ill or dead. I'm trying to think if I have ever heard of a Cockatiel reabsorbing an egg and I'm thinking that I may have heard of it, but I don't know of any for sure. This might be a question for your vet. Did the vet determind that she actually WAS eggbound when you brought her in?

he said that he could feel something there and judging by the time frame he said that he thinks she is and gave her the injections.

do u no if a eggbound hen would mate?

well maivs just an update about nearly a week ago i saw the birds mate and yesterday i saw them again but i havnt seen them inspect any of the nest boxes why is this? will they still lay?

One thing you will learn about breeding birds, Phillip is that you will always just have to wait & see what they will do. One pair will start to lay eggs very soon after mating and others will not. It doesn't sound as if your hen was actually eggbound unless she laid the egg (maybe on the floor) and you just haven't found it. I really hope that she wasn't eggbound, because she shouldn't be breeding this soon afterwards. You probably should have kept her away from the male to let her regain her strength.

its ok mavis she wasnt eggbound the vet made a mistake as my avain vet is away i could only find a normal vet and once i actually reliased that she wasnt eggbound i rang him and he re inburst me the $100 that i paid him.

well just to tell you yesterday i saw the male in the box and today i also saw im looking at the other box but didnt go in i think he has made is mind with the same box they used last time.