I can’t believe I’m reading this under this manhwa of all places
We love animal facts
Back at it again with the animal facts ! I wonder, did you grow up in a farm or studied in the field?
Vet med student currently have my finals pray for me
That's so cool! Thanks again and good luck for your finals ! I'm sure you're going to do well
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Hello folks and welcome to a new lesson in animals.
Egg binding occurs in all avian species but there are some known breeds that are more prone to it.
Why may it even happen ?
1. Insufficient diet
2. Malformed eggs (could be too big of an egg making it harder to pass)
3.infections or traumas
4. Stress
And yes as it was mentioned it is fatal if left untreated and can go extremely wrong and sometimes the eggs end up breaking inside the mother so it's a whole hell loose kind of thing if not treated properly so will go over the basics.
Keep the hen warm and as hydrated as possible do offer calciums and vitD3 and ofc inject the hen with oxytocin.
Now this is the proper treatment procedure but I'm sure not all bird pet owners especially those with small breed birds have oxytocin at hand. So this is a method that can be done with extreme care and gentleness.
Hold your little bird in the palm of ur hand backside down. And by abdominal palpitations you may determine how many eggs r inside her ( again gently) now use coconut oil and slowly and gently massage downwards towards the cloaca. This may take some time to do. And keep on reapplying the oils. And when the egg starts to crown do not pull it out with ur fingers you continue to massage the area until it almost/pops. And you repeat until there are no more eggs left inside.
Ofc then u offer ur bird alot of rest and hydration and just really high quality feed let her isolate for a while and keep an eye on it to make sure she is okay.
Now in case of a broken egg inside I fear there is nothing u can do at home and would need to take it to the nearest veterinarian.