can you please tell me the steps or what happens that leads to birth.....i think my parakeet is pregnant, she is crying and is at the bottom of the cage.the male seems like he's trying to help. i threw in tissue to see if she would make her own nest but it seems like she is in too much pain she walks around the cage floor trying to leave the cage.should i let her out? if i should where should i put her?HELP!!!
2007-02-01 08:17:20 · 11 answers · asked by .:*]ME[*:. 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
you are assuming your bird is "pregnant" when in fact she could be very sick. Birds lay eggs, and one common problem is called egg binding. When a female sits on the bottom like that and cries, she is either sick, egg bound, stressed, or needs attention.
Please stop thinking she is "pregnant", you won't solve the problem. Take her to a vet. ASAP. Birds that are egg bound should not be treated by people who are not exeperienced with bird breeding.
Birds hide signs when they are sick becauase in the wild, the sick ones are eaten first. If your bird is acting strange, she needs to see a vet. If she is just nesting, everything will be fine. But if you assume that is what it is, she could become seriously ill. Look in the yellow pages for a vet that says the word AVIAN. Call and explain your issue and make an appointment. If she is egg bound it will be an emergency call, but it needs to come out or she could die.
Sorry to sound rude, but she could be really sick! I would call the vet now before they close.
2007-02-01 08:34:56 · answer #1 · answered by lemonnpuff 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi there. I'm sorry for your trouble. She sounds like she is egg bound and this is fatal. Take her to an avian vet. Call around so you won't have a wasted trip. If it is impossible to see a vet, get some K-y jelly which is water soluble and gently put it around the cloaca so that she may be able to pass the egg. See if you can see an egg at the opening.Some people have the bird sit in warm water for 30 minutes. With a needless syringe, gently get some K-y past the opening of the cloaca. If worse comes to worse and you can see the egg, Puncture it with an 18 needle on a 3-5 cc syringe and suck out the egg contents and gently pull out the shell with fine tweezers. Try to keep the membrane of the egg intact so that all the shell can be removed. Seeing a vet is your first and best option. Our thoughts are with you.
2007-02-01 13:16:43 · answer #2 · answered by firestarter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like she could be egg bound. This is a very seroius condition. I would take her to the vet, but only a vet experienced with birds.
If that is not an option, place her in a warm room, and give her a shallow container of warm water she can bathe in if she wishes. Gently rubbing olive oil around her vent with a q-tip can help lubricate the area so she can pass the egg. Be VERY careful; if the egg breaks inside her, she will probably die.
To avoid future problems purchase a calcium supplement.
2007-02-01 09:04:22 · answer #3 · answered by Kelley J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you should build a small wooden box with a small hole ( like the ones on bird houses) make sure you put hinges on the top of it so you can open it if ness., also you cannot tell if your bird is pregnant unless you have seen the mate, and then she lays an egg, if you are really worried, then you should take your bird to a vet, she might just be sick
2007-02-01 08:22:05 · answer #4 · answered by kuntry_grrl05 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you particular you have a girl and male and are they a bonded pair. additionally do you placed them up for breeding with nest container and nestling textile and pass away them on my own for the main section. instead of vitiamins in a bottle, instead feed the birds washed below working water and drained, clean vegetables which incorporate a super number of vegetables -kale, parsley, carrot tops, and so on. broccoli, celery all chopped small. additionally feed them a factor of a not undemanding boiled egg with the shell on it ( boil quarter-hour, then cool and shrink up) two times weekly. you additionally can rinse below warm water frozem mixed vegetables, cool and feed to boot as different healthful avian ingredients. eating ordinary and sturdy healthful is a could for laying hens. some cases the greater youthful hens don't be conscious of what to do with the egg's, they lack adventure and do toss them out.
2016-10-16 10:19:05 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you think she's going to be laying eggs then you need to get a nestbox. I think she may be sick or be suffering from something called "eggbinding" which is serious and can and will kill her. Take her to a vet to see if something is wrong, even if I'm wrong at least you'll know.
2007-02-01 08:35:37 · answer #6 · answered by offlights 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your bird is egg bound and you need to get her to the vet asap. It is very painfull for the bird and if you don't get the egg out of there it will kill her.
2007-02-03 08:23:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She will lay an egg
2007-02-01 08:20:50 · answer #8 · answered by Pauline 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They lays an egg, donts it!
2007-02-01 08:24:30 · answer #9 · answered by Fishfood! d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She will lay eggs. Maybe she is sick?
2007-02-01 14:58:02 · answer #10 · answered by Samantha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋