Egg binding in canaries and finches
Other names: Egg is stuck، Difficult egg laying
Symptoms
- The female sits on the floor or in the nest fluffed up with closed eyes
- Tail bobbing and panting
- Swollen belly and exhaustion while straining
- The egg cannot always be felt
How it spreads
Not contagious.
Diagnosis
Examination and X-ray.
Treatment
First aid: place the female in a warm (29-32°C) and humid place. Per Merck the vet gives: fluids, calcium gluconate 10% (50-100 mg/kg subcutaneously or intramuscularly), a painkiller, and oxytocin (5-10 units/kg intramuscularly) or prostaglandin, and if that fails, extracts the egg manually or aspirates it. Do not try to break the egg inside yourself. (All under veterinary supervision.)
Prevention
Calcium and vitamin D before the season, do not pair a female before the appropriate age, suitable temperature, and limit the number of clutches.
Season
Winter (cold) and the start of the season
Treatment and doses are decided by an avian vet after an exam; Zajel does not publish doses.
Other diseases
- Chronic egg laying
- Egg yolk peritonitis
- Cloacal prolapse
- Feather plucking
- Overgrown claws and beak
- Heatstroke / heat stress
- Cold stress in adult birds and chicks
- Teflon fume poisoning