Egg Bound - Ovaduct wash?

The egg liquid smell reminds me of urine, rather than that sweet smell. Olive leaf extract smells similarly sweet to me. I did give her a few drops of that in one of several water.cups when she was still drinking, and she seemed to prefer it.

This picture is of the "yolk", after I chipped off two pieces (arrows) and moved it to a bin. The black stuff is ashes. The lighter left side of the big piece was on top before I chipped the pieces off.

I wanted to let you know that I finally received professional help at the lab, which, ironically, is not far away. They kindly worked late this Friday night to help me, for which I am grateful. This wasn't egg binding. A necropsy found that almost half of her weight was actually liquid in her body cavity as a reaction to ovarian cancer.

Thank you for teaching me how to fight hypothermia and dehydration more effectively. Those skills are incredibly useful.

BugStalker said:

I wanted to let you know that I finally received professional help at the lab, which, ironically, is not far away. They kindly worked late this Friday night to help me, for which I am grateful. This wasn't egg binding. A necropsy found that almost half of her weight was actually liquid in her body cavity as a reaction to ovarian cancer.

Thank you for teaching me how to fight hypothermia and dehydration more effectively. Those skills are incredibly useful.

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Sorry for your loss. Thanks for the update.

-Kathy

In case it may help someone else figure out what this is, these are further symptoms:
* Her abdomen did swell (ascites)
* Her feathers were falling out under her vent, possibly due to the ascites, leaving a bald area.
* The above picture is of a yolk. There were more stuck inside, but they weren't egg bound. Her system just stopped working with yolks inside. Some of the yellow stuff I thought was undigested egg was probably egg yolk from her own ovary.
* When I saw the above picture, I thought it looked cancerous, but didn't really believe it, except that it looked serious. It turns out that 2 years old is about when the risk of this begins. I don't know if the yolk was actually cancerous or just dehydrated. The picture really brought out the texture. Before that, it just looked dehydrated.
* The sweet smell I thought might be yeast was actually scent from the petroleum jelly. I didn't realize it was scented. :S

I should also mention that the lab may help to diagnose a problem, but they aren't set up to treat it.