My peahen is acting sick!

[Christabelle]

Thank you, she was egg bound... She laid right after I gave her the calcium yesterday and seems fit as a fiddle today. wonder why that works...

 

[Joe.G]

How do you give her the calcium pill?

 

[birdeo]

Thank you, she was egg bound... She laid right after I gave her the calcium yesterday and seems fit as a fiddle today. wonder why that works...

glad to hear she's allright now !
casportpony you give good advice and the diagrams you left are wonderful !
Would like to add a bit of info. on how I give my birds meds. orally.
I use the little plastic pipettes with the squeeze bulb on the end . They are long and you can get them in the throat (esophagus ) comfortably and safely
being sure you are missing the windpipe ( trachea)....you do NOT want to get meds in the windpipe( that's the little hole in front of the throat that opens wide when breathing heavily )
In the case of the calcium pill you can dissolve it first then draw it up in the pipette and give it that way.
you can get them on ebay or all bird products, etc. http://www.allbirdproducts.com/newproductpages/AB10161.html

 

[casportpony]

Thank you, she was egg bound... She laid right after I gave her the calcium yesterday and seems fit as a fiddle today. wonder why that works...

I am so happy for you!

I'm not sure why/how it works, but I think it might be the poultry equivalent to oxytocin in mammals. I've personally seen it work in as little as 15 minutes.

Haunted55 started a thread about her egg bound goose and I think there is a link in there that explains how/why it works.

 

[casportpony]

How do you give her the calcium pill?

I put them in their throat and massage them down into the crop and sometimes I'll tube a little water after just to make them dissolve faster.