Possibly Egg Bound??

My 2 year old girl is waddling and having difficulties staying upright (she is using her wings). She has a swollen and mushy tummy. I did an exam with preparation H but didn't feel an egg. What I felt was a "mushy wall that seemed to be egg shaped". Sorry, don't know how else to describe it.

I have soaked her in warm water 3 times. Twice tonight (Tuesday) and once on Saturday. I noticed her walking slowly on Saturday and associated the walk with egg bound. I knew something was wrong when she didn't come running for the meal worms...she moved as fast as she could though. Poor thing

I gave her a Tums about 15 minutes ago. She readily ate it. She pooped in the water. When I examined her she was contracting around my finger.

She is currently in a dry tub, relaxing with the lights off.

Does anyone have any additional suggestions or concern that this may be something other than egg bound?

Thank you
Gail

 

Eggcessive,

Thank you so much for that information. I am convinced that she has egg yolk peritonitis. I started her on an antibiotic this evening. One of the videos I watched suggested giving her Duramycin 10 but Tractor Supply was out of it and suggested I contact there competitor and see if they had it or possibly Oxytetracycline. I could only find the Oxytetracycline so that is what she is currently on.

Poor thing was in the same place that I left her this morning. She had no desire to drink but readily ate food so I put a few drops of her medicated water in her food and I guess that enticed her to start drinking. I was so excited when she drank! Most of the information that I read stated loss of appetite but with my girl (fortunately) that was the case. Hoping we're on the right track...I'm 90% sure that this is what is going on.

I realize the outcome is slim for her but I have no doubt she would have died without your information. It sounds like once they do this, they will be eternal internal egg layers

I guess I'll have to check into getting her spayed if she pulls through this. Once she got some food and water in her, she perked up a bit. I'm cautiously optimistic but still optimistic nonetheless. She still has the penguin stance but perhaps tomorrow she will improve some.

Thanks again and I'll try to keep updating on her progress so that perhaps it may help others.

 

Thank you, I appreciate it.

I'm curious if you've ever encountered this? She's received a good dose of antibiotics over a 24hr period but I'm not seeing much, if any, improvement.

I'm asking because I'm not sure how long I should wait before I make the decision to ease her pain. I don't want her to suffer but on the same hand, I also want to give her a fair shot at getting better.

Thanks again,
Gail

 

Thank you Brookiejo.

Unfortunately she's not egg bound. I've handled that in the past. I'm 98% sure that my girl has egg yolk peritonitis.

Thank you for the response though.

It's looking pretty grim for my girl at this point.