So for those of you who don't know, Icelynn hasn't been doing well. She has had an egg stuck inside her for over a week. At first we all(including my vet) thought it was eggbinding, but no matter what we did it just would not come out. After talking to Peter Brown we came to the conclusion she was most likely an "internal layer" and the egg is actually inside her abdominal cavity just floating around. I attempted a surgical procedure myself, making a small incision (1/2 inch) to see if I could see the egg. But it was deeper than it felt and I saw more membrane than I was comfortable cutting into so I just sewed her back up. Peter and I decided to try to get her to stop laying eggs so she's been off food and water for 24 hours. Just came home today to find she layed a "rubber" egg =) So that means she CAN still pass eggs, but i'm still going to try to keep her from laying to give her a much needed break. The egg inside her body cavity might be re-absorbed, but most likely will be walled off and remain there forever. She should be able to live with it. Unfortunately if it doesn't re-absorb I will never be able to show her =/

So sorry to hear that, I know how much you love her.
I am more concerned with her health - can they do something to "fix" her so she can't lay anymore? Internal laying can lead to egg peridontis (sp) if it breaks, and that is very bad.