Vent prolapse in coturnix from low calcium?

[shrimpsilkies]

Found my smallish Italian hen with a prolapse a few days ago, I gave her a quick clean and pushed the tissue back in and she was fine until the next day. Thankfully none of the other birds pecked at it as there was zero bleeding It seemed like every time she would defecate or lay an egg the vent would prolapse, so I gave her a long soak in Epsom salt and brought her indoors. She still prolapsed after laying an egg directly after!

Reading up on the issue I found that calcium is necessary for the egg laying contractions and that low calcium might have caused the problem. I gave her a few mealworms dunked in powdered reptile calcium as well as her usually oyster grit and some ground eggshell. Today she seems much better, the vent is still a little swollen but no prolapse.
I still want to keep an eye on her today but I think I fixed the problem! She also lays very round eggs and is a lightweight slender hen so I wonder if this could cause it as well. None of the other birds, even her smaller sister who lays much larger eggs and more frequently have ever had this problem...

 

[shrimpsilkies]

Here she is this morning, feathers are slicked down from some anti-inflammatory cream so you can see the vent is still puffy but nothing is protruding.

As I wrote this she actually took a poo directly on the floor, never been happier to see that haha. The vent did prolapse but she sucked it back in immediately... Progress!

 

[MDBird]

Glad you are seeing positive progress.