My 2 year old Welsh Harlequin, Selah, laid a very odd egg. It was a soft shelled egg with a strange, tail of an empty egg attached. The more normal egg had everything inside (yolk and white), so thankfully I did not see trailing yolk. It also had a hole in the end from which the stringy egg seemed to be attached. Selah had been off all morning, looking lethargic and totally uninterested in doing any foraging. I knew she was off when I was digging a hole and she wasn't johnny on the spot, trying to get at whatever I was digging. At first I thought she was spooked, as 2 different contractors had come by to look at a washer. They left and she was still really off. Not eating anything but the worms I gave her.
I also noticed that during the day she was walking obliquely, as if she was putting her body weight on one side. I examined her foot and didn't see anything off except for a tiny bit of warmth compared to her other foot, which was cold. We did soak her feet in epsom salt, but I don't think her lethargy is due to any foot pain. She's like a mountain goat and likes to get on top of things, so we had feet issues with her before. Even when she has had limps, she'll still run to get some treats and foraging.
I was hoping once she laid that egg, that she would be raring to go, but she still seems a bit off.
Her poops look like clear liquid, but I think that's because she hasn't been eating much of anything. I don't see any white urates or much of anything else.
I plan on giving her a calcium citrate pill and a dropper of nutri drench tonight when she goes to bed. Other than that, does anyone have advice/perspective?
I also noticed that during the day she was walking obliquely, as if she was putting her body weight on one side. I examined her foot and didn't see anything off except for a tiny bit of warmth compared to her other foot, which was cold. We did soak her feet in epsom salt, but I don't think her lethargy is due to any foot pain. She's like a mountain goat and likes to get on top of things, so we had feet issues with her before. Even when she has had limps, she'll still run to get some treats and foraging.
I was hoping once she laid that egg, that she would be raring to go, but she still seems a bit off.
Her poops look like clear liquid, but I think that's because she hasn't been eating much of anything. I don't see any white urates or much of anything else.
I plan on giving her a calcium citrate pill and a dropper of nutri drench tonight when she goes to bed. Other than that, does anyone have advice/perspective?
